ECONOMY

Eurozone creditors want to see detailed economic reforms by Friday.

The Conservative prime minister made the pledges as he launched his party's manifesto in Swindon.

Inflation remained at zero for the second month in a row.

The average UK house price is now £268,000.

Nigeria's atomic energy chief Franklin Erepamo Osaisai says Rosatom will have majority stake in venture.

The ringgit is just 280 pips away from last month's six-year low of 3.7381/dollar.

Deutsche Bank's chief economist George Buckley says that a three-party coalition will form the next government in the UK.

UK retail sales increased by 3.2% in March 2014 and food was up 1.8%.

Slowing China likely to push investors more towards US which is forecast to raise rates.

With earnings reports on the horizon, US investors are being cautious.

Mining giants Anglo American, Antofagasta and BHP Billiton drag the FTSE down to 7,064.30

Labour, Tories and others use tax avoidance crackdowns as cheap and lazy way of funding manifestos.

Bitcoin price slip causes market-wide dip, while Cape Town prepares for first bitcoin conference.

There is an air of desperation about the Labour and Conservative parties

India should have picked the Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighters instead, says a strategist with a New Delhi-based think tank.

World powers aim to reach technical agreement over Iran nuclear programme by June 30.

Airports Commission expected to report after the general election in May.

A report from BDO claims UK firms are optimistic.

IEA chief economist Fatih Birol says lifting of sanctions on Tehran to have a limited impact on global oil prices.

A report says that property values in London will drop by 3.6% this year.

Australia and New Zealand depend largely on commodity exports to world's second largest economy, where growth is slowing down.

Exports fell by 14.6% in March, reversing from a 48.9% growth in the previous month.

Libya's biggest oil port Es Sider may reopen in a week adding to an oversupplied market.

India's gold imports more than doubled to 125 tonnes in March, from 60 tonnes in the same period a year ago.

Six Fed officials including the Vice Chair Stanley Fischer are also scheduled to speak this week.

Deal could be worth €4bn and is separate from negotiations for sale of 126 Rafale jets.

London third costliest where one can buy 21 square metres with $1m.

International Monetary Fund has told Ukraine it needed to reform subsidies.

The Bank of Canada will review monetary policy next Wednesday, and the March CPI numbers will be out the next day.