The Financial Ombudsman Service handled a record 206,000 formal complaints in the last financial year - a rise of 26% from 2009-10.

Students leaving university this year are going to face intense competition for jobs - with a survey showing a 33% increase in applications.

Seven of the 11 most wealthy sportspeople in the UK and Irish Republic are current and former racing drivers, according to the Sunday Times sport rich list.

The International Monetary Fund should appoint an interim leader following the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn over an alleged sexual assault, the US treasury secretary says.

Shares in China's second-biggest online travel firm jump after Tencent, Expedia buy stakes, as China's online travel market heats up.

Japan's carmakers are likely to lose out in vehicle sales in the resurgent US market, says a new study from A.T. Kearney

The boss of Sony insists the firm acted quickly enough to inform users about a security breach at its PlayStation network.

China starts rationing electricity to try and stave off an energy shortage that government officials say could be the worst since 2004.