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Oil producers' cartel Opec has agreed to keep output steady at a meeting in Abu Dhabi, despite pressure on it to raise production to dampen prices. Opec will next meet on 1 February to review its decision. It said there was no reason for prices to hit $100 a barrel as there were enough oil stocks. A barrel of US light sweet crude rose $1.61 to $89.93 a barrel while London Brent crude rose $1.28 to $90.81. Prices fell on Tuesday after a report downplayed Iran's nuclear ambitions. Enough oil? ...

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-12-05 13:07 GMT: Stocks tilt to higher open ahead of data

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-12-05 13:57 GMT: Celadon Group board authorizes 2 million share buyback program

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-12-05 14:09 GMT: Stocks tilt to higher open ahead of data

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-12-05 14:10 GMT: Stocks tilt to higher open ahead of data

Liz Phillips, Daily Mail5 December 2007 Vote | Guide Selling your home will become far more complicated next week. From December 14, all homes for sale in England and Wales must have a home information pack (HIP) costing up to £500. WANT TO KNOW MORE? Home information packs Home information packs: Q&A Home packs - no tricks and no escape POLL: What will happen to house prices in 2008? OTHER STORIES House prices see third month of falls Mortgage lenders tol ...

Hugo Duncan, Evening Standard5 December 2007, 1:30pm Reader comments (6) | Vote | Guide | Table The pound tumbled against the US dollar today as traders gambled on a cut in interest rates during a dramatic session in the City. WANT TO KNOW MORE? Halifax on house prices: Longest fall in 12 years Consumer confidence plummets Regulator warns on mortgages Interest rates: News, predictio ...

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Milan shares were higher midday with gains led by telecommunications stocks and Impregilo while only handful of shares were in negative territory, but traders said volumes were light with minor adjustments before key data during the rest of the week. At 12.32 the Mibtel index was 0.93 pct higher at 29,726 while the S&P/Mib index added 0.90 pct at 38,834 on volumes  ...

(AP) - Oil prices rose sharply to around US$90 a barrel Wednesday as OPEC members said they would keep output ceilings steady. Expectations that a weekly U.S. petroleum supply report due later Wednesday would show a small decrease in crude inventories also supported prices. Libya's chief oil official, Shokri Ghanem, said the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, meeting in the United Ara ...

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Wall Street is looking at a modest rebound from losses logged over the last two sessions ahead of a raft of economic reports that will provide further insight on the odds of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates next week. According to spread bettors IG Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is expected to open up 14 points at 13,312. Separately, S&P 500 fut ...