ECONOMY

Embattled country's unemployment rate remains far higher than the Eurozone average of 11.7%.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne says that banks regulation issues will be settled shortly.

ONS says UK's headline unemployment and inactivity rates have fallen relatively sharply in recent quarters

New car registrations increased 7.7% year-on-year in May to 194,032 units

ING Bank has come up with an alternative way to look at the World Cup's teams

Access rules shake up part of UK government plan to get shale gas industry moving, but landowners furious.

RBS economists warn that consumer demand may be hampered by higher debt repayment costs.

The ONS says the percentage of people working at home increased from 11.1% in 1998 to 13.9% in 2014.

Manila is seeking to establish an exclusive economic zone in waters that China also claims

PwC says entertainment and media industry will be worth £64bn by 2018.

Naftogaz to split into three companies in line with European Union norms.

Poland celebrates 25 years since Freedom Day when it held its first elections.

Price comparison site uSwitch says that energy suppliers could owe UK homes over £1bn

Academic paper suggests shale gas production would reduce coal use and carbon emissions.

The ONS also says that personal wellbeing is affected by the source of household income

Royal Bank of Scotland joins Lloyds Banking Group in making mortgage borrowing tests stricter.

US companies including Yahoo, Cisco, Microsoft and Facebook were required by NSA to transfer their users' information.

Investors expect ECB to cut interest-rates.

GMT Research Ltd says Singapore private companies have significantly increased leveraging over past few years

BAE's Type 26 global combat ship programme director Geoff Searle says it's still investing in Glasgow

The bank is said to be afraid to "embarrass" the UK government

Average Burgundy prices predicted to rise 6% by January 2015 on Chinese demand

Labour MP added though that if Scots vote 'No', they'd be more prosperous than becoming independent

UK shop prices declined for the thirteenth consecutive month, down 1.4% year-on-year in May.

The US Department of Commerce is proposing duties between 18.56% and 35.21% on solar products, much higher than that announced in 2012.

China's economy changed direction in wake of Tiananmen square protests and massacre

A powerful economy and wealthier citizens may not be enough for Chinese demanding political reform.

IBTimes UK looks at the state of China's decades after the fateful day of revolution

IBTimes looks at China's largest industries and how they've shaped up since the massacre