The environmental role of the Green Investment Bank, after it is privatised, is to be protected by a so-called "golden share".

Artificial intelligence firm SwiftKey is to be acquired by Microsoft, according to reports.

The introduction of universal credit will leave working families worse off on average, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.

Worries over falling oil prices are weighing on investor sentiment in Asia for a second day on Wednesday.

Argentina agrees for the first time to pay investors who have been holding out for full repayment of bonds which were defaulted on in 2002.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has posted a 44% drop in profit to $67.9m for the three months to December, following last year's E. coli outbreak.

South Korea's government unveils new stimulus measures following a raft of disappointing economic data for the export-dependent nation.

Chinese chemicals group ChemChina offers more than $43bn (£30bn) to take over Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta.