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Nikkei average gains 0.08 percent while Shanghai index rises 0.09 percent. KOSPI drops 0.42 percent.

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Stronger tax receipts help narrow budget deficit to £4.9bn higher than it was at this time last year.

Nikkei average ends 2 percent while KOSPI gains 0.20 percent. Shanghai index and Hang Seng up 1.24 and 0.48 percent.

Although the GDP has dipped, China's economy shows signs of stabilising.

Nikkei climbs 1.66 percent while KOSPI gains 0.15 percent. Shanghai and Hong Kong markets rise 0.52 and 0.48 percent.

Record high employment figures mask a recession stuck economy. But economists remain puzzled as to why we're working longer but failing to growth

Legendary chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management says a union of several emerging markets are looking to set up a development bank

Nikkei gained 1.33 percent while KOSPI and Hang Seng rose 0.85 and 0.81 percent. Shanghai index eased 0.11 percent.

Britain has clawed back less than a third of value lost during global economic crisis thanks to faster inflation, weak exports and government spending cuts.

Nikkei gains 0.94 percent while KOSPI is up 0.32 percent. Shanghai Composite index and Hang Seng trade 0.02 and 0.05 percent higher.

Inflation rate eases mainly on account of drop in food prices.

Bouygues Telecom tells shocked customer in Bordeaux that 17-digit bill can be paid off in instalments.

Spain insists there's no pressure to seek financial aid, IMF urges more time for budget measures to take hold as Germany juggles multiple bailouts

Reuters survey of economists shows most think British economy will barely lift out of recession over the next four quarters.

MPC member Weale also used Daily Mail interview to air inflation concerns over more quantitative easing in the UK economy.

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Prime minister speaking at Conservative party conference insisting '"painful decisions' and austerity imperative if UK economy to recover.

South Korea's KOSPI falls 1.18 percent, Shanghai Composite Index is lower by 0.57 and Hang Seng by 0.56 percent.

Leading economic thinktank says underlying growth may only be 0.2 percent as economy stagnates.

Former UK home secretary and foreign Secretary sees a gulf between a core EU and periphery EU countries

Merkel praises reforms but warns of tough road ahead as IMF says Greece likely to miss key debt targets in 2011 bailout agreement.

Government, handset makers and network providers invest £35m in Surrey University's 5G Innovation Centre.

Worse than expected trade and manufacturing data may hinder anticipated sharp bounce in third quarter GDP data.

Chancellor George Osborne is set to unveil billions more in welfare cuts as the coalition strives to tackle the budget deficit.

World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Economic Monitor predicts the region's growth to be 7.2%.

During the first televised Us presidental debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney agreed to tax the game industry 'hard.'

Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband's attack on the economic record of Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne raises several questions of accuracy.

An improving economy that will likely emerge from recession in the third quarter deters Bank of England policymakers from yet more quantitative easing