The British Retail Consortium says that a record amount of internet shopping was done in December 2013, with close to one in five non-food items bought online in the UK.

The government "botched" the privatisation of Royal Mail, short-changing taxpayers by hundreds of millions of pounds, Labour says.

A new scheme is launched to protect the Scotch whisky industry from fake or sub-standard products.

Volkswagen's luxury brands - Porsche, Audi and Bentley - post record sales helped by new model launches, and a recovery in the global car market.

China reports better than expected growth in imports for December, helping cushion concerns of a weaker than forecast rise in exports.

India's Infosys raises its full-year sales forecast as it reports a 21% jump in quarterly earnings for the three months to December last year.

Cineworld, the UK's largest cinema operator, is buying about 100 multiplexes in eastern Europe and Israel owned by CCI in a deal worth about £500m.

Heathrow accuses the UK's aviation regulator of draconian action, after it capped the amount it is allowed to charge its airlines.