Larry Page has been talking about privacy, government surveillance and Google's robotic future at the Ted conference.

Japanese electronics firm Hitachi - the manufacturer of the first bullet trains - announces it will move its global rail business from Japan to the United Kingdom.

British firm Ovivo Mobile shuts down without warning, citing "reasons beyond our control" in a posting on its website.

Next reports a 12% increase in profits for the last year to £695m, and is poised to overtake earnings at M&S for the first time.

Asian markets fall after the Federal Reserve hints that it could raise rates as soon as 2015, on possible further US economic recovery.

Mulberry chief executive Bruno Guillon quits following a profit warning at the luxury handbag firm.

Supermarket giant Tesco is forced to drop a national advertising campaign after mistakenly using pictures of beef cattle in its milk adverts.

Addictive mobile game Flappy Bird will return to Apple's app store, confirms creator Dong Nguyen, but without setting a specific date.