China c.bank says lending small firms jumps 21 pct in Jan-May China's central bank said on Monday that more loans...

REFILE-Del Frisco's to be taken private by L Catterton in a $650 mln deal Del Frisco's Restaurant Group Inc said...

UPDATE 3-India central bank deputy governor quits, adding to independence concerns Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has...

Putin extends ban on European food imports until end of 2020 President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday extending...

UPDATE 1-India cbank's plans for transferring excess reserves opposed, delayed - sources A senior Indian government official has opposed and...

U.S., Taliban aim to firm up date for foreign force exit from Afghanistan Upcoming peace talks between the United States...

UPDATE 3-Shares in German store chain Metro rise after takeover offer * Shares up 3 pct to just above offer...

UPDATE 1-Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals budgets $6 bln for speciality portfolio deals The chemicals arm of Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas...

UK PM May's office decline to comment on PM candidate Johnson row A spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May...

UPDATE 1-Hopes of budget reprieve lift Italian bond market * Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr (Adds chart, context,...