Greece's sky-high borrowing costs dip and the euro rises amid relief at Angela Merkel's victory in the parliamentary vote on expanding the eurozone bailout fund... more
Stock markets this morning failed to bounce back from the massive sell-offs yesterday despite strong denials of the rumours about France that triggered those falls... more
Japan's earthquake and the extra Royal Wedding holiday hit Britain's manufacturers in April as the sector suffered its worst month in more than two years, official figures reveal... more
Ben Broadbent, the new boy on the Bank's of England's monetary policy committee, warns over the potential impact of surging commodity prices on the cost of living, amid more disappointing news on inflation... more
Financial pressure on Europe’s weakest nations eases again as a second day of aggressive intervention by the European Central Bank soothes international markets... more
Spain takes a battering from international markets as its borrowing costs hit record levels and the eurozone debt crisis shows no sign of abating... more
Levels of employment are rising strongly but economists are near unanimous in predicting that high levels of pain in the jobs market are just around the corner... more
Britain’s public finances are much worse than as Government spending shot up last month and tax receipts fell sharply, the Office for National Statistics says... more
Only nine savings accounts of 780 on the market are paying out interest rates higher than the level of inflation, after official figures published showed that prices rose by 1.9% in November... more
Is the recession over? That question will finally be answered on Friday when gross domestic product figures for the third quarter are published... more
Economy: UK inflation fell by much less than expected in January, but the surprisingly strong figures should not stand in the way of further monetary policy easing from the Bank of England... more
Economy: The UK trade deficit with the rest of the world fell to an 18-month low in December as a slump in domestic demand led to a collapse in imports... more
Credit crisis: Bank of England urged to slash interest rates by a full percentage point as central bankers around the world face mounting pressure to tackle the global recession... more
One of the City's favourite Indian restaurant groups, Tiffinbites, has expanded massively with the £4.4 million acquisition of Bombay Bicycle Club... more
The labour market figures may have been a headache for the Government, but they provided some relief for the Bank of England in its battle against inflation... more
The British economy lurched ever closer to recession, after the key services sector buckled under the pressure of rising costs and falling demand... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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