London stocks rose Wednesday after bumper gains earlier in Asia, as investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's upbeat economic outlook, analysts said. In late morning European trade, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.58 percent to 5,652.99 points. "The FTSE's early gains today were fuelled by yesterday's positive forecast from the US Federal ...

They are icons of Britain: a Victorian-era statesman, a World War I soldier-poet, fish and chips. They're also Jewish — evidence of the 1,000-year history of Jews in Britain, whose story is told in a museum reopening this week after a 10 million pound ($15 ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Around 450 works of art from emerging powers Brazil, Russia, India and China will be offered for sale in London next month and auctioneer Phillips de Pury expects them to raise around $15 million. Company chairman Simon de Pury said the series of auctions, the first to be held at Charles Saatchi's London gallery, will represent ...

NEW YORK/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Phillips-Van Heusen <PVH.N>, owner of the Calvin Klein label, agreed to buy fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger from London-based Apax Partners <APAX.UL> in a $3 billion cash-and-stock deal to boost its presence in Europe and Asia. The deal would make Phillips-Van Heusen one of the largest suppliers of menswear to ...