Chancellor George Osborne may scrap the rise in fuel duty planned for April in next week's Budget, he hints to the BBC.

The nuclear crisis unfolding in Japan will not affect EDF's plans to build new reactors in the UK, the firm's boss tells the BBC.

Middle Eastern stock markets rise sharply, despite regional unrest, after King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia boosted government spending.

Telecoms giant BT says it will raise call charges by 9% and increase its monthly line rental charge by 30 pence from 28 April.

Australia's Labor government is grappling with potentially combustible plans to introduce a carbon tax as part of efforts to cut emissions of greenhouse gases.