Google announces plans to buy thermostat maker Nest Labs for $3.2bn (£2bn), continuing a string of recent acquisitions.

Three former Rabobank traders are charged in the US for allegedly conspiring to manipulate the yen Libor rate since 2006.

The UK's inflation rate fell to the Bank of England's target of 2% last month for the first time since November 2009, helped by a slowdown in the increase of fruit prices.

US cable TV operator Charter Communications says it is offering more than $60bn (£37bn) to buy Time Warner Cable, its larger rival.

The US accuses China of failing to comply with a World Trade Organization directive requiring it to drop duties on hi-tech US steel imports.

More than half of firms in the renewable energy sector in Scotland are looking to hire more staff this year, according to a survey.

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Middle class families are facing a "crisis of confidence" over falling living standards, Labour leader Ed Miliband says in a newspaper article.