Thomas Cook shares jumped 47% on Thursday in anticipation of an announcement the travel giant has secured the £100m loan it needs to avoid going bust.
The UK economy grew by 0.5% in the third quarter, the Office for National Statistics confirmed today in its second official estimate.
The yield on German bunds has risen above UK gilts for the first time since 2009 after Japan shifted out of bunds overnight following Germany's disastrous debt auction.
A Financial Policy Committee member has branded lobbying tactics by banks against tighter financial regulation as "intellectually dishonest and potentially damaging".
Germany has drawn up plans that would see Britain relegated to a group of countries which would not be part of the core of a new European Union, according to reports.
Britain must give more to the European Union by agreeing to a Europe-wide tax on financial transactions, according to a senior German politician.