Cash bonuses for Wall Street bankers fell by 8% to an average $128,530 in 2010, says the New York state comptroller.

Firms are expected to be told to almost double the number of women on boards by 2013 or face government measures, in a report by former minister Lord Davies.

Deutsche Bank gets trading ban after employees manipulated South Korea's stock market, financial regulators say.

Oil prices continue to set new two-and-a-half year highs, amid fears the Libya unrest may spread to other oil suppliers.

Russia needs to take additional measures to halt inflation, Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin tells the BBC.

Royal Bank of Scotland reports a loss of £1.13bn for the full-year 2010, a bigger loss than analysts had been expecting.

British Gas's operating profits rose 24% in 2010 to £742m, its parent company Centrica says.

Rail users are paying higher fares than they need to because of poor training for station and National Rail Inquiries staff, says Which?