Intel, the world's largest maker of chips for PCs, maintains its sales forecast for 2013, despite an industry-wide slowdown in computer sales.

Staff at retailer Next are to get a cash bonus after the company's boss asked for a £2.4m share windfall to be distributed among employees.

China approves the merger of commodities trader Glencore and mining group Xstrata, clearing the final big hurdle in completion of the deal.

Car hire firm Hertz agrees a deal to pick up a 20% stake in China Auto Rental (CAR), as it looks to expand its presence in China.

Tesco's annual profits fall for the first time in almost 20 years as the UK's biggest supermarket confirms it is pulling out of the US.

Car registrations across Europe were down 10.3% in March from a year earlier, marking the 18th consecutive month of falls.

Unemployment rose by 70,000 to 2.56 million between December and February, the Office for National Statistics says.

South Africa's annual inflation rate was 5.9% in March, official figures show, unchanged on the previous month's figure.