BUSINESS

BRC and KPMG say retail sales rose by an annual 3.4% in May after a 0.6% dip in April.

Share Centre's Profit Watch UK report shows slimming proportion of financial firms' profits in FTSE 350.

Barclays, Citigroup, CLSA, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley welcome Infosys' co-founder's return.

Warwick Business School, Cardiff University and Loughborough University research shows firms’ performances falls further behind their industry rivals

Concept Cupboard's Adam Ball says we must not let our intentions become meaningless rhetoric

Share Centre's Profit Watch UK report also highlights real terms FTSE 350 revenue drop in disappointing year.

Final Markit Eurozone PMI rises to 15-month high at 48.3 in May from April's four-month low of 46.7.

France plans to close loopholes that allow groups like Apple and Google to pay little or no corporation tax

State-owned RBS boasts of lending growth to consumers and SMEs following Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme.

Markit's Purchasing Managers Index at highest level since 2012.

Commodities giant fires workers across three of its chrome mines in South Africa for going on illegal strike

Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme data shows first quarter decline despite banks raking in available cash.

IGas shares soar by 15% on estimates that it alone could garner 170 trillion cubic feet in the unconventional gas

Christophe de Margerie says Europe will see oil plants shutting down on lack of demand and carbon emission targets

Investors tracking purchasing managers index data from UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Hungary, Norway and Czech Republic.

BIS unveils plan to avoid future bank bailouts, chaos and panic should the markets crash.

Water companies like Hyflux and United Envirotech attracting investments from foreign players.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls says coalition spending review is result of economic failure.

Nikkei and S&P/ASX fall while Shanghai composite and Hang Seng up.

Labour has pledged an "iron discipline" on welfare and spending cuts if it wins the next general election in 2015.

HSBC Manufacturing PMI shows final reading of 49.2 in May, down from 50.4 in April.

Daniel Stewart & Co’s chief economist Alastair Winter previews the week ahead for markets, politics and economics

Murthy takes his son, Rohan Murthy, as executive assistant for five-year period.

World Economics' World Price Index claims the purchasing power of the euro can vary from country to country.

String of economic data and decisions to provide pointers to markets in coming week.

Official PMI shows reading of 50.8 for May, slightly up from 50.6 in previous month.

Bank of England data shows fall in SME business lending despite support from credit easing schemes such as FLS.

Counter-terrorism and counter-espionage expert will join Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee to help prevent future money laundering scandals

Boston Consulting Group Global Wealth report shows sharp rise in number of UK millionaires despite economic turmoil.