The US state of Nevada has approved a new tax on live entertainment, which includes a 9% charge on tickets for events such as the Burning Man festival.

London's leading shares fall in early Thursday trading, dragged down by companies going ex-dividend.

The Bank of England keeps the benchmark UK interest rate at 0.5%, more than six years after it first cut the rate to its current record low.

The government's remaining 30% stake in the Royal Mail is to be sold off - and £3bn spending cuts are unveiled by George Osborne.

A former trader accused of Libor rate rigging said brokers in other firms were a "tool" in his "armoury", a jury has been told.

English Premier League clubs saw record revenues and profits in 2013-14, as big TV deals and Financial Fair Play rules took effect, says Deloitte.

Low-value transactions drove a 10% rise in purchases made on a card in 2014 compared with a year earlier, new figures show.

Growth in South Korea - Asia's fourth largest economy - has marginally beaten estimates to expand 2.5% during the first three months of 2015 compared with a year earlier.