The Japanese economy has contracted 1.6% year-on-year in the July-September second-quarter.
International investors purchased 13bn yuan of Shanghai shares, triggering halt in buy orders for rest of the day.
Temporary job placements slowed down.
Fixed pay has risen after bonuses have been capped by new EU rules.
Underlying pressure on house price inflation has aided a Sterling rally.
September inflation data and latest BoE inflation report indicate more downside risks to UK economy.
Oil cartel Opec's member nations to meet on 27 November in Vienna.
Voting pattern at BoE MPC could surprise this time with more favouring hold decision.
US gold futures for December delivery finish $15.80 higher for the week.
Richard Branson, through VX Holdings, owns a 24.8% stake in the low-cost carrier.
How kind of the US to concede that India can keep feeding its people if it removes trade obstruction
SBI reports a 52% increase in provisions for bad loans for the July-September quarter.
USD/RON had touched a 26-month high of 3.5877 and USD/HUF hit a 35-month high of 250.72 last week.
Singapore dollar dropped near a three-year low and the Indian rupee traded at a one month low.
News weighs on NYSE-traded Continental's shares, which end 3.08% lower on 13 November.
Branson, through VX Holdings, will have a 24.8% stake in airline after offering.
Brent prices have dropped for eight successive weeks on fears over a global supply glut.
The British lender originally only wanted to shrink its US mortgage trading business by two thirds.
Measures under discussion will curb imports by private trading firms.
Britain and the US have already a raft of active cases against traders implicated in the scandal
Dudley says not right time for rate hike due to weak labour market and low inflation.
Overall demand down 2% while supply dipped 7% as Indian demand rose 60% and China's fell 39%.
Opec has shown few signs it will reduce oil production ahead of its 27 November meeting.
Bank Indonesia has left the main rate at 7.5% with inflation pressures under control while the GDP growth rate is at a five-year low.
Negotiations between Hasbro and DreamWorks come more than a month after talks with Japan's Softbank failed.
Citi, JPM, HSBC, RBS, and UBS settled with a range of US and UK authorities over FX rigging.
Rics says British house prices slowed sharply in the three months to October.
Pound falls after RICS house price balance dropped to 20% in October from 30% in September.
IMF projects GDP growth of 2.4% for 2014 and expects inflation to stay near 4% for rest of year.
The investment bank announced the extra fines hours after five other banks were fined