Australia’s strong economy has helped drive a healthy job market. But to avoid a future shortage of labour as the population ages, further efforts are needed to help older women, indigenous Australians and mothers with young children into work, according to a new OECD report.

The OECD Working Group on Bribery has serious concerns regarding Belgium’s limited efforts to comply with the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

Secretary-General Angel Gurría opens the first meeting of the New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC) Group, an organisation-wide reflection process on the roots and lessons from the crisis with the aim of catalysing a process of continuous improvement of our analytical frameworks and policy advice. This meeting serves as a first step to get expert feedback and inputs to identify priorities for the way forward.

This paper analyses the age structure of employment rates across OECD countries with a focus on France. The statistical contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed.

Large business groups, which played a key role in Korea's economic development, are still dominant today, especially in exporting.

The OECD Working Group on Bribery is to send a high-level mission to Brasilia as soon as possible in November, to meet with senior officials, to reinforce the message that law enforcement capacity to investigate and prosecute foreign bribery should be preserved in order to ensure that Brazil remains able and committed to meeting its obligations under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

Participants at the forum adopted a communiqué calling for companies to confront challenges they encounter openly and transparently by publicly reporting on due diligence in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas

Companies today, in particular banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions, increasingly operate their businesses in a group structure. This working paper examines the corporate governance of these groups, paying particular attention to financial groups, and includes an international perspective on corporate and financial laws. It identifies good practices and regulatory considerations for group governance.

“I am deeply saddened to learn about the tragic deaths of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan, members of the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On behalf of my Organisation, I wish to convey our condolences to their families and colleagues from the UN and beyond, who had the pleasure of working with them."

US retailer of preppy clothing was already under pressure from heavy debt load

Online marketplaces must be responsible for what they sell, says consumer organisation Beuc

Stock climbs by maximum amount after world’s biggest IPO

77-year-old entrepreneur BR Shetty ‘looking to buy out Emirati partners’

HC-One says rising costs and lower occupancy rates are putting strain on finances 

Although the recruiter is resilient to downturns, it is not immune to them

MSC joins ranking dominated by coal power in sign of uneven climate clampdown

Tens of thousands of mariners are stranded because of coronavirus restrictions

Industry forecast to suffer $25bn hit this year as coronavirus changes working life

Chief of French state-backed company said decision was made with ‘heavy heart’

The annual parade of work by living composers went online, performed from living rooms

UK transport company has come under pressure from US activist to sell school bus and transit divisions

Awarding of franchises allows skeleton services to continue on Southeastern and Great Western lines

Transport group also expects its Greyhound bus service to receive US financial support

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what Citigroup's results tell us about the US bank earnings season, Standard Chartered chief Bill Winters' defiant response to investor criticism of his pay packet, and how banks are tackling the problem of money laundering, With special guest Brandon Daniels of Exiger 

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Robert Armstrong, US banking editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss how the overhaul at Deutsche Bank is going, catch up with the challenges facing challenger banks and look at why Citigroup is coming under pressure to restructure. With special guest Mark Mullen, chief executive of Atom Bank

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producers: Andrew Georgiades and Fiona Symon

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David Crow and guests discuss Standard Chartered chief Bill Winters' 'voluntary' pay cut after a dispute over his pension allowance, Citigroup's confidence in the City of London regardless of the outcome of Brexit, and gathering clouds for Facebook's much hyped digital currency, Libra. With special guest David Livingstone, chief executive of Citigroup in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Contributors: David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Google's move towards banking that could see it team up with Citigroup, why Australia's big four are facing difficult times and what's in the report on TSB's software failure last year. With special guest Masha Cilliers, Specialist Payments Partner at Be.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Tim Bradshaw, global tech correspondent, Robert Armstrong, chief editorial writer, Jamie Smyth, Australia correspondent and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producers: Persis Love and Aimee Keane.

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Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

The French luxury goods group LMVH has made a surprise $14.5bn offer for Tiffany’s, the New York jeweller immortalised in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s.  Harriet Agnew and Vanessa Holder talk to Katie Martin about whether the takeover bid will succeed and the merits for both sides in the current geopolitical climate.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Harriet Agnew, Paris correspondent and Vanessa Houlder, Lex writer. Producers: Persis Love and Fiona Symon

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One of the first large acquisitions to be agreed since coronavirus pandemic rocked global markets

Loan scheme worth up to £100m a month would allow suppliers to assist struggling customers

Recently sanctioned London-listed company seeks to simplify ownership structure

Bids complicate Chinese investor’s efforts to buy out whole of troubled company

Priority status as grid suppliers helps Orsted and Iberdrola weather drop in demand

Endiama chief wants ‘radical change’ in overhaul of country’s scandal-hit gem industry

Two Gulf companies shipped jet fuel to renegade general Khalifa Haftar, documents show

Calls for safety assurances despite concern over educational impact

Combination of O2 and Virgin Media set to transform British telecoms market

ExxonMobil and Chevron deploy plans for cutbacks but preserve dividends

Loss would be a blow to London market and unpalatable to some UK-based fund managers

Swiss company announces ‘challenging’ results a day after its chief executive quit

After suspending dividend, investors will rightly wonder what is the point of owning the telecoms group

Shares in BG Group, the oil and gas explorer, hit a 30-month high earlier this week

The coronavirus pandemic’s global presence and ubiquity in everyday life is a perfect storm for misinformation, as conspiracy theorists from different corners of the web converge on a shared news topic—the only topic, at the moment. From the earliest days of the crisis, everyone from pro-Trump QAnon conspiracists to left-leaning purveyors of dubious home remedies […]

The dating startup world is notorious for few exits, and a similarly slim number of buyers. There’s Match Group, which owns Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid, and there’s Spark Networks, which owns Christian Mingle, JSwipe, Jdate and Zoosk. Dating.com Group also owns a slew of dating brands, like Dil Mil, a dating app for South Asians. […]

While plenty of tech stocks have seen their market caps dive in the past month, Groupon has taken a harder hit than most. The company’s share price has dropped more than 70% in the past five weeks. The reckoning came for Groupon’s leadership today with both CEO Rich Williams and COO Steve Krenzer ousted. In […]

PwC has acquired infrastructure advisory firm Appian Group, bolstering the firm’s focus on health and social infrastructure, PwC Managing Partner, Deals Sean Gregory announced today.

The 42-year-old singer wowed the crowd wearing a sparkling sheer jumpsuit while posing with her three kids on the orange carpet, as ex Stephen Belafonte's daughter Gisell3, 13, joined the family.

A pro-Hillary group told the FEC that author Peter Schweizer made an illegal 'in-kind' contribution to Sen. Paul by arming him with presidential campaign dirt on Clinton before his book's publication date.