A round-up of the key stories across the specialist financial media, including reports that the royal family of Abu Dhabi are involved in talks to purchase a stake in state-owned RBS.
Abu Dhabi royals involved in RBS talks: sources
Talks to sell a stake in Britain's state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland are being held at the level of the Abu Dhabi ruling family, according to sources.
U.S. stock-index futures retreat before confidence data
U.S. stock futures retreated, following a rally that drove the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to the highest level since May 2008, as investors awaited reports on American consumer confidence and home prices.
The eurozone needs to undertake “ambitious structural reforms” to boost growth and overcome its protracted debt crisis, the OECD said in a report released today.
