London's Stansted Airport is being sold to the owner of Manchester Airport for £1.5bn, it is announced.

US telecoms giant AT&T will put aside $10bn (£6.25bn) in the fourth quarter to cover pension fund losses due to lower-than-expected interest rates.

The situation with oil workers taken hostage in Algeria puts a "dark cloud" over the country's production, an international energy body says.

General Electric sees a 9% rise in profits as demand for the giant US conglomerate's industrial equipment from developing countries surges.

Retailer Game reveals that it is one of the 50 separate groups or individuals who have expressed an interest in buying all, or part of HMV.

Intel shares fall in after-hours trading as the computer chipmaker unveils a drop in sales and profits for the last three months of 2012.

Rent arrears hit their highest level for nearly a year in December as Christmas took its toll on tenants' finances, a survey suggests.

China's economy, the world's second largest, grows at its slowest pace in 13 years as domestic and global demand weakened.