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European Car Sales Rise in April on Strong British Demand

Car sales in the UK improved 14.8% in April.

Gold Extends Losing Streak as Fed Signals QE Exit

Analysts expect gold prices to fall to $1,100 an ounce in a year and below $1,000 in five years.

Rana Plaza Disaster: NGOs Can Help Retailers' Business and Bangladesh Workers

Relatives mourn as they show pictures of garment workers, who are believed to be trapped under the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka April 28, 2013. (Photo: Reuters)

Workers' safety in Bangladesh could be improved if western retailers use NGOs, says outsourcing expert Professor Michael Mol.

A worker performs a routine check to the valves at a natural gas appraisal well of Sinopec in Langzhong county, Sichuan province March 1, 2011. China, which has by far the world?s largest shale deposits, has just started to exploit this source of unconven

Charts in Focus: Guide to Shale Gas

As the UK follows US, Russia and China's suit for shale gas development, we deliver a handy guide

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Occupy Economics: Break up UK Banks or Risk Another Financial Crisis

Occupy movement launches new campaign to break up 'too big to fail' banks in London's Canary Wharf.

Shane Croucher May 16, 2013

Lloyds Edges Closer to UK Government Stake Sale

Lloyds AGM hears of "significant progress" made by bank in 2012 as share price soared 85% across year.

Shane Croucher May 16, 2013

RBS To Axe 1,400 Retail Jobs Over Two Years

RBS reveals job losses are a result of restructuring its Retail head office functions in the UK

Lianna Brinded May 16, 2013

Google on Tax Avoidance: 99% Of Customers Have No UK Contact

Google chief Matt Brittin defends tech giant in front of Public Accounts Committee on tax avoidance

Lianna Brinded May 16, 2013

UK Uncut Loses High Court Challenge to HMRC's 'Sweetheart Deal' with Goldman Sachs

HMRC deal to let Goldman Sachs off millions of tax it owed was lawful, rules high court.

Shane Croucher May 16, 2013

Charts in Focus: China’s Growing Pains and Global Impact

We take a look at HSBC’s report on the long-term risks for China and the global economic impact

Lianna Brinded May 16, 2013

India and China Continue to Push Gold Demand Higher- World Gold Council

Total gold demand declines13% in the quarter due to a massive liquidation of exchange traded funds.

Jerin Mathew May 16, 2013

London's Financial Freedom: Boris Johnson Dream May Make Capital Worse Off

London Finance Commission recommends greater fiscal autonomy for London, but capital risks losing out if tax yield drops.

Shane Croucher May 16, 2013

BP Fears Takeover Bid as Oil Spill Compensation Costs Escalate

BP says the escalating compensation costs are putting the company financials into jeopardy.

Geetha Pillai May 16, 2013

Vladimir Golubkov CEO Rosbank apparently caught in the act by Russia's Interior Ministry in a (Photo:screengrab from the Euronews footage on YouTube)

SocGen’s Rosbank CEO Detained on $1.5m Bribery Allegations

Russia’s interior ministry believed to have snatched Vladimir Golubkov in bribery sting.

Lianna Brinded May 16, 2013

City of London Finance Jobs Fall in April as Firms Stall Hiring

City finance jobs decline to 5,922 in April from 7,661 in the same month, a year ago

Jerin Mathew May 16, 2013

UK Energy Minister Michael Fallon: Whitehall to Accelerate Shale Gas Development

Fallon reveals British government creating 'robust regulation' to speed up UK shale gas exploration.

Lianna Brinded May 15, 2013

Boris Johnson: Government Must Give London its Tax Back

Capital's mayor backs London Finance Commission demand for devolved power and financial autonomy.

Shane Croucher May 15, 2013

Bank of England Upgrades UK Growth Outlook

Britain's central bank sees brighter growth outlook and faster fall in inflation.

Lianna Brinded May 15, 2013

Eurozone Enters Longest Ever Recession [VIDEO]

Economy shrinks for the sixth straight quarter at the start of this year

Lianna Brinded May 15, 2013

UK Jobless Rate Hits Lowest Level Since April 2011

In the latest sign of an economic recovery, number of Britons claiming unemployment benefit dives in April too

Lianna Brinded May 15, 2013

Sir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England will hand over the reins to Mark Carney on 1 July 2013 (Photo: Reuters)

BoE's Sir Mervyn King: The Final Countdown to Inflation and Governorship

Bank of England's chief will deliver his last Quarterly Inflation Report before Mark Carney takes office

Lianna Brinded May 15, 2013

Stuart Gulliver, CEO at HSBC (Photo: Reuters)

HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver: Growth is a Challenge Despite Doubling Profits

Leader of Europe's largest investment bank shrugs off acquisition opportunities and eyes cost savings

Lianna Brinded May 15, 2013

HSBC Plans 14,000 Job Cuts and $3bn Savings

More jobs on the line at Europe's biggest bank which has already sold or closed 52 loss-making businesses globally since 2011.

Geetha Pillai May 15, 2013

Shell, BP and Statoil Raided over Alleged Oil Price Rigging

European Commission suspects manipulation of published prices for oil and biofuel products and swoops on head offices.

Jerin Mathew May 15, 2013

Bloomberg Under New Pressure as Bank of Japan Probes Snooping

Bloomberg journalists had reportedly access to its financial information terminals

Umberto Bacchi May 14, 2013

Chart in Focus: Britons Get Poorer as UK Tumbles Down World Disposable Income Rankings

ONS data shows impact of high inflation and paltry wage growth on household disposable income.

Shane Croucher May 14, 2013

RBS Chairman Sir Philip Hampton: More Job Cuts on Horizon

Bank to axe jobs to cut costs and shore up capital position in time for 2014 planned privatisation.

Lianna Brinded May 14, 2013

Stephen Hester, CEO at RBS (Photo: Reuters)

Stephen Hester Profile: CEO Behind Transformation of RBS

As RBS holds its 2013 AGM, IBTimes UK takes a closer look at its chief executive

Lianna Brinded May 14, 2013

EU Unity at Stake as Support Fast Declining- Pew Survey [VIDEO]

Economic crisis creating centrifugal forces pulling apart public opinion, says Pew survey.

M Rochan May 14, 2013

Australia's Wayne Swan Rallies G20 Over Corporate Tax Evasion

Australian Treasurer Swan sets tone for country's 2014 chairing of G20 group with stance on global tax cheats.

Shane Croucher May 14, 2013

François Hollande: Rejected Before a Year in Office

On 25 April 2013 the French Ministry of Labour posted the latest unemployment figures for March - an increase of 36,900 and the 23rd consecutive monthly increase - which showed that 3.224 million were signed up and looking for work. The Ministry admitted that this figure broke the previous record set in 1997 of 3.195 million and whilst not releasing an unemployment rate, reiterated that this had stood at 10.2 per cent at the beginning of the year and that they are confidant that the rate would ...

Graeme Mackay May 14, 2013