FTSE 100 ends the week on a high (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:34 GMT The leading stock exchange has ended on a high recovering from earlier lows that followed news the US jobless rate had climbed to a 26-year high.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

German orders up 0.9 percent in September (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:01:43 GMT AP - German industrial orders increased again in September thanks to strong foreign demand, official figures showed Friday, offering another sign that Europe's biggest economy is gaining momentum.

World stocks fall as US jobless rate hits 10.2 pct (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:51 GMT A South Korean currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The KOSPI rose 20.22 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,572.46. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

European stocks mixed ahead of US job figures (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:11:51 GMT A trader watches the French CAC market curve at the independent private banking company Meeschaert Gestion Privee, in Paris in 2008. Europe's main stock markets diverged slightly on Friday ahead of the release of crucial US employment figures and as traders assessed more earnings reports.(AFP/File/Jean Ayissi)

British Airways posts H1 loss of $346 million (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:33:32 GMT AP - British Airways PLC on Friday reported a net loss of 208 million pounds ($346 million) in the six months ending in September as the global economic downturn continued to take its toll on revenues.

World unemployment up despite economic recovery (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:10:21 GMT Graphic shows the rate of unemployment benefit extension exhaustions, by state, per 1,000 population

FTSE 100 ends up on US jobs data (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:33:12 GMT London shares ended higher on Thursday powered by positive US employment data.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)

European, British central banks leave rates alone (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:01:21 GMT FILE - In this July 9, 2009, people are silhouetted as they walk past the Bank of England in the City of London. British industrial production and new car registrations rose in recent months, data showed Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, as the Bank of England announced it would increase the size of its monetary stimulus. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

ECB takes first step towards exit, more due in Dec (Reuters) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:59:33 GMT Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) addresses the media during his monthly news confrence at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Bank of England pumps billions more into economy (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:12:44 GMT The Bank of England building in the City of London. The Bank of England revealed plans to pump another 25 billion pounds to boost the recession-hit economy, and held interest rates at a record low.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)