UK customers of HSBC report problems using cash machines, making card payments and online transactions, but the bank says the problem is fixed.

A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, according to a report by a campaign group and business leaders.

A growing number of people are failing to save anything for their retirement - leaving them in a "precarious" position, a pensions provider says.

Chinese regulators approve Google's $12.5bn purchase of US phone maker Motorola Mobility, the final hurdle for the deal to go through.

US internet company Yahoo said it has reached a deal to sell part of its stake in China's biggest internet company Alibaba Group.

Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group agrees to buy US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6bn, making it the biggest movie theatre owner globally.

Qantas says it will cut 500 jobs as it relocates its heavy maintenance and engineering work out of Melbourne.

Thailand's economy rebounds sharply as factories boost production recovering quickly from last year's floods.