US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.

BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.

Airbus parent firm EADS says it is confident about future orders, despite reporting a fall in second-quarter earnings.

The Pensions Regulator is challenging a crucial plan to pay off the £10bn deficit in the Royal Mail pension scheme.

A businessman investigated by City of London police is facing 30 charges of fraud

Families face missing out on financial assistance if they miss Saturday's deadline to renew tax credits.

Walt Disney announces the sale of its Miramax film division for about $660m to a group of private equity investors.

A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).

Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, confirms he will come back to the UK to stand trail on theft charges.

Assets bought by the US to bail out AIG and Bear Stearns are showing a paper profit, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says.

Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.

The former chief executive of Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, has applied for bail. His lawyer says his conviction for fraud will be overturned.

Toyota is recalling almost 430,000 vehicles in the US and Japan amid concern over steering problems.

Good weather and football's World Cup is thought to have given a boost to beer sales in the UK, industry figures suggest.

The billionaire co-founder of budget supermarket Aldi, Theo Albrecht dies, aged 88.

People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

UK house prices fell 0.5% in July, the Nationwide says, cutting the annual rate of house price inflation to 6.6% from 8.7%.

A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal state of emergency, putting pressure on lawmakers to pass a budget.

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

China allows the publication of an International Monetary Fund staff report on its economy for the first time since 2006.

The incoming BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.

The UK's Partygaming and Austrian firm Bwin unveil plans to merge and create the world's largest online gaming business.

Banking giant Citigroup agrees to pay $75m to settle civil charges that it misled investors over potential losses from subprime mortgages.

ITV successfully holds onto the UK TV rights for the next two Rugby World Cups, it is announced.

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble becomes the 11th big firm to sign an Olympics sponsorship deal covering London 2012.

A new audit into Barcelona's finances reveals the club's debt is 442m euros (£369.5m) after a loss of more than 77m euros (£64.36m) last season.

Tom Feilden investigates whether the lessons on food security from the fuel protests 10 years ago have been learned

Young French people having difficulty finding affordable housing are being given the chance to help older members of society and put a roof over their own heads.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says welfare reform will be "humanizing" rather than "finger wagging"

Turkey is facing a difficult decision after the EU approved an embargo on foreign trade with Iran this week.

The US economy grew 2.4% during the second quarter, according to figures published by the US government.

With nearly one in five people unemployed, the economic future looks bleak in Puerto Rico.

A look at how Iran's shipping industry stays one step ahead to minimise the impact of international sanction.

As BP's rivals count the cost of a ban on offshore drilling, the tide of lawsuits arising from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has washed up in a federal courtroom in Idaho.

A colourful history of the famous book publisher

Black market boom as Dubai curbs trade with Iran

Russians fear the benefits system will cease to exist

Can the new Metro Bank really shake up High Street banking?