The US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, the world's most powerful central bank.

A quarterly survey by the British Chambers of Commerce suggests that growth will probably strengthen further this year.

The UK's car industry body, the SMMT, is expected to announce that 2.26m vehicles were registered last year, the industry's best year since 2007.

Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones and TVs, forecasts a fall in profit for the October-to-December quarter.

A demonstration of Samsung's new television equipment at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show goes awry when Transformers director Michael Bay's autocue failed.

China will create up to five banks funded by private investment this year, its banking regulator says.

Shoppers should buy more British fruit and vegetables to boost the economy, the environment secretary will say later.

Sony announces an app that charts all your smartphone and physical activity on a timeline. New wearable tech, the Core, will let it study your actions.