Twitter shares are priced at $26 in the biggest market debut of technology firm since Facebook went public in 2012.

The popularity of the Royal Family and the TV drama Downton Abbey could boost the UK's global business links, peers are told.

India's central bank unveils new rules that will allow foreign banks to expand their presence in the country.

The implementation of the government's flagship welfare reform has been "extraordinarily poor", MPs say, but ministers insist improvements are being made.

Lenovo reports a 36% jump in profits for the July-to-September quarter, boosted by a surge in sales of smartphones and tablet PCs.

Car parts and bicycle retailer Halfords reports a rise in half-year profits, helped by a strong rise in sales of bikes.

Regulators say they have found no evidence of price manipulation in the UK wholesale gas market after an investigation.

The Bank of England holds interest rates at the record low of 0.5% and makes no change to its stimulus programme of quantitative easing.