Intel posts a 48% rise in quarterly net profits, as strong sales of server microprocessors offset weak demand for PC chips.

India announces a slew of measures to curb spiralling food prices, but critics say it is too little, too late.

The education secretary brands the banks' behaviour as "outrageous" and says they have to show "they get it" on bonuses and lending.

Eurostar announces a 12% rise in annual ticket revenue, thanks largely to a continued recovery in business travel.

Bovis Homes says it will start paying dividends to shareholders again after "significant improvements" in profits in 2010.

The price of goods leaving UK factories rose faster than expected in December, adding to worries about rising consumer prices, figures show.

The quiet mortgage market continued in November with the number of mortgages advanced to people buying a home unchanged.

Rising fuel prices pushed eurozone inflation to 2.2% in December, from 1.9% in November, one day after an ECB inflation warning.