ECONOMY

ECB president Mario Draghi says plans to support bond market will preserve singleness of monetary policy but markets stall.

According to annual Pension Watch Survey, retirement savings of top bosses have gone up at an average of £400,000 to £4.3m.

However, labour demand is weak and people are not finding jobs.

Former Goldman Sachs banker Paul Deighton to oversee implementation of government infrastructure plan to help pull UK out of recession

Report suggests ECB prepared to buy unlimited quantities of Eurozone government debt to bring down yields and draw a line under the crisis.

Never mind the focus on Greece, Chris Clarke explains why UK should leave the European Union.

Court filings by US Justice Department reveal strongly worded attack on BP over 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster

Barclays discharged Ritankar Pal and Dong Kun Lee in July due to their role in the Libor scandal, say Reuters citing regulatory filings.

The World Economic Forum's annual ranking on competitiveness sees Britain jump two places to eighth despite drag from recession.

Financial Services Authority's Martin Wheatley wants to clamp down on banks sales incentives.

August a strong month for UK service sector, according to rare positive private industry data.

With the raft of regulatory changes demanding restructuring compliance departments and reporting, it is too much for companies to take?

Australia's central bank keeps an eye on inflation and continuing subdued global outlook.

Britain's ailing construction sector, which a triggered double-dip recession, returned to contraction in August according to purchasing managers index data from Markit

Dutch bank ING faces deadline to sell-off its Japanese business under agreement from receiving its emergency funding in 2008.

British Retail Consortium data shows lack of anticipated uplift for retailers during London 2012, while Local Data Company statistics show shop vacancies rising

Financial Services Authority demands nine of UK's largest banks and building societies' disclose contingency plans for IT failure.

Swiss economy stalls as franc rise bites into exports as EU crisis causes ripple affects across the region

Moody's says EU's negative outlook is due to its key budget contributors.

Weak consumer demand, rising online sales and retail space expansion push vacancy levels to 14.6%.

Eurozone crisis and weak global demand continue to be a drag on growth.

Glencore is set to stick to its M&A proposal terms for Xstrata and will not sweeten the deal, say media reports.

August PMI shows manufacturing sector in slight contraction after recovering from serious July slump

Harshest trading environment since early 2010 sees domestic and overseas new orders collapse

Shareholder consortium in talks to launch £3.3bn lawsuit against RBS and former senior executives over rights issue.

However key figures including George Osborne, Theresa May, Michael Gove William Hague expected to retain posts.

Weak data mounts pressure on Reserve Bank of Australia for rate cut.

Analysts expect third round of quantitative easing to be announced soon.

Weak global demand and the eurozone crisis hit manufacturing.