Groupon posts a quarterly profit but weaker-than-expected revenue figures send shares in the voucher firm sharply lower in after-hours trading.

Surveyors expect house prices to dip in the coming months, prompting a call for sellers to be realistic about asking prices.

International publisher Pearson is setting up a college in the UK to teach degree courses, a first for a FTSE 100 company.

Rail fare increases from next January are set to be revealed, with some commuters braced for increases of more than double the rate of inflation.

Focus Media, the advertising firm accused of accounting fraud, gets a buyout offer from its chief executive and private equity firms.

The publisher of Britain's longest running comic says no decision has been taken on whether it will cease publication.

Germany records economic growth of 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, while France records zero growth.

India's wholesale price index slowed again in July, rising 6.87%, which was lower than had been expected.