Property sales continue to pick up across the UK, according to the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Japanese share rise as the yen continues to weaken, raising hopes of a profit boost for the country's leading exporters.

If food prices had risen as quickly as house prices over the past 40 years, we would now be paying more than £50 for a chicken, a charity says.

The Reserve Bank of Australia agrees to sell its stake in currency printing firm Securency International to UK-based Innovia Film.

Barclays says it will cut 3,700 jobs this year following a strategic review by its new chief executive Antony Jenkins.

G4S, the firm that failed to provide enough security guards for London 2012, announces a £70m compensation deal with the Olympic organising committee.

Passengers using Heathrow face a rise in ticket prices under £3bn investment plans proposed by bosses of the west London airport.

The chief executive of the Italian aerospace and defence firm, Finmeccanica, has been arrested on corruption charges.