Rental inflation eased off in February, according to the lettings and estate agency group LSL Property Services.

China's fifth-biggest lender Bank of Communications, known as BoCom, is raising money to meet new, tougher capital rules.

India will unveil its Budget later on Friday amid fears about economic growth and its ability to fund spending pledges.

A government-appointed committee says access to finance for businesses needs to be improved and warns of a £190bn funding gap over the next five years.

Chancellor George Osborne is considering cutting the 50p top rate of income tax in next week's Budget, Whitehall sources have told the BBC.

A Standard Chartered Bank employee is detained by Chinese authorities as part of a probe against one of her clients.

Unemployed young people would be guaranteed a job for six months under Labour but stripped of benefits if they refused it, leader Ed Miliband will say later.

The UK criticises Argentina's threats of court action over Falkland Islands oil exploration, calling its behaviour "illegal intimidation".