Yahoo sees quarterly profits fall 26% as it struggles to boost earnings from online advertising.

Car insurance premiums fell slightly during the third quarter of this year, according to the motoring organisation the AA.

Intel shares gain 4% after the chipmaker reports a 17% rise in third-quarter profits.

China reduces holdings of US Treasuries to their lowest level in a year after credit rating downgrade by Standard & Poor's.

Young male drivers are facing insurance premiums nearly four times more expensive than the average driver, research suggests.

A Chinese scientist, Kexue Huang, admits to stealing trade secrets from two US firms and sending them to China and Germany.

The Office of Fair Trading is warning debt collectors not to pursue people who owe them money on social networking sites.

About six million people are set to receive tax rebates, but another million will be told they have underpaid, after a computer system found discrepancies.