There is a growing nervousness about this week’s elections that could further influence both the commodities and equities markets

US initial jobless claims for April are due out this afternoon and expectations are for an increase of 310k.

New senior management for CEMEX, to replace the deceased Lorenzo Zambrano.

Monday the 26th is a bank holiday in the UK. We'll be back on Tuesday the 27th of May.

European elections/ Markets have apparently interpreted the results as a warning to mainstream politicians rather than the sign of risk.

The Eurozone business climate will be published tomorrow and the second Q1 GDP estimate for the US will be out of Thursday.

No podía faltar la #SelfieSeleccion con el Presidente de la República.

US Q1 GDP growth surprised to the downside yesterday as it came out lower than expected at -1%, after first estimate had showed an increase

⌗Mexico's President & Energy Secretary at the opening of the underground electric network at the Historic Centre, Mex

Normandy today for the 70th anniversary of D-day

The British Business Embassy is opening the International Festival for Business today. Find out more at ow.ly/xM4xd

The City of London Corporation has produced a free of charge World Cup 2014 fixture list,available from City of London libraries & Guildhall

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Right 2be forgotten: #Google users in Europe can now request 2be removed from the search engine database;there were12,000requests the1st day

BAE British aerospace giant has seen the future & it's made up of 3D printers so advanced they could print small unmanned aerial vehicles.

Fears over bank and airline stocks drive European markets down

Big corporate news, with Lloyds and Shell reporting first-half results and Balfour Beatty announcing an end to merger talks with Carillion.

Canning House Lecture on the State visit of Mexican President to the UK.

A must...After all we (people) are the salt of the earth...Film The Salt of the Eath: Timbuktu (2014) - imdb.com/title/tt340939…