Oil price falls ‘set to continue’
Oil prices are likely to continue falling well into 2015, the International Energy Agency forecasts.
Eq Guinea to host 2015 Nations Cup
Equatorial Guinea are named as the hosts for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, replacing Morocco.
German economy avoids recession
Germany’s economy avoids recession after growing 0.1% in the third quarter, with the eurozone as a whole expanding by 0.2%.
Airbus profits up amid A400M woes
Airbus reports a rise in profits for the first nine months of the year, but warns of potential problems from its A400M military plane.
VIDEO: Lagarde: Global recovery is fragile
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has told the BBC she wants more than words from G20 leaders and a delivery on their commitments.
Oil industry giants in merger talks
The world’s second and third largest oil services companies, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, are in talks about a possible merger.
China’s Alibaba eyes first bond sale
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to meet with investors next week as it considers issuing its first bond sale after a record public listing.
VIDEO: The missing topics at the G20 summit
This weekend’s meeting of the world’s 20 largest economies will discuss world trade – as ever – but many other key subjects including Ebola appear missing.
S&P gives Twitter debt ‘junk’ status
US ratings agency Standard & Poor’s gives social media giant Twitter’s debt “junk” status, which is three notches below investment grade.
VIDEO: How one man saved the ‘sheep-pig’
How a woolly breed of porker was brought back from the brink