UNEMPLOYMENT

US GDP grew faster than expected but mixed data below headline provides ammunition for both Obama and Romney campaigns

One in four out of work in Europe's fourth-largest economy amid deepening recession.

The best three-month growth figures in five years have sparked a raging debate over the government's economic strategy.

Olympic Games helps drive solid economic turnaround with 1pc growth but experts say recovery will remain uneven.

Nikkei eases 0.02 percent while KOSPI drops 0.65. Shanghai and Hang Seng gain 0.35 and 0.20 percent.

Spain's Prime Minister faces challenging votes in Catalonia and the Basque region as investors fear window of opportunity for EU support closing fast

July to September retail sales post best run in more than two years as Olympics and back-to-school boost lift High Street

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

Quarterly unemployment figures show encouraging fall but Rowntree Foundation and Prince's Trust studies reveal stiff competition and huge rise in long-term jobless.

Number of Britons in work rose to record 29.59 million in the three months ending August and headline unemployment fell to 7.9 percent.

Opposition describes measures as 'fiscal time bomb', while country's largest trade union planning general strike.

Budget cuts and bank capital rules are being reconsidered as world leaders push for Plan B in face of slowing economic growth.

Simmering political tensions up and down the Continent should remind Europe's leaders of what's at stake in the current economic crisis.

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

Hang Seng up the most, gaining 0.82 percent while Shanghai index rises 0.39 percent. South Korea's KOSPI gains 0.05 percent. The Nikkei trades flat.

Fresh allegations of collaboration between police and neo-Nazi party.

More than one in four Greeks is out of work as the economy tailspins deeper into its six year recession and Coca Cola Hellenic plans to delist shares from Athens bourse.

Inmaculada Reinoso Conesa looks behind the reasons Spain's lost generation is trying to make its voice heard.

S&P cites deepening recession and limited options before government to deal with the crisis as reasons for downgrade.

Australia job creation slows down even as more people enter the employment market.

Employers will be able to offer staff shares if they sacrifice certain employment rights such as redundancy pay under new proposals from the chancellor.