ECONOMY

The pair had ignored German deflation and rallied on the back of weak US retail sales data.

Officials exploring possibility of visa-free zone along Tumen river.

China is expected to average annual retail volume growth of 8.7% in the next two years, despite its economic slowdown.

Greece has just over two weeks to negotiate a new bailout or extend the current deal.

Circle app brings bitcoin to Android Wear and darkcoin price surges following InstantX release.

Bank of England (BoE) chief Mark Carney said on Thursday (12 February) that British inflation could turn negative and that he expected stronger growth on the back of lower oil prices.

Sweden also announced quantitative easing worth SEK 10bn and promised more if required.

BoE raised two-year inflation view to 1.96% from 1.8% in the November report and to 2.15% in three years from 1.95%.

Thailand recently announced $100bn to spent in public works projects over seven years.

UKCES says schools and colleges should have links with at least one local business.

New deal will replace $17bn loan programme announced by IMF in April, of which $4.5bn has been disbursed already.

USD/INR may fall within upward channel to 62.15 before pushing back up to new highs near 63.0

The housing market in Scotland and Northern Ireland outperformed the rest of the UK in January, according to a study.

NSA document leaked by Snowden, shows that cyber attacks on Iran might have helped it develop new cyber tactics and strategies.

Fourth quarter GDP data surprised on the higher side, but failed to help the ringgit recover.

Greek delegation left Brussels talks empty handed but all sides will return for talks on Monday.

Government data shows Japanese machine orders shot up 11.4% in December 2014, from a year ago, beating estimates.

The unemployment rate is at its highest since 2002.

1,179-mile pipeline is expected to carry 830,000 barrels of Canadian oil sands petroleum per day to Nebraska.

MyCoin scandal could lead to ban and Bit Drop event cancelled due to lack of support from Dominica.

The first minister says Labour must drop austerity policies to gain the support of the SNP.

Greece and the OECD agreed on Wednesday (11 February) to work together on reforms to the Greek economy.

Analysts predict the annual growth rate to continue to slow and fall below 5% in Q4.

David Cameron and Ed Miliband trade blows over the HSBC banking scandal at PMQs.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's fiscal deficit target is 4.5% of GDP compared to Mahinda Rajapaksa's 4.6%.

The shadow chancellor says a Labour government would close any loopholes.

French current account swings into deficit as the head of the Court of Audit warns the government could fall short of hitting deficit reduction targets in 2015

In his address to the World Trade Forum in Seoul, he emphasised the region's need for stronger and coherent policies.

The University of Zurich academics investigated data from 63 countries between 2000 and 2011.