AFP - Inflation in the 15 countries sharing the euro came off record highs in August, offering an increasingly rare ray of light as the threat of recession looms, official EU data showed on Friday.

AFP - London shares finished higher on Friday, with oil stocks making the biggest gains.

Reuters - Indian shares extended losses to 2 percent on Thursday afternoon, ahead of weekly inflation data and a fall in European markets.

AFP - German unemployment fell further in August, but the biggest European economy is flirting with recession and its job market will probably feel the effects later this year, analysts said Thursday.

AFP - London shares closed higher on Wednesday, lifted out of earlier losses by an upbeat report on the US manufacturing sector which helped allay fears about the economic outlook, and amid a surge in oil prices.

AFP - London shares finished down on Tuesday, off earlier lows, amid heavy falls amongst miners.

Reuters - The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its forecasts for 2008 and 2009 world economic growth, largely due to a marked worsening in the outlook for the euro zone, a G20 finance official told Reuters on Monday.

AFP - Britain faced the threat of a recession on Friday after official figures showed the economy stuttered to a halt in the second quarter with its weakest performance for 16 years.

AFP - The FTSE 100 index finished near its session high Friday as investors took heart from signs of more merger and acquisition activity in the banking sector.

AFP - London shares closed nearly 1% higher Wednesday, breaking a three-day losing streak as commodities made gains.

AFP - The dollar slipped back Monday as investors took profits after recent gains while the euro found only modest support from a market anticipating more weakness in the European economy.