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Advertising could generate £100 bn for UK economy: report
01 Feb 2013
The report, based on a cross-country analysis covering 17 markets over 14 years, says figures showed that for every £1 invested in advertising, £6 was generated towards the UK's GDP
US economy contracts 0.1% in Q4
31 Jan 2013
Global wage gap continues to widen
31 Jan 2013
European banks to repay €137-bn loans: ECB
28 Jan 2013
UK to buy green energy from Ireland
25 Jan 2013
HSBC Flash China PMI at two-year high
24 Jan 2013
Apple posts $54.5 billion revenue for Q1 2013
24 Jan 2013
Apple yesterday posted a revenue of $54.5 billion and a net profit of $13.1 billion for the 2013 first quarter, which ended on 29 December 2012
Japan’s trade deficit hits record $78 bn in 2012
24 Jan 2013
Japan’s trade deficit in 2012 reached a record ¥6.93 trillion ($78.3 billion), as exports fell for the seventh straight month in December while fuel imports surged due to a virtual shut down of its nucklear power plants
Cameron dangles EU exit option before Britons
23 Jan 2013
Sterling fell to a five-month low against the dollar as Cameron was speaking and Britain's European partners flayed Cameron's demand for radical reform of the EU and promise of the exit option
BoJ doubles inflation target to pump-prime economy
22 Jan 2013
The central bank will double its inflation target to 2 per cent and switch to an open-ended commitment to asset purchases in order to stimulate the Japanese economy
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