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

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.

Fast-food giant Burger King is to relist on the New York Stock Exchange, the company announces.

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

The Republic of Ireland's services sector saw employment levels rise in March for the first time in 11 months, a report says.