Facebook responds to Yahoo's recent legal action over patents with a lawsuit of its own.

A series of website adverts by US clothing chain American Apparel is banned by a UK watchdog for showing "gratuitous nudity".

International Power rejects a £6bn bid by France's GDF Suez to take full ownership of the UK-based energy generating company.

European shares indexes fall after a disappointing Spanish bond sale and continuing weak eurozone economic data hit investors' confidence.

A new financial institution set up by the government to finance charities and community groups is launched with £600m in funds.

Formal talks will begin later to try to resolve the fuel dispute which led to panic buying at pumps over the past week.

China is now the world's largest market for food and grocery retail, surpassing the US, a study showed.

China, the world's second-largest economy, is looking to increase investment and competition in its financial and banking sectors.