ECONOMY

The Monarchy cost the taxpayer £35.7m in the last financial year.

Account data-sharing deal made between the French and Swiss finance ministers, Michel Sapin and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.

The US Commerce Department has allowed Pioneer Natural Resources and Enterprise Products Partners to ship condensate to foreign buyers.

The UK app industry will grow by 22% annually, reaching £30bn by 2025.

The science organisation has called on the government to create new baccalaureate-style frameworks.

Adzuna says there were 1.33 jobseekers for every advertised vacancy in May.

The US Congress is headed for a political storm to rival the fiscal cliff and federal shutdown of 2013.

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Almost 50% of employees will take a day off to watch the World Cup.

World Gold Council meeting scheduled for 7 July hopes to 'explore reform of the London Gold Fix'.

The mid-year UK financial stability report will be released on Thursday and more importantly, the BoE governor Mark Carney will deliver a speech around the same time.

The economy shrunk by 2.9% in quarter one of 2014.

There is a shortage of social housing, but right-to-buy is not to blame for that.

Karel De Gucht has denied that the free trade agreement will give corporations rule over governments.

Housing charity Shelter says 80% of homes are unaffordable to for the average family.

Brent hit by news that Iraq plans big increase in oil exports in July.

With the outlook for the rupiah uncertain, Indonesian companies are not out of the woods quite yet.

Which? says the cost of essentials remains high and there remains levels of worry about household debt.

Scottish parliament set to back abolition of right-to-buy as social housing waiting list tops 185,000.

UK consumers will spend the best part of £10bn in the shops this summer, according to Webloyalty

Aksyonov said ban deprives Europe of market.

Iran is seeking to gain funding for the import of unsanctioned humanitarian goods.

Dailly, principal solicitor at Govan Law Centre, sits on the board of the Scottish Housing Regulator

Equities fell and Asian currencies weakened as the Iraq crisis worsened, increasing oil supply woes and demand for the dollar. The Indonesian rupiah has fallen to a new four-month low.

Michael Osbaldeston of City & Guilds tells IBTimes UK that employers are desperate to recruit youngsters.

The National Citizen Service says today's teenagers are ambitious and community minded but lack skills.

Brent oil spot price spiked to just under $116 per barrel late last week

BBA data shows fourth monthly drop in mortgage approvals amid tougher rules for market

Swiss Franc strengthens on improved trade balance figures.