US insurance giant AIG reports a big increase in fourth-quarter profit, thanks to a $17.7bn (£11.2bn) tax benefit.

US President Barack Obama says there is no "silver bullet" to bring car fuel prices down quickly and defends his energy policy.

A quarter of a million more people aged in their late 50s and early 60s are now working unpaid overtime than were a decade ago, a report says.

Casino company Wynn Macau is expected to hold an emergency board meeting on Friday to discuss the removal of Kazuo Okada, a co-founder of the firm.

Bakery chain Greggs becomes the latest company to voice concern over the government's controversial work experience scheme for jobless people.

A pub landlady is set for the latest stage of her fight with the English Premier League over using a Greek TV decoder to screen games.

Japan's financial watchdog tells an investment firm to halt operations over worries it has lost most of the $2.3bn funds it manages.

Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group makes a loss of £3.5bn in 2011 after setting aside £3.2bn to cover PPI claims.