Shares on Wall Street notch up another positive session, the fourth in a row

A US judge approved the companies' decision to end the two-year dispute relating to the trademark of the term "app store."

Concern over Italy's weak economy has prompted the ratings agency S&P to downgrade Italian government debt.

The head of the GMB union has told the BBC that the Labour Party risks a sharp fall in funding if it presses ahead without the end to the 'affiliation fee'.

The details of the privatisation of Royal Mail will be announced later on Wednesday by the Business Secretary, Vince Cable.

The UK's third largest union warns Labour of a significant cut in funding if planned changes to the relationship with the party go ahead.

China reports weaker than expected trade data, underling concerns of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy,

AIG and GE Capital designated by regulators as "systemically important" companies, a move which will bring them under greater government oversight.