Bosses of UK listed companies could see their pay packages overhauled under new rules from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

A total of 180,675 fraudulent applications for motor insurance were detected by the industry last year, a trade body says.

Online bank First Direct has topped a customer service league compiled by consumer group Which?, with Npower ranked bottom.

Online bookmaker Betfair says it has already paid out to some of its customers backing a "No" vote in Thursday's referendum on Scottish independence.

The US space agency picks the companies it hopes can take the country's astronauts back into space - a capability lost when the shuttles retired in 2011.

Japan's Pioneer restructures and sells its DJ equipment unit to US private equity firm KKR in a $550m deal.

China's central bank is said to be injecting 500bn yuan ($81bn; £50bn) into the five biggest state-owned banks to counter slowing growth.

Inditex, the Spanish company behind the Zara fashion chain, says first half profits fell, but by less than analysts had been expecting.