The north-eastern US tries to get back to normal after blizzards left tens of thousands of air passengers stranded and many people without power.

The Basel Committee of the world's financial regulators reveals plans for banks to disclose their bonuses.

Japanese industrial production rose for the first time in six months in November, helped by government assistance programmes.

The telecoms equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent will pay $137m (£88.7m) to settle US charges that it paid bribes for contracts.

More than a million school children, mainly from low-income families, lack computer access at home, research suggests.

More than 1.3 million shoppers spend £120m during the first two days of Boxing Day sales in London's West End, retailers say.

Shoppers are urged to come forward if they have been offered suspected stolen or counterfeit goods as part of a rogue trader crackdown.

Conductors on Northern Rail train services stage a second day of strike action in a dispute over pay.