Beansprouts grown in Germany are suspected as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak that has left at least 22 people dead, German officials say.

Portugal's outgoing PM Jose Socrates quits as Socialist Party leader after being defeated at the polls by the centre-right Social Democrats.

Australian mining company Resourcehouse cancels its planned Hong Kong IPO citing deteriorating market conditions.

Public sector pay settlements were running at zero in the three months to April, for the first time since records began in the 1960s, research suggests.

Business secretary Vince Cable is to warn delegates at the GMB conference that strike action could lead to tougher union laws.

Many people in middle and low income jobs have barely seen any improvement in their incomes over the past 30 years, the TUC says.

Nintendo, the latest company to become a victims of hackers, Lulz Security.

Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Company plunge to a record-low as investors worry about the long term future of the company.