ECONOMY

Soho, the most vibrant and creative area in London, is in danger of losing its identity.

Crude oil continues to slide as strong dollar makes commodity more expensive in other currencies.

GDP numbers show that UK will take longer to start hiking rates.

Britain's economy recorded its fastest annual growth since 2007.

Russia credit rating falls below investment grade for first time in a decade.

Greece's new prime minister Alexis Tsipras set to meet with other EU leaders next week.

Pound is only 1% off the 18-month low hit last week.

The Chinese economy is thought to have created some 13 million new jobs in 2014.

Ed Miliband will also pledge new safety checks and 5,000 new home care workers.

Profits for large Chinese industrial firms rose 3.3% y-o-y in 2014, marking the slowest growth rate since November 2012.

Research from the LSE and Manchester and York universities warn poverty will worsen over the next 5 years

Complaints were down when compared with the previous two quarters.

Deadline day for HMRC's self-assessment tax returns is 31 January.

Bitcoin price skyrockets ahead of Coinbase exchange opening but tumbles shortly afterwards.

Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza and Greek prime minister, called Troika 'dead'.

The new YouGov poll shows that 42% of Londoners back Ed Miliband's party.

There is little support in the euro zone for any write-off of Greece's debts, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the chairman of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers, said on Monday (January 26).

Egypt pound falls to record low as central bank seeks to narrow gap to unofficial exchange rate.

Dollar denominated oil has fallen more than 58% since summer of 2014.

The prime minister outlined the Conservative Party's tax policies ahead of the general election.

Hundreds of women carry heavy bales of goods between the Spanish enclave of Melilla and Morocco.

UK-based TransferWise will open offices in the US and Germany following $58m funding round

Seven Ukrainian servicemen killed on Sunday after 30 civilians killed on Saturday in east.

Opening of first licensed US bitcoin exchange causes cryptocurrency's price to return above $300.

Influential group of UK lawmakers call for a moratorium on shale gas development.

Exports to the US rise by 23.7%, while those to China, Asia and the EU rise 4.3%, 11% and 6.8% respectively.

Alexis Tsipras said Greece's new government would restore Greek people's pride and end austerity.

However, a Reuters poll of economists will show that the recovery slowed towards the end of 2014.

A Monetary Policy Committee member said markets should be wary of a sooner than the predicted mid-2016 date.