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Brent draws support from Libya outage and Janet Yellen's dovish stance.

Janet Yellen supports the US Fed's ultra-easy monetary policy.

Lianna Brinded delivers on-the-ground special report from the cradle of the Arab Spring and ponders its future.

No major disaster claims in the third quarter will help insurance giant exceed targets.

Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen's remarks and positive German GDP data support the markets.

US Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen to testify before the Senate on 14 November.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino says death toll has risen above 10,000.

War-torn Afghanistan estimated to harvest 5,500 tonnes of opium in 2013.

OECD signals growth may be better than expected in many economies, but warns on troubled Brics nations.

CBI SME Trends Survey shows optimism rising at fastest pace since 1988 in UK manufacturing sector.

Market players await news from China's CPC Central Committee 3rd Plenum.

Over 40 human skulls have been discovered at the home of an Italian expatriate in Burundi, report local police.

America may have added 125,000 jobs in October, against 148,000 in September.

Market players await US October nonfarm payrolls data on 8 November.

Strathclyde University impact assessment says Glasgow naval yard cuts would have serious knock-on effects on Scottish economy.

Investors await US Q3 GDP data due on 7 November.

TNS BMRB poll reveals 47% supporting staying in Britain just a year ahead of referendum.

Petroplus Holdings AG (Switzerland) was, not so long ago, Europe's largest independent refiner. In January 2012, the company defaulted on its senior notes and filed for bankruptcy. In the UK, its centre of operations was the Coryton Refinery in Essex which it had bought from BP in 2007 and which was able to handle tankers up to 250,000 deadweight tons (dwt). The refinery had a capacity of 11 million tonnes per year and had been running at about 88 per cent capacity shortly before its demis...

HSBC's Asia-Pacific Regional Head of Commercial Banking talks about the impact from yuan liberalisation.

Both central banks to announce monetary policy decisions on 7 November.

Japanese and Australian equities buck the trend.

America will release third quarter GDP and labour market data on 7-8 November.

Premier expects to create 1.3 million to 1.5 million jobs from every percentage point in economic growth.

October's Markit/CIPS UK service sector PMI hits fastest pace of growth since May 1997.

Market players await interest rate decisions from the BoE and ECB.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research says unemployment will drop to about 7.4% by the middle of 2014.

Lord Forsyth criticises MPs who think break-up of the union would guarantee Conservative power in Westminster.

Markit/CIPS UK construction sector index hits over six year high in October.

China official non-manufacturing PMI rose to 56.3 in October from 55.4 in September.

HSBC manufacturing index rose to 50.9 in October from 50.2 in September.