FINANCE & BANKING

Royal College of Midwives is balloting its members for strike action in a row over pay.

Nick Clegg says the plan is designed to help young people with the cost of travel.

But the insurer warns there is still an awareness gap among younger workers about early saving.

CBI says political parties must make to ensure the benefits of growth are felt by all people

More than 70% of bitcoin transactions done over last 30 days came from trades denominated in yuan, according to statistics.

Shareamortgage.com: workers can barely pay living costs, let alone getting onto the property ladder

The minimum wage industrial action has revived the US' labour movement.

Dutch retail bank did a survey of more than 12,000 consumers across Europe.

Diamond's Atlas Mara investment vehicle pays $270m to raise its stake in Union Bank of Nigeria.

VoucherCodesPro survey also shows two fifths of SME bosses admit to being in financial trouble

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will face scrutiny over welfare in an independent Scotland.

Shrem and bitcoin trader Robert Faiella were charged with selling more than $1m worth of bitcoins to users of Silk Road.

Elsewhere, Tesco recently announced plans to donate profits from ice sales to charity

This is set to rise to 40% of total British property value by 2017

Citizens Advice says clients in their 20s were most worried about housing benefit.

Deloitte says there has been an unprecedented amount of change to remuneration structures.

Business lobby group predicts UK growth will also slow in second half of 2014.

The Centre for Cities says pathways to upward mobility have been severely eroded.

Andrew Madoff worked on the trading floor of corrupt father's business and eventually turned him in.

Britain's services industry expanded at the fastest pace in nearly a year but pay remains weak.

The Office for National Statistics confirmed GDP was now 2.7% above peak

Johnathan Ball bit Christopher Woolcott after the pair had a trivial argument, jurors were told

A report from HSBC says properties in need of no refurbishment attract a higher yield.

Popularity in the scheme has waned over the last month

Ros Altmann wants to tackle ageism and introduce more flexibility in the workplace.

The Mayor of London has responded to Sir Howard Davies' decision to rule out Thames hub.

Debt charity StepChange revealed 43,716 consumers came to them for help.

Overall, the Ombudsman took on 191,129 new cases in total in the first half of 2014.

Transfer fees continue to rise, but how much of that is down to inflation