The price of farmland across the UK has more than trebled in less than a decade, according to new figures.

Six High Street furniture and carpet retailers are being accused of misleading their customers with fake prices.

US drugmaker Eli Lilly says it is "deeply concerned" by claims that it bribed doctors to prescribe its drugs.

The government is announcing that a fund aimed at boosting the UK's deprived seaside towns will be extended for a year.

The world's largest mining firm, BHP Billiton, cuts long-term bonus pay-outs to its chief executive and management committee by 35%.

Commonwealth Games organisers are asked to produce plans for the city's business involvement with "real urgency".

Brazil's central bank commits $60bn to prop up the currency, as the real nears a five-year low against the US dollar.

Economic growth in the UK during the second quarter of the year is revised up to 0.7% by the Office for National Statistics.