Yahoo confirms it is cutting its workforce by 4% or 600 people, its fourth such move in three years as it seeks to cut costs.

The Student Loans Company has been continuing to take loan repayments for months after former students paid off their debts, it is revealed.

Mortgage arrears and repossessions will rise modestly next year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders predicts.

All UK listed companies should have to set targets for the number of women in their boardrooms, the CBI business organisation says.

The deficit in the Local Government Pension Scheme in England has more than doubled in the last three years from £42bn to £100bn, research suggests.

Confidence among Japanese companies has fallen for the first time in almost two years, the influential tankan survey suggests.

A Moscow court postpones giving a verdict against oil tycoon and Kremlin-critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky on charges of theft and money laundering.

Supergroup, the UK retailer behind the Superdry brand, sees its share price drop 16% on worries over rising costs.