Higher UK postage prices have come into force - with a first-class stamp now costing 46p.

Japan's big manufacturers expect conditions to get worse in the coming three months, after the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.

A panel probing India's telecoms licencing scandal will question tycoons including Ratan Tata.

An examination of a US plane that developed a hole in its cabin roof finds evidence of metal fatigue in the fuselage.

The natural disasters that hit Australia will cost its economy A$9bn ($9.4bn; £5.8bn), according to the Treasury department.

Vodafone sells its 44% stake in French mobile phone operator SFR to Vivendi for 7.95bn euros (£7bn).

Details of a new flat-rate state pension likely to be worth £155-a-week from 2015-16 will be unveiled later on Monday.

The one-and-a-half million people who claim incapacity benefit will start to receive letters this week asking them to be tested on their ability to work.