Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of TVs and mobile phones, forecasts a fall in profits for the second quarter in a row.

Six of the biggest movie studios sue file-sharing site Megaupload and its key operators, including founder Kim Dotcom.

A quarter of all the outstanding mortgage debt in Britain is owed on London properties, but an academic says these householders are less vulnerable to interest rate rises.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the UK economy will grow by 2.9% in 2014, while global growth will be 3.6%.

Cyber-thieves are preparing to target anyone still running Windows XP after security support ends on 8 April, suggest security firms.

The British Chambers of Commerce says that while short-term growth prospects are good the recovery is "not yet secure".

Citigroup will pay $1.13bn (£676m) to settle claims by investors who demanded it buy back billions in residential mortgage-backed securities.

A former Liberal Democrat minister backs calls from Tory backbenchers for the top rate of income tax to be cut to 40%.