The online retailer Amazon reports a 96% fall in profits for the three months to the end of June due to a robot maker deal.

Mobile operators believe smartphones will work as normal in the Olympic Park despite up to 300,000 people being on site.

Samsung Electronics reports a record quarterly profit, boosted by a surge in smartphone sales and improved margins in its TV business.

Profits at China's industrial companies dip for the third successive month as the slowdown in the global economy hurts demand.

Barclays apologises for its involvement in the Libor rate-rigging scandal, as it reports a 13% rise in half-year profits.

Separate errors that affected the accounts of customers at Nationwide and NatWest have been corrected, the firms say, with a promise of refunds.

Greek PM Antonis Samaras is set to meet international creditors to try to persuade them Athens deserves its final bailout instalment.

French carmaker Renault says profits were hit by deteriorating demand in crisis-hit Europe during the first half of the year.