Bank of England policymaker Kristin Forbes warns that keeping interest rates low for too long could harm the UK's economy.

The average pay of FTSE 100 chief executives is 183 times more than the average full-time worker, research suggests.

Japan's economy shrinks in the second quarter of the year, in a setback for the governments's reform policy.

The National Farmers Union and government ministers will hold talks in London later over the future of British dairy farming.

Toyota says it will halt operations at its two plants near the Chinese port of Tianjin where huge explosions last week killed more than 100 people.

Housebuilder Bovis Homes reports a 9% rise in half yearly profits to £53.8m, with house sales hitting a record high.

The UK market gives up early gains as shares in mining companies fall.

Airbus has finalised a deal with Indian budget airline IndiGo for the largest number of jets it has sold in a single order.