Starbucks has been ordered to pay almost $3bn in damages and other costs in a dispute with Kraft Foods over packaged coffee.

Consumers face 17 more years of above-inflation increases in energy and water bills as they help pay to renew infrastructure, Whitehall's spending watchdog warns.

An investigation into possible manipulation of the currency market has been expanded to 15 banks according to the Financial Times.

Shop stewards are to hear the fate of Portsmouth dockyard at a meeting with bosses after two days of talks.

Sainsbury's reports half-year profits of £433m, up 9.1% from the same period in 2012.

SSE becomes the latest of the big energy companies to say it will adjust its prices if the government cuts green levies.

Singapore Airlines posts a 78% rise in quarterly profits but warns over 'intense' competition

The UK jobless rate falls to 7.6% as the number of unemployed dropped by 48,000 to 2.47 million between July and September, say official figures