Asian markets opened mostly lower as surprisingly weak trade data from the world's second largest economy, China, dents investor confidence.

A survey by the employers' group Forum of Private Business reveals a lack of trust in big firms and says the government should prioritise business ethics.

Labour would double the amount of paid paternity leave for new fathers to four weeks and increase paternity pay to £260 a week, Ed Miliband says.

Some 160,000 UK care workers are being paid less than the national minimum wage of £6.50 an hour, a study suggests.

UK prime minister David Cameron plans for a possible Greek exit from the eurozone, the BBC's economics editor Robert Peston learns.

Greek bank shares have fallen sharply after the country's finance minister warned this weekend the euro would collapse if Greece leaves the eurozone.

India's economy grew by 7.5% between October and December compared with a year earlier, officials say, but economists are baffled by a new formula to calculate GDP.

Internet movie and television streaming service Netflix launches in Cuba, as diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba thaw.