US food manufacturer Del Monte is set to be bought up by private equity fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for $5.3bn.

Ofgem is to investigate recent energy price rises as it says they have significantly widened suppliers' profit margins.

Japan's consumer prices slide again, further evidence the government is struggling to combat deflation.

Hopes of busy Christmas trading are low among the UK's small and medium-sized companies, according to a report.

The euro falls again as fears that the Irish debt crisis may spread to other European economies continue to grip currency markets.

Vince Cable says controlling bank bonuses will "almost certainly" have to be done through both international and domestic regulation.

UK music publisher Chrysalis Group is being sold for £107.4m to German rival BMG and private equity group KKR.

Norfolk turkey tycoon Bernard Matthews has died at the age of 80, his company confirms.