Europe set for worst quarter since 2008 | 30 SEP 2011 08:08 BST | HONG KONG (Reuters) - European stock index futures fell on Friday, putting shares there firmly on course to post their biggest quarterly decline since the months following the collapse of Lehman Brothers three years ago. | Full Article | McGraw-Hill, CME eye indexes JV- source | 30 SEP 2011 07:38 BST | (Reuters) - McGraw-Hill Companies Inc is in advanced talks to merge its S&P Indices business with CME Group Inc's Dow Jones Indexes, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday. | Full Article | Japan fires fresh salvo on yen as economic upswing tails off | 30 SEP 2011 07:51 BST | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Friday it will boost its currency intervention fund and keep watching dealers' trading positions in yet another effort to tame the yen in the face of growing evidence that its strength is stalling the economy's post-quake rebound. | Full Article | Consumer confidence improved in September | 30 SEP 2011 04:13 BST | LONDON (Reuters) - Confidence among consumers improved this month for the first time since May, after shoppers' took a more positive view of the economic outlook, a survey showed on Friday. | Full Article | |  | DEALS TODAY | SGX, LSE tie-up for joint London Metal Exchange | 30 SEP 2011 07:41 BST | HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Singapore Exchange Ltd is tying up with London's main bourse to make a joint bid for the London Metal Exchange, a source told Reuters on Friday, as the world's largest metal market seeks a suitor in a deal that could be worth 1 billion pounds ($1.57 billion). | Full Article | McGraw-Hill, CME eye indexes JV: source | 30 SEP 2011 00:59 BST | (Reuters) - McGraw-Hill Companies Inc is in advanced talks to merge its S&P Indices business with CME Group Inc's Dow Jones Indexes, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday. | Full Article | SMFG to buy rest of consumer-loan affiliate Promise: source | 30 SEP 2011 03:35 BST | TOKYO (Reuters) - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group , Japan's No.3 lender, will buy out its consumer-finance affiliate Promise Co , a source with knowledge of the deal told Reuters, marking a new phase in the consolidation of an industry struggling to recover from a government-imposed credit crunch. | Full Article | |  | WORLD NEWS | | |  | RELATED VIDEO |  | | |  |  | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today. |  | A weekly round-up of the latest news and major developments affecting unit trusts, pensions, mortgages, property investment and personal finance. Register Today. | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS |  | SPORTS |  | | |