Facebook shareholders are offered $40m by the Nasdaq stock exchange for a hitch that stopped them trading on debut day.

Spain will try to raise money on the credit markets on Thursday, days after it said it was blocked from them, as bailout rumours continue to swirl.

Bank of England policymakers will meet later to decide whether to change interest rates or to pump more money through quantitative easing.

Efforts continue to trace the source of the Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has so far infected 40 people in Edinburgh.

Reports of a man "who looks like a Smurf" behaving suspiciously in the Forest of Dean are being investigated by police.

US shares see their biggest daily jump this year on hopes of a rescue for Spain's banks and a Fed survey suggesting the US economy is picking up.

Sat-nav systems can not only sometimes send motorists the wrong way but also impair driving, a study suggests.

China says it will delay the implementation of tougher capital rules for banks until January next near amid concerns that they may hurt lending.