Jim Yong Kim is urging direct action to help more than a billion people benefit from growth.

Hewlett-Packard announces a boardroom shake-up that includes its chairman Raymond Lane stepping down.

The Banking Standards Commission calls for three former HBOS bosses to be barred from City jobs after a "colossal failure" of management.

The two biggest telecommunications companies in the world team up to bid for mobile licences in Burma, as the country continues to open up.

Japan's stock market jumps to its highest in almost five years after the central bank unveiled its boldest stimulus measures yet.

Samsung Electronics forecasts a 53% jump in profit for the first three months of the year, boosted mainly by growing smartphone sales.

House prices over the first three months of the year rose by 1.1% compared with the same period last year, says the Halifax.

UK new car registrations outperformed expectations in March, jumping almost 6% against a year ago, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says.