Samsung and Philips are among several consumer electronics companies raided by the European Commission over suspected breaches of competition rules.

An ex-Goldman Sachs trader is sentenced to nine months in prison and ordered to repay $188m ( £115m) over a botched 2007 trade.

The BBC's business editor said the Autumn Statement figures showed public spending would be "back at 1948 levels" if George Osborne's targets prove to be accurate.

The chancellor claims "Britain's economic plan is working" as he opens his Autumn Statement, but he tells MPs that the job is not yet done.

Chancellor George Osborne rejects claims the UK's economic recovery is based solely on a boom in consumer spending and house prices.

UK energy supplier E.On announces average dual fuel bill increase of 3.7% from January 2014

Customers of NatWest have faced difficulties logging on to online banking, less than a week after a major IT failure at the bank.

The US unemployment rate fell to a five-year low of 7% in November as firms created 203,000 new jobs, latest figures show.