FT.com - European stocks were expected to open higher on Thursday after a strong overnight rally on Wall Street, and as crude oil prices slipped from recent record levels.

AFP - European stock markets rose in early deals, with takeover speculation helping to offset caution ahead of US jobs data and concern over the economic impact of Hurricane Katrina, dealers said.

AFP - European stock markets climbed in early trading, although London saw its gains limited as falling oil prices dragged down energy and mining stocks.

AFP - European stock markets extended gains in early deals, helped by cooler oil prices and takeover speculation.

AFP - India announced the purchase of 43 planes from European aircraft maker Airbus for 2.2 billion dollars and the sealing of an "action plan" with the European Union to expand economic, political and cultural ties.

AFP - Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair is the latest world figure to court India, which is emerging as a global superpower with a booming economy and a massive untapped market.

AFP - European stock markets climbed in early trading with London gaining from a rally by heavyweight energy stocks following a rebound in oil prices.

Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - Britain's economy expanded 0.5 per cent in the second quarter, a faster clip than initially estimated even though consumer spending rose at its slowest pace in a decade, a government report showed Friday.

AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has urged his European Union counterparts to push ahead with economic reform so the bloc can compete with the booming economies in Asia.

FT.com - European equities were poised for opening gains on Monday with oil prices back down to around $64 a barrel, and after stocks on Wall Street ended last week with modest gains.

AP - Consumer prices in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, rose 1.9 percent in August from a year ago and 0.1 percent from the previous month, driven partially by high energy costs, the Federal Statistics Office said Tuesday.

FT.com - European stocks on Wednesday reclaimed a little of the previous session's losses as oil prices steadied around $63 a barrel, and as takeover speculation focused on defence electronics company Thales.

AFP - European stock markets shrugged off a weak finish by Wall Street and a renewed surge in oil prices, as stronger energy stocks offset a struggling retail sector in London.

FT.com - London equities were little changed in opening trade on Friday, as the FTSE 100 moved just below the four-year highs notched up at the end of the previous session.

AP - While U.S. indexes dully waver within a minuscule range, overseas markets are on fire. Japan's Nikkei average hit its highest point since 2001 earlier this month. Britain's FTSE 100 Index on Friday had its best close in four years. Germany's DAX is at its highest level since 2002. Korea's KOSPI Index is up more than 20 percent so far this year.

AFP - European stock markets mainly fell in early trading, with Germany hit badly after its weekend general election failed to produce a decisive winner.

AFP - European stock markets moved higher with energy stocks benefiting from the recent rise in crude oil prices, while investors looked ahead to a US interest rate decision.

Reuters - The European Union can freeze assets of suspected terrorists, the bloc's second highest court ruled on Wednesday, dismissing complaints from alleged al Qaeda associates whose bank accounts were blocked by the EU.

FT.com - European equities were expected to open lower on Thursday after Wall Street succumbed to the effects of Hurricane Rita and its likely impact on oil prices.

FT.com - European stocks were higher on Friday after investors on Wall Street welcomed with relief Hurricane Rita's downgrade to category 4 and the resultant easing of crude oil prices.

AP - Poland heads into general elections this weekend, with two center-right parties set to quash the governing ex-communists and touch off a struggle over economic policy in the EU's biggest new member.

AFP - Polling stations opened in Poland before sunrise for the country's first general election since joining the European Union last year, with the corruption-blighted left expected to be swept from power by a coalition of conservatives and economic liberals.

FT.com - European stocks were poised for opening gains on Monday, after oil traders, working on a Sunday for the first time to respond to the effects of Hurricane Rita, oversaw a sharp fall in oil prices.

AP - German business confidence improved unexpectedly in September but executives' outlook appeared to darken after the Sept. 18 election failed to produce a conclusive result, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday.

AFP - A trial stemming from the near collapse of Italian dairy group Parmalat, the European Union's biggest financial scandal, opens before a court here, with company founder Calisto Tanzi in the dock.

FT.com - European stocks edged lower on Thursday, giving back some of the strong gains made in the previous session as investors took profits, and after oil prices rose above $66 a barrel.

AP - Liberty Global Inc., which owns cable television operations in more than a dozen European markets, said Friday it has agreed to acquire Cablecom Holdings AG, Switzerland's largest broadband cable operator, for about $2.19 billion in cash.