US Jobs Rise Boosts Hopes For World Economy The global economy received a boost after better-than-expected US jobs figures pushed the Dow Jones stock market index to its highest level since before the 2008 financial crisis.
RBS Chair Attacks 'Anti-Business Ministers' Ministers should abandon a growing tendency to indulge in anti-business rhetoric or risk damaging Britain's economic recovery, the head of the state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has warned.
Double-Dip Recession 'Too Close To Call' The UK will return to recession in the first half of this year, one influential think-tank has warned, but other new data from the services industry suggests otherwise.