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China Likely to Maintain Property Curbs As Home Prices Edge Up in October

Increase shows stabilisation of Chinese property market.

Thailand's Economy Slows as Global Demand Weakens

Thai economy grows 3% year-on-year in three months ending September compared to 4.4% in previous quarter.

Carlos Slim to Buy Majority Interest in Spanish Football Club

Billionaire will invest €2m in troubled Spanish football club Real Oviedo to acquire 35 percent stake.

BP Targets £3.7bn Share Buyback

BP plans huge share buyback following its profit-making deal with Rosneft of Russia.

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Economist's "Time Bomb" Cover Angers France's Leaders, Bores its Lenders

The Economist has attracted the wrath of France's Prime Minister with its incendiary cover story, but financial market professionals seem unimpressed by tame attack on Gallic finances.

UK Government Doubtful of Recovering £66bn RBS and Lloyds Bailouts

Report says £66bn invested in RBS and Lloyds may never be recovered, and taxpayers may lose £2bn from Northern Rock sale.

Facebook at Work Focuses on Enterprise Dollar

Facebook Comes up with Revised Settlement in Privacy Violation Suit

Facebook to set up $20m fund from which members may claim up to $10 each.

Dell's Third-Quarter Profit Hit By Lower Organisational Spending and Sluggish PC Market

Profit dips due to weak industrial demand and rising popularity of mobile computing.

Gold Demand Slumps in Third Quarter as Chinese Economy Slows

Global gold demand declines 11% due to weak market in China and Europe.

How Political Hacks Misuse ONS Inflation and Employment Data

Every month commentators use headline figures to bash each other's head in, but they really need to look deeper at the UK economy data.

Eurozone Slips into Recession As Crisis Slows the Core Economies

The region's second recession in three years comes amid increasingly violent protests over spending cuts and austerity measures.

October Retail Sales Improve Across Year Approaching Christmas Shopping Rush

ONS data shows UK retail sales growing 0.6 percent across year, though monthly decline of 0.8 percent.

Glencore and Xstrata $33bn Deal: Qatar Holdings Gives Greenlight

The key shareholder that was holding back the deal has now given its backing over the takeover bid

BP Nearing Multi Billion Dollar Gulf Settlement

Media reports say deal with US Justice Department could lead to the largest criminal fine in US history

Moody's to Review UK Credit Rating On Economic Slowdown

Britain's triple-A debt rating will be reviewed following Chancellor George Osborne's autumn Budget Statement

UK Loses £14bn a Year On Lower Heathrow Capacity

Report stresses need for making Heathrow an international hub amid stiff competition from Europe.

UK Economy: At Full Sprint but Barely out of the Blocks

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King hints there's little left to do in the face of "unappealing" mix of sluggish growth and faster inflation.

UK Labour Data Explained: How Unemployment Can Drop While Claimant Count Spikes

IBTimes UK explores why there is an apparent paradox in the labour market data from the ONS.

Toyota to Recall 2.8 Million Vehicles Worldwide

The company is recalling about 2.77 million vehicles worldwide due to problems related to steering wheel and water pump system.

Bank of England Sees Faster Inflation, Sluggish Growth as Eurozone Crisis Deepens

Mervyn King says Britain faces "unappealing" mix of faster inflation and slow growth as uneven recovery path begins next year.

Cisco Posts 18% Jump in First Quarter Profit Driven by Higher Sales and Cost Cuts

Cisco reports a net income of $2.09bn (£1.83bn), up 17.7 percent year over year for the first fiscal quarter.

UK Unemployment Falls but Claimant Count Soars as Olympics Jobs Fade

London 2012 boost gone as more Britons claim the dole though employment rate improves.

Mis-Selling Derivatives Exclusive: Barclays Freeze Payments for SMEs

Barclays confirms to IBTimes UK that it is starting to suspend swap payments for some SMEs that are in financial distress.

ICAP CEO Michael Spencer (Photo: Reuters)

ICAP’s Spencer: Toughest Trading Conditions in 36 Years

City veteran and CEO of ICAP Michael Spencer unleashes a checklist of reasons for why trading conditions are the worst in nearly 4 decades

Archduke Joseph Diamond Fetches Record $21m

The buyer is reportedly going to donate the diamond to a museum for display

J Sainsbury's Profits Rise as Market Share Reaches Decade-High

Britain's third-biggest supermarket chain continues its seven-year run of profitability as the pace of its march on rival Tesco quickens

Anti-Austerity Strikes and Protests Sweep European Union

Anti-austerity protests are expected to disrupt public life and restrict transport links across the continent.

Home Depot Third Quarter Profit Up on US Housing Market Recovery

Home Depot also raises its full year forecast

China Party Congress Elects Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to Central Committee

Names of new leaders yet to be formally declared

HMRC Award for Will Morris of Tax Avoiding General Electric

GE is notorious for having paid zero tax in US in 2010, but UK taxman hands its global tax boss award for 'helping HMRC run the UK's tax system'.

How Sex and Drugs Can Help Stimulate Britain's Limp Economy

With two vast industries left untapped by the Treasury, IBTimes UK explores the economic case for decriminalising drugs and prostitution.

Archduke Joseph Diamond to Be Auctioned For Over $15m

76-carat diamond largest from India's Golconda from where Koh-i-Noor came.

October UK House Price Decline Lowest in Over Two Years

Housing demand seen rising with new buying enquiries up 18 percent in October.

Japanese Industrial Production Drops 4.1 Percent in September

Output from manufacture, mines, and utilities decline, raising concerns of recession.

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