UK skills shortage pushes starting salaries up but permanent jobs growth slows
However, starting salaries rose faster due to staff shortages in many sectors.
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India to press G20 for deadline to cut money transfer costs
India to "demand a deadline of two years" at upcoming G20 deputy central bank governors' meeting in Istanbul.
Brent hangs on around $70 as US stocks fall
The price of Brent crude has fallen by around 40% since June as global supplies increased.
Moody's: Global CLOs to perform well in 2015 with lower refinancing pressures
Performance of CLOs is also helped by improving global economy.
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Gold eases on US dollar strength ahead of ECB rate decision
US dollar index struck an over five-and-a-half year high on 3 December on positive US data.
ECB and BoE rate reviews: Pound declines steeper than euro since November decisions
EUR/USD touches 28-month low while GBP/USD holds tad above 14-month low.
UK house price growth slows in November
However, property prices grew by 0.4% in November
IMF: Sudan must step up efforts to get relief from debt burden
Fund says Sudan has to work with South Sudan to get debt relief from external creditors.
Autumn Statement 2014: UK house builder shares rise on homebuyer friendly stamp duty changes
Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey and Barratt Developments are trading to the upside.
UK stamp duty reforms help drag Foxtons shares down 44% since floating last year
George Osborne delivered the radical new stamp duty plan in the Autumn Statement 2014.
Swiss franc ignores strong GDP numbers, falls to 18-month low vs dollar with USD index at 68-month high
The failure of the Swiss referendum continues to weigh on franc.
IMF: Afghanistan's prospects hurt by uncertainties, sale of New Kabul Bank, donor financing crucial
Discussions on 2015 budget focus on tax policy and expenditure measures.
Australian dollar at fresh 4-year low as GDP data disappoints in a big way
Australian economy expands 2.7% from a year earlier in the three months to September
Euro back near two-year low as Fed's Fischer says US rates to rise on data
The focus is now on an ECB meeting and US jobs data.
Pakistani rupee gains as inflation at 11-year low points to further rate cuts
USD/PKR has moved off Monday's two-week high with shares rallying
Edmund Shing: Navigating the Scylla and Charybdis of inflation and deflation
When deflation is mentioned, the 'lost' decade in Japan or the American Great Depression of the 1930s is usually evoked.
Money Talks: Why deflation is not always deadly
Edmund Shing says that deflation is not always deadly for the investor.
Russia scraps South Stream gas pipeline, ruble holds near new multi-year low
Russia would now make a gas hub on the Turkish-Greek border.
Iraqis and Kurds make breakthrough in oil exports dispute
Oil from Kirkuk and Kurdistan to be exported via Turkey.
Reserve Bank of India stands firm on rates despite inflation dip
India's main lending rate is left at 8% and CRR at 4%.
Apple sees $40bn temporarily wiped from its market value
The tech company also experienced the heaviest minute of trading in Apple stock since 29 October.
China's Dalian Wanda Commercial secures nod for $6bn Hong Kong float
Dalian Wanda Commercial operates 89 shopping malls and 48 hotels across China.
Tesco boss Dave Lewis overhauls management structure amid accounting scandal
Lewis will now temporarily head the UK operation as UK MD Chris Bush remains suspended
Aussie dollar off 4-year low on better building permits data as RBA keeps rates unchanged
Australian dollar rises on positive data on building permits and current account deficit.
Moody's assigns A3 rating to Cagamas Global Sukuk's programme
Malaysian firm will use proceeds of sukuk certificates to acquire beneficial interest in portfolio of assets.
Aussie dollar slumps to new 4-year low as China NBS PMI drops ahead of RBA review
TD Securities inflation data and China Markit PMI lower than expected.
Balfour Beatty shares rocket after receiving £1bn offer for investment unit
John Laing Infrastructure Fund is looking to snap up the group's investment arm
Pound plummets to new 14-month low ahead of BoE review and autumn forecast
Sterling under pressure against dollar as market awaits BoE meeting.
FCA unveils new rules to tackle 'poor practice' in credit broking market
The regulator has announced new rules to tackle practices that are 'causing serious detriment to consumers'.
BG Group CEO pay slashed by over half to £4.7m amid shareholder revolt
Britain's third largest energy group confirmed Statoil's boss Helge Lund will join the company
Oil prices plunge to five year low in longest losing streak since the credit crisis
Oil now hovers around $64, down from triple digit highs five years ago.
China Beats Japan to Become World's Second-Largest Stock Market
The capitalisation of the Chinese stock market increased by 33% in 2014 reaching $4.48 trillion.
Central Banks Watch: Major G10, Emerging Economies to Set Rates Next Week
Four major G10 economies and that many major emerging economies are set to decide rates in the first week of December.
Oil Prices Drop 18% Amid Fears of a Growing Glut
Moody's lowers its pricing outlook for Brent and WTI crude oils for 2015 and 2016.
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