ECONOMY

Harmonised competitiveness indicators reveal improvement in some key eurozone economies.

Developing East Asia slows, but continues to lead global growth at 7.1%.

Aldermore has already signed up to Help to Buy guarantee and other challengers may follow.

The Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency details why big business should set up shop despite legacy issues

The 29 year-old finance minister details his four point plan to IBTimes UK about turning around the economy

Calculated risks needed to raise quality of life in developing economies according to report.

Country already crossed almost 75% of 5.4tn-rupee deficit target.

Ovung talks about how the Sirius Programme will help his business deliver clean water to poorest parts of world.

Lord Davies says companies still have a "long way to go" on female participation.

Amanda Trewhella, an employment law solicitor at Fisher Meredith, takes us through the issues around religious clothing and work.

Labour to table amendment to lobbying bill that would force in-house energy lobbyists to sign open register.

IAB says mobile advertising grew like-for-like by 127% to £429.2m in the first half of 2013.

French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici tones down anti-business rhetoric in latest policy proposals

IBTimes UK exclusively reveals that if 179 state-owned companies don't find private investors, there'll be mass job losses

Investors fear foreigners will reduce investments in India and drag markets down.

350,000 furloughed US government employees ordered to report to work on 7 October.

Daniel Stewart & Co's chief economist looks at the US government shutdown and QE tapering

CBI/PwC survery of finance firms shows City of London riding high on emerging economic recovery.

Markets in Tokyo and Sydney trade close to one-month lows.

More than 80% of Japanese airlines' fleet had constituted Boeing jets.

US shutdown affects investor sentiments amid lower China PMI.

China, with new laws, said to be losing competitive edge.

Prices rose on 4 October on lower production from the Gulf of Mexico.

US politicians have until 17 October to raise the government's borrowing limit.

US Trade Representative Michael Froman says the US unable to send full team to Brussels to discuss Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with EU.

Second phase provides help to home buyers in form of equity loan and mortgage guarantee.

Mind says there is a danger that companies are neglecting workplace mental health.

The vast majority of smartphone users do nothing productive which is a great opportunity for advertisers

Sir Andrew Wiles says mathematics has lost its moral purity.