ECONOMY

LSL Property Services says UK rents rose by just 0.6% over year to April 2014.

Passenger traffic has sharply dropped off since the unexplained disappearance of flight MH370.

Construction firms chase profits from spiralling house prices as pace of residential work picks up.

Ukraine offered to pay $4bn to Gazprom if it reduces the price it is demanding from Kiev for gas supplies

Forbes was the youngest person to ever to serve as a Member of the White House's Council of Economic Advisers

Prices of private residential properties fell 1.3% in Q1 2014 after a 0.9% dip in Q4 2013.

Hot favourite to be Egypt's next president calls on the United States to help him fight terrorism and grow the economy

IBTimes UK has learnt that three MPs from the ECOLO party are among the arrests.

Eurozone growth is slower than expected and bank lending still falling across currency area.

Despite a more positive outlook within the UK economy recently, there are still many challenges remaining for SMEs.

Trinity Mirror, publisher of Daily Mirror, has reported an increase in digital ad revenues of nearly 50%.

UAE has showered Egypt's interim government and army with financial aid since the Islamist president was ousted

Labour MP William Bain tell IBTimes UK that the government has to get to grips with the 'crisis'.

Violence swept through Vietnam as rioters attacked industrial sites in protest over China's behaviour in South China Sea.

The London Stock Exchange's latest results also lifted by LCH.Clearnet Purchase.

Japan's consumption tax hike to weigh on growth in the second-quarter.

As London's economy outpaces the rest of the UK, is it prioritising the right property sector?

HMRC and Whitehall are using new measures to calculate tax recovery from five years ago.

Riots in Vietnam mark a dangerous moment for Sino-Vietnamese relations

Global leaders meet in Vienna for the latest round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme and strict economic sanctions.

The EBRD has revised down its forecasts for growth across the region.

The ONS says there were 140,000 Romanians and Bulgarians in work in the three months to March.

Japan will crack down on illegal transactions - but will not regulate bitcoin.

Bank of England predicts higher growth and lower unemployment over the next two years.

Poll of London councillors shows many Conservatives satisfied with efforts to support poorer to live in city.

Russia's major firms want roubles not dollars as Russia's role in Ukraine crisis risks deeper sanctions

Rise in self-employment could mean there is an overstatement in the labour market recovery

The DWP says 5,910 people have started on Universal Credit between April 2013 and 28 February 2014.

Turkish government's attitude to previous mining disasters shows little effort to improve safety