ECONOMY

Wine exports brought about €7.7bn to French economy during 2014.

Funding comes from Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative.

Official manufacturing purchasing managers' index, which measures performance of large industrial firms, remained at 50.1 in April.

European economy pulls out of deflation in April after four months of negative price growth.

Land Registry report shows house prices growing fastest in suburban Britain.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also eases rules for application of MAT for real estate investment trusts.

Euro snaps nine-month losing streak on encouraging Spanish and German data.

Cameron's five-year tax lock is a hostage to fortune, and the ransom could be hugely costly for all of us.

Tourism brought in 4% of Indonesia's gross domestic product in 2014.

The Nikkei tanks, pulled down by the BoJ's announcement, lacklustre corporate earnings and weak US growth data.

The central bank's concern about currency strength also pressured down the unit.

Athens also open in the negotiations to look into the VAT rates and pension issues.

US recovery has slowed and hiring has lost momentum

Russia's state-run energy giant saw profits fall 86% as relations with the west became more strained.

In Australia, the ASX's 10 main sectors traded in red terrain.

Average UK house prices rose 1% between March and April this year.

Weakness in euro and lower oil prices are expected boost output in eurozone.

Weak GDP data from UK failed to prevent the pound rally as the market seems positioned for a dovish surprise from the US.

The pair had failed to break above that level despite four attempts since mid-March.

Office for National Statistics says UK economy grew at 0.3% in first quarter of 2015.

Mortgage approvals in March still way down on same month in 2014.

As well as huge buying huge there's a number of likely mid-cap takeover targets out there.

Russia's ruble currency has increased in value around 18% since the turn of the year.

If Riksbank reduces rates further on Wednesday, krona is likely to hit new lows.

Nepal's government is struggling to save people who may be trapped, says Finance Minister Ram Mahat.

Flamboyant Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been sidelined from the bailout negotiations.

Shanghai Composite has gained 38% this year and some experts believe the market movements are well-supported.

UK pound is up 4.7% from the six-year low hit two weeks ago.

Investors now hope German motoring icon can revive its fortunes.