The US Senate sends to the president a bill to raise the country's borrowing limit for another year, ending a series of standoffs over the issue.

Concerns have been raised that insufficient pension savings are being put into new, auto-enrolment workplace pensions.

Lenovo, the world's largest PC maker, posts record third-quarter profit on higher sales of laptops and mobile devices in emerging markets.

Shares of network equipment giant Cisco Systems fall by more than 4% in extended US trading after the company reports falling sales and profits.

The founder of shale gas firm Cuadrilla plans to extract offshore shale gas off the coast of Blackpool - if successful it would be the first such project in the world.

Comcast reportedly plans to buy Time Warner Cable for about $45bn (£27bn), creating a company that could control three-quarters of the US cable industry.

BNP Paribas posts an unexpected fall in profit after it provisionally sets aside $1.1bn (£662m) over a probe into a possible breach of US sanctions.

Lloyds Banking Group announces pre-tax profit of £415m for 2013, reversing previous year's loss of £606m.