The privatisation of Royal Mail did not achieve the best value for taxpayers because of the government's "deep caution", the National Audit Office says.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) watchdog warns it will "take out" payday lenders who do not follow stricter new rules.

A committee of MPs complains details of BT's planned rural broadband rollout are often insufficient making it hard for rivals to plan their own services.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made $3.3bn on the sale of stock options in 2013, a new regulatory filing reveals.

Official data from the Chinese government show that manufacturing expanded slightly in March, but analysts say weakness remains in the world's second-largest economy.

Exxon Mobil, the US's largest oil and gas company, says in a new report that world climate policies are "highly unlikely" to stop it from producing and selling fossil fuels in the near future.

Japan raises sales tax for the first time in 17 years, in an attempt to rein in mounting public debt and tackle rising welfare costs.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation opens up a probe into whether high-speed trading firms are engaged in insider trading.