The UK government is due to get an indication on whether its battle to overturn an EU law on bankers' pay is likely to succeed.

Wealthy city-state Singapore has once again topped a ranking of the best places in the world to do business, with the UK ranking only 21st.

Asian shares traded mixed on Thursday after trade data from the world's third largest economy, Japan, showed that global demand was picking up.

Chemicals giant Ineos is to announce plans to invest up to $1bn (£640m) in shale gas exploration and production in the UK, the BBC understands.

Tech giant Yahoo will now replace market leader Google as the default search engine on Firefox's internet browsers in the US.

Activity in some of China's factories and workshops hits a six month low in November, a fresh survey shows.

Royal Bank of Scotland is fined £56m by regulators after a 2012 software issue left millions of customers unable to access their accounts.

The Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice has rejected the UK's challenge to Europe's cap on bankers' bonuses.