The UK's manufacturing sector grew at the same record pace in February as the month before, but inflationary pressure remain.

Rising oil prices push petrol prices to a new record above 130p per litre and lead Thomas Cook to introduce its first fuel surcharge.

The Bank of England governor Mervyn King says inflation will fall back to target - but there is no certainty about the timing.

The US grants the first new permit for deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico since last year's spill at a BP-owned oil well there.

Young women could face increases in the cost of car insurance if insurers are told to stop quoting different prices for men and women.

The reopening of the Egyptian stock exchange has been delayed, the state-run news agency MENA reports.

How companies talk about themselves on Twitter feeds or Facebook profiles are to be policed like adverts.

Hutchison Whampoa, the world's largest shippipng container terminal operator, is looking to raise $5.8bn (£3.6bn).