Malaysian Airlines will become an "entirely new company" its new boss has said, in an interview with the BBC

Mainland Chinese shares head lower after US index provider MSCI says it would hold off including the shares in one of its key benchmark indexes.

Chancellor George Osborne plans to push ahead with introducing a rule to ensure governments in the future must run a budget surplus, when operating in "normal times".

A levy on the tobacco industry is needed to help fund anti-smoking measures, health campaigners say.

Sainsbury's has seen sales drop for the sixth consecutive quarter due to increasing supermarket competition, and food deflation.

London shares dip extremely slightly in early trade on Wednesday, but supermarkets and miners are among the gainers.

Africa's largest free-trade zone is to be created, covering 26 countries in an area from Cape Town to Cairo, when a deal is signed in Egypt.

Inditex, owner of clothing retailers including Zara and Massimo Dutti, sees a 28% rise in net profit for the first quarter of 2015.