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A 6.5 percent year-on-year decline in manufacturing output has dragged the economy into contraction.

China data and central bank stimulus from the US and Japan boost Asia shares as Europe builds on three-day rally.

Chartered Management Institute report reveals 15.8 percent pay package leap for chief executives as most others see real terms pay cut.

Tiny Q1 growth helps Britain skip triple-dip recession, says National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

EE has announced a speed increase to parts of its 4G network as part of a roadmap which will help create an unmatched mobile network in the UK.

Government officials, think tank Be Open and architects hone in on design to promote a new era of economic growth

Britain's iconic prime minister led an unquestioned economic revival but the costs of her sweeping reforms are still being argued today.

S&P reaffirms Britain's AAA rating, which came as a support for the government's initiatives to reduce public debt.

On 22 March 2013, two days after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his 2013 Budget Address to the House of Commons, Fitch Ratings agency placed the UK's "AAA" Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) on Rating Watch Negative (RWN). The agency stated that it was more than likely that by the end of April 2013, by which time the agency will have made a full review of the UK's sovereign ratings, it is more than likely that the UK will be downgraded.

European markets trade mixed as investors consider the weak US data and Italian political developments.

Service export orders and record high deliveries helped UK avert triple-dip recession.

Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey index shows business sentiments at -8 in March, up from -12 in December.

Asian stocks advance in the week as US economic hopes helped investors to look past eurozone concerns.

ONS data shows UK service sector - three quarters of economy's GDP - grew 0.3 percent in January

Lower exports and a weak yen continue to hurt South Korea's economy.

European markets edge higher as Cypriot banks set to reopen after the bailout negotiations

The deal is in line with Allianz's strategy to expand in low-penetration markets.

ONS data confirms GDP contraction as cold weather threatens first quarter triple-dip recession.

Philippines exits from junk status and hopes to achieve 8.5% economic growth by 2016.

European markets edge higher, mirroring global equities, as improved US economic data offset lingering eurozone concerns.

Live coverage of Treasury select committee scrutiny of Chancellor George Osborne's 2013 Budget announcement.

The BRICS nations will discuss ways to tackle under-development and currency fluctuations.

South Korea's export-oriented economy is affected by weak growth in China, its largest export destination.

Asian markets trade lower on concerns that Cyprus plans could become a model for future bailouts.

Germany, Finland and Netherlands must approve aid while Cypriot banks cling to ECB lifeline.

China's steel production to rise 30 million tonnes this year but demand may not absorb increased supply.

Lawmakers scrambling to agree a bailout deal ahead of European Central Bank deadline on financing.

OECD projects China to grow at 8.5% in 2013 and is on track to become the world's biggest economy by 2016.

ONS reveals debt and deficit dropped in February, despite Budget warnings by chancellor.

The beer duty cut was a tiny shaft of sunlight peeping through the dark clouds of George Osborne's forecast, says Shane Croucher.