ECONOMY

Canal will be funded by investment certificates issued to Egyptian citizens and corporations only.

Moscow relaxes ban on fresh produce due to food inflation.

The ONS says average UK house price hit £265,000 in June 2014, after 10.2% annual rise.

Ongoing anti-graft campaign in China prompts many corrupt officials to sell their properties.

Train travel fares could rise by up to 5.6% in 2015.

Forbes' list of 'The World's Most Influential Cities 2014' ranks London top above New York and Paris.

RBNZ survey sees dip in inflation, GDP growth and NZD exchange rate.

Australia's central bank says their decision was influenced by uncertain outlook.

Ban affecting food produced in contentious Israeli settlements reported to start on 1 September.

Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam project already launched on stretch of Blue Nile.

The Eurozone's exports to Russia fail to reignite the region's recovery.

Following months of talk of a house price bubble in London, prices have fallen for three months.

Students are collectively spending £667m a year on university travel.

Israel's shekel fell to a six-month low as data over the weekend showed the country's economic growth slowed sharply in the second quarter.

A €125m emergency fund will buy surplus stocks from EU farmers hit by Russian ban on food imports.

Revenues and numbers down by around 25% over first half of the year as tourists stay away.

Tanker carrying Iraqi Kurdish crude oil arrived at Croatian port on Sunday.

There were almost seven billion online banking transactions in 2013.

Amount invested by foreign firms in China falls for first time in 17 months

The campaign group says the numbers of women in low paid, insecure work are still alarmingly high.

Meanwhile some western employees have had their visas cancelled.

Scottish thinktank N-56 says North Sea oil and gas revenues could be £365bn.

Thai GDP grows by 0.9% in three months to June, after junta seized control in May.

Out of 70 major Chinese cities tracked by the government, 64 saw month-on-month price declines for new homes in July, compared with 55 in June.

House Price Index Records Sharpest-Ever August Decline as Sterling Trades Higher.

Weak supply-demand fundamentals holding Brent in contango structure.

Three-day Jackson Hole symposium will be in focus for fresh interest rate cues from US.

Total foreign holdings in treasury debt rose 0.6% to $6.01 trillion in June from $5.98tn in May.

Geopolitical tensions and US Fed conference to influence bullion prices.