ECONOMY

SME Finance Monitor shows improving financial health of small firms in UK.

Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has launched similar programmes during his tenure.

Comes amid accusations that Bulgaria and Romania immigrants have been abusing the welfare system.

IMF believes persistent income inequality will threaten global growth and macroeconomic stability.

Egypt says hydro-electric dam could disrupt river Nile's water flow to Egypt.

IMF should also reflect shift in economic power away from a few advanced nations.

Nobel Prize winning economist identifies climate change as the biggest problem facing the global economy of the future.

Americans who are also half French, Indian, or Canadian dominate the list.

The CEBR Research says UK will be one of the hardest hit countries in Western Europe

Knight Frank research shows gulf in affordability between London and other UK cities.

Rebuilding Gaza is likely to take years of work and billions of dollars.

Foreign currency bonds issued by Indian firms are headed for a record high thanks to economic recovery and a stable rupee.

Expectations slump as international scene remains gloomy, according to the GfK survey released on 27 August.

Lagarde denies wrongdoing and will not quit as IMF chief despite formal investigation in France.

Manezh Square McDonald's ordered to close for 90 days for violating sanitary rules

Hydrogen Group says Generation Y are highly motivated and ambitious,

European equities are now playing catch up to Wall Street.

Announcement made after Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko held direct talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Putin threatens further sanctions while Poroshenko calls for Russia to stop arming rebels.

Korea Financial Industry Union, representing 37 financial firms, is organising the strike on 3 September.

Finance Secretary John Swinney confirms Scotland won't pay debt if it doesn't keep the pound

Bosses at 130 major companies say business case for independence hasn't been made

The bank will be forced to pay more than $2m in total.

India's Supreme Court has held as illegal coal mining licences awarded to various firms between 1993 and 2009.

The ONS says 177,000 people immigrated to the UK for formal study in 2013.

New Delhi will put out the April-June first-quarter's GDP figures on 29 August.

EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht has backed calls to declassify TTIP mandate.

Zoopla's Property Rich List shows 10,000 streets where the average property price is seven figures.

French economy minister Arnaud Montebourg, education minister Benoît Hamon and culture minister Aurélie Filippetti ousted by French prime minister Valls.