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TheCityUK's London Employment Survey shows optimism over the industry's prospects has also swelled

EY Item Club says the economy will grow by 2.4% in 2015

Opec members might prefer to keep selling at lower prices than lose their market.

US gold futures for December delivery ends $2.20 lower at $1,239.00 an ounce.

Food-producing West Africa regions of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been severely affected

DLF's stock has lost some 28% this week in Mumbai trading.

Virgin Money wants to raise £150m through its planned London IPO.

Staff pay, benefits and bonuses rise to $4.2bn

Knight Frank/Markit's latest House Price Sentiment Index shows homeowners see price rises across the UK too

Deteriorating economic conditions and delayed orders behind Rolls-Royce's downbeat guidance.

The number of former Rabobank employees charged in the inquiry of the lender to six

Regulators are trying to cap pay to prevent 'reckless' behaviour in the financial markets

LME wants the changes to its rule book to take effect in early 2015.

Britain's interest rate has stayed at a record low of 0.5% for years

Average residential rents across England & Wales reach record high of £768 per month

Stronger balance sheet will help BoC meet tough Basel III norms.

Canadian dollar headed for its second straight monthly loss and is down more than 6.2% since June.

Indian budget carrier IndiGo has ordered 250 single-aisle A320neo jets from Airbus.

Russian government mooting budget cuts and utilising foreign exchange reserves to ride out crisis.

The number of potential new buyers registering with Knight Frank is 25% higher year-on-year

Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway leader reduced his holding again

Nestle's sales for the nine months to September were 66.2bn Swiss francs.

IPA Bellwether report: 25% of companies increased their marketing spend in the third quarter

eBay's net income for the third-quarter falls 2.3% to $673m.

Britain's opposition is expected to ban buy to let investors snapping up new builds in certain areas.

More than 100 Colombian farmers sue oil giant BP for £18m.

Wall Street giant agreed to stump up $16.65bn in August to settle a US toxic mortgage probe.

The £400m development in Leeds will begin this week

Oil prices could have negative impact on the likes of Russia and Saudi Arabia.