Japanese consumer prices rise at the fastest pace in five years, showing government policies to end its deflation problem may be taking effect.

Barclays is fined $3.75m (£2.28m) by a US regulator for allegedly failing to keep proper electronic records, emails and instant messages.

Beyonce stunned supermarket shoppers in the US when she paid an unexpected visit to a Walmart in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.

General Motors and its Chinese partner firm are recalling about 1.46 million cars amid concerns about their safety.

Robberies on British bank branches have dropped by 90% in the past decade, figures suggest, citing better technology for the decline.

Johnston Press, the newspaper and online publisher, is helped by its lenders to ease pressure of managing its debt.