Cautious buyers and sellers failed to add any fresh impetus into the UK housing market in January, according to a survey.

Getting prepared early for climate change impacts would bring economic benefits to the UK, engineering institutions say.

UK retail sales rebounded in January after bad weather caused sales to drop in December, figures suggest.

Swiss bank UBS posts a net profit of 7.2bn Swiss francs for 2010 - its first full-year profit since the financial crisis.

The value of China's currency is back in the spotlight as the US seeks to increase the number of countries asking for a stronger yuan.

The government says it will increase the levy on bank profits to £2.5bn this year - raising an extra £800m.

The bidding process to provide search and rescue helicopters has been halted after "irregularities" in the process came to light.

Travel firm Thomas Cook warns that the political unrest in Egypt and Tunisia will hit its profits by an estimated £20m.