The Bank of England is expected to tell the UK's banks on Wednesday they must raise more capital to absorb potential future losses.

Qantas Airways gets final approval from Australia's competition authority for its alliance with Dubai-based Emirates.

China and Brazil sign a $30bn (£20bn) currency swap deal, which they say will safeguard against any future global financial crisis.

Government policies on energy and climate change are helping to reduce the rise in gas and electricity bills, a Whitehall report says.

JWT India sacks employees over controversial adverts, including one showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in a car boot.

Insurance market Lloyd's of London is back in profit, despite paying one of the biggest claims in its history after Superstorm Sandy.

Insurance giant Prudential has been fined £30m by regulators over its 2010 bid to buy AIA, an Asian subsidiary of US insurer AIG.

The UK economy contracted by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2012, official figures show, confirming previous estimates.