BUSINESS

Deloitte says the average Christmas budget across Europe will jump 0.7% this year to about €450 per family.

TNS BMRB poll reveals 47% supporting staying in Britain just a year ahead of referendum.

CEBR has revised Scotland's economic growth up to 2.2% for the year that the country votes for independence.

Twitter priced its shares at $26 before its debut trading on 7 November.

Robotic fish, flying fairies and hi-tech Furbies are set to dominate the Christmas wish list this year after the top ten toys for the festive season were revealed at an exhibition in London on Wednesday (November 6).

IHS report on financial risks in emerging market banks flags up Ukraine as area of concern.

Greece has experienced many protests in its long-running economic crisis.

Petroplus Holdings AG (Switzerland) was, not so long ago, Europe's largest independent refiner. In January 2012, the company defaulted on its senior notes and filed for bankruptcy. In the UK, its centre of operations was the Coryton Refinery in Essex which it had bought from BP in 2007 and which was able to handle tankers up to 250,000 deadweight tons (dwt). The refinery had a capacity of 11 million tonnes per year and had been running at about 88 per cent capacity shortly before its demis...

Samsung vows to increase investor returns at rare analyst briefing on 6 November.

The manufacturer hopes to raise between €1bn and €2bn from the plan.

Insolvency Service and Financial Conduct Authority warn inexperienced investors against buying carbon credits.

Confusion swirls over where Switzerland's cash pile is going to amid a crackdown on banking secrecy

IPO expected in the second quarter of 2014.

Labour MP Alan Milburn argues Britain's top jobs are dominated by a "social elite".

Lloyds joins RBS and Deutsche Bank, which are reviewing their FX trading processes.

Persimmon sold sold more than 3,000 homes under Help to Buy equity loan scheme, while government guarantee is yet to make impact.

One of Britain's largest energy companies has entered into a four and a half year supply agreement.

Greek unions walk out in protest against the visit of international creditors.

The group wants the proposed cap on administration fees for auto-enrolment schemes to be lowered.

HSBC's Asia-Pacific Regional Head of Commercial Banking talks about the impact from yuan liberalisation.

Low level of mortgage payments in relation to income is helping to boost housing demand, says Halifax.

Big Six energy firm warns that National Grid has underestimated risk of power shortages.

Both central banks to announce monetary policy decisions on 7 November.

Friends Life says one in six UK employees called in sick due to stress in the past year.

Tech giant's massive demands for office space generates billions in property deals.

Job losses will be imposed at Portsmouth in 2014 and across Filton, Glasgow and Rosyth by 2016.

Japanese and Australian equities buck the trend.

Deutsche Bank Co-CEO Juergen Fitschen was earlier named as suspect in lawsuit.

Apple disclosed data requests it received from various governments.