Twitter has reported a doubling in sales and a 23% increase in the number of active users of its micro-blogging site for the third quarter.

Madison Square Garden, owners of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, may separate its businesses into two publicly-traded companies.

Asian stocks are mostly falling ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting where policymakers are expected to make a decision on its stimulus program.

Standard Chartered posts a 16% fall in operating profit because of a restructuring in its South Korean business and an increase in bad loans.

Japan's Takata is being sued in the US following the recall of millions of cars over concerns its airbags are potentially dangerous.

Lloyds Bank confirms 9,000 job losses and the closure of 150 branches over the next three years.

BP's quarterly profits fall 21% to $3bn as the falling value of the rouble and lower oil prices take their toll.

Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS, misses profit estimates after it sets aside $1.9bn in legal provisions over alleged currency-rigging.