ECONOMY

As the number of people out of work for over a year swells, IBTimes UK explores the problem, those suffering, and those trying to mend it under the Work Programme

Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards confirms MPs will interview SMEs being mis-sold derivatives.

Fortune announces the list of America's most powerful businesswomen who have made enormous contribution to mega corporations.

Spanish Treasury raises nearly €10bn as investors take down four bond auctions while bailout speculation continues.

Protests over opening doors to global retailers such as Tesco and Wal-mart bring parts of country to standstill.

BP may acquire a stake in Rosneft, as part of the TNK-BP deal, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant.

August retail sales data from the ONS shows boost from Premiership football shirt sales but struggling sector sees little gain from London 2012

Lloyds bank said it will use Funding for Lending Scheme cash to cut borrowing rates for homebuyers and small businesses

Top five spots remain unchanged from the previous year, while lower down the list some lose their ranks and new entrants make it.

Elena Baturina, founder of BE OPEN tells IBTimes UK that urban development and young designers will be future for progress

Ofcom ruling keeps Rupert Murdoch's most profitable business safe as News Corp continues plans to slit the company.

Banking officials and experts face MPs at select committee hearing on scope and scale of banks mis-selling derivatives.

Research by IMRG Capgemini UK shows August online retail sales plunging 11 percent month-on-month.

Bank holds key rate at record low 0.5 percent but says short-term risk of price rises has intensified.

Bank of Japan governor says turnaround will take longer than anticipated but decision on monetary easing 'not related to China protests'.

Wage dispute which led to deaths of 45 strikers ends but industrial action continues in other South African mines.

RPI formula may be made similar to CPI which would likely bring headline figure down, hitting index-linked gilt holders and workers' wage negotiations

Investor focus switches to US fiscal cliff as more better value in European stocks for the fist time in more than a 18 months.

The world is hovering on the brink of economic disaster and former Goldman Sachs executive director and a hedge fund manager Chris Clarke tells us why.

Honda, Nissan, Panasonic, Sony, Canon, Toyota and Mazda among affected by anti-Japan protests in China.

Kweku Adoboli used pay day companies, such as Wageday Advance, Wonga.com, after losing his own money on spreadbetting

Spain's borrowing costs fall but tepid demand signals concern over banking sector and impending bailout.

Office for National Statistics reports that falling price of furniture and household goods and services brought down CPI inflation in August

Spain plans €9bn in bond sales this week as bailout speculation intensifies ahead of bank audit and review of its investment grade credit rating.

National Housing Federation says 3,960 families were living in temporarily bed and breakfast accommodations between January to March 2012.

Department of Defence relations seen as critical to strength of combined group but US lobbyists reluctant to allow foreign stakeholders access to sensitive military business.

Tensions in Asia, Europe and Middle East fail to halt global rally built on Fed, ECB promises.

Plans for the first new oil wells in Arctic waters in 20 years have been put on hold.

Chinese subsidies, heavy duties on auto imports from America and artificially low Yuan rankle US.