Shares in Research in Motion (RIM), which makes Blackberry phones, have slumped after it missed even its lowered profit forecasts.

Gazumping is pushing up rents in England and Wales as the average cost to tenants reached £696 in May, says a survey.

Capital One says it plans to buy the US internet banking arm of ING in a move that will take it to fifth largest US bank.

Toyota Motors says it expects its North American factory output to return to full capacity as early as September.

The government is to say for the first time that it plans to link the public sector retirement age to the state pension age, which is due to rise to 66.

Fashion firm Prada raises $2.1bn in Hong Kong stock market floatation but prices shares at lower end of a target range.

The International Labour Organization says that domestic workers must have the same basic labour rights as other workers

Workers at India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki call off a 13-day strike which had seriously affected production.