DVD rental firm Netflix adopts a "poison pill" share-issuance plan to ward off a hostile takeover by activist investor Carl Icahn.

Chinese hackers reportedly infiltrated systems belonging to drinks giant Coca-Cola - but the company chose not to disclose the attack.

European parcel delivery company DPD says it will create up to 1,500 new, full-time UK jobs as it expands to cope with an explosion in online orders.

Cashback deals are becoming more common in reward schemes for credit card customers, research indicates, but there are warnings it may not suit everyone.

Urgent reform is needed if apprenticeships in the UK are to be more successful in resolving skills shortages, an 11-month inquiry concludes.

A US judge dismisses Apple's case in which it alleged that Google's Motorola unit was seeking excessive royalty payments for patents.

Local Government pension schemes may be allowed to invest up to £22.5bn extra in homes, roads and other forms of infrastructure, ministers say.

Senior executives in the UK's biggest companies have seen their average earnings go up by more than a quarter in the past year.