Ebay buys online payment firm Braintree for about $800m to strengthen its PayPal division's presence on mobile devices.

Consumer prices in Japan rise for the third month in a row in August, a boost for policymakers as they attempt to end years of deflation or falling prices.

Chancellor George Osborne asks the Bank of England to take a bigger role in ensuring his Help to Buy housing scheme does not fuel a property boom.

Japanese carmakers Toyota and Nissan issue fresh vehicle recalls to fix flaws with levers and accelerators respectively.

The gap between house prices in northern and southern England has moved above £100,000 for the first time, according to the Nationwide.

Royal Mail is to be valued at between £2.6bn and £3.3bn, as further details of the Royal Mail's privatisation plan are issued by the government.

The pound jumped against the dollar after Bank of England governor Mark Carney said he was against raising the QE programme.

Perth-based energy giant SSE becomes one of biggest UK companies to sign up as a living wage employer.