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

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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Japanese carmaker Toyota has unveiled a new concept sports car, Future Toyota-1 (FT-1), at the Detroit motor show.

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

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