Thursday Papers: Opec raises oil demand outlook for 2010

* Dow gains 44 points, or 0.43%, S&P rises 0.50% and Nasdaq 0.74%

* Bank of England has 'open mind' about more quantitative easing; sees inflation below target at 1.6% in two years; growth profile higher than in August

* Opec raises oil demand outlook for 2010

* US department store shares fall after cautious outlook from Macy's

* Economists at IMF urge lesser role for dollar

* European Union business wary over recovery

* UK jobless total shows signs of stabilising

* London office rents set to soar as rate of construction falls to its lowest level in three years

* Advertising bookings up, but fears linger that TV recovery could stand on thin ice

* John Lewis to delay VAT increases

* Japan Tobacco to raise UK prices by 10p-12p a pack

* FSA tightens rules for credit unions

* RBS chief Sir Philip Norman under fire over Anglo American board role

* Up to one in 10 staff to be axed at the Guardian and Observer

* Vattenfall drops plan for nuclear investment in UK

* Best Buy vows to be a force in Europe

* NHS nurses must have a degree in four years time under new rules

* Civil servants at the MOD have been paid £47 million performance bonuses for this year

* Rolls-Royce chief attacks UK dithering on energy policy

* US drugs board approves GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu vaccine