Gas and electricity customers should not be "cash cows" to be "squeezed" to create bigger profits for shareholders, Energy Secretary Ed Davey will say.

A second company controlled by the Brazilian former billionaire Eike Batista files for bankruptcy protection.

Chartered surveyors are calling for urgent action to cope with 'soaring demand' from house buyers.

Apple and Samsung are heading back to court in a row over damages awarded in a patent action.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has reported a modest profit for the three months to the end of September, but also saw falling revenues from advertising.

Tesco is installing face-scanning technology at its petrol stations to target adverts at different types of customers.

Vodafone reports a half-year pre-tax profit of £1.5bn ($2.4bn) as it says trading in Europe remained "very tough at present".

Asian shares closed higher on Tuesday led by Japan's Nikkei, which ended the day up 2.2% at a three-week high.