LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government should spend more now to fund investment and steer its economy back to recovery, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, a call unlikely to be heeded by finance minister George Osborne.Full story
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group Plc <LLOY.L> Chairman Win Bischoff is to retire in the next year, handing the reins to a successor who must steer it through a potentially risky multi-billion pound government share sale. Full story
Finance leaders from the Group of Seven leading industrial economies say Japan's stimulus policies are directed at boosting its economy out of a two-decade period of stagnation, not an attempt to drive down its currency to make Japan's exports more competitive. Full story
Britain's Finance Minister George Osborne and his Indian counterpart, Palaniappan Chidambaram, visit the Pudding Mill Lane Crossrail construction site, in east London May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Lefteris Pitarakis/pool (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS TRANSPORT)
Britain's Finance Minister George Osborne and his Indian counterpart, Palaniappan Chidambaram, are lowered into a shaft during their visit to the Pudding Mill Lane Crossrail construction site, in east London May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Lefteris Pitarakis/pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TRANSPO
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks to reporters at the close of the G7 Finance Ministers and central bank governors summit at Hartwell House in Aylesbury, southern England May 11, 2013. Group of Seven finance officials agreed on Saturday to press on with measures to deal wit
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King speaks to reporters at the close of the G7 Finance Ministers and central bank governors summit at Hartwell House in Aylesbury, southern England May 11, 2013. Group of Seven finance officials agreed on Saturday to press on with measures to deal with failing banks
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks to reporters with Bank of England Governor Mervyn King at thye close of the G7 Finance Ministers and central bank governors summit at Hartwell House in Aylesbury, southern England May 11, 2013. Group of Seven finance officials agreed on Sa
