Department store Nordstrom sees its share price fall more than 7% in after hours trading after it reported lower than expected profits in the fourth quarter.

Having to remember passwords and PINs for online banking could be a thing of the past as HSBC and First Direct launch voice and fingerprint recognition system.

US online car-hire service Uber is losing more than $1bn a year in China, as it struggles against "fierce" local competition, its CEO says.

Australia's struggling oil and gas giant Santos reports a loss of A$2.7bn ($1.9bn; £1.3bn) for the 12 months to December.

The FTSE 100 begins Friday little changed despite falls in Asia and New York overnight.

Government borrowing falls in January after the UK recorded the largest public finance surplus for any January since 2008.

The luxury fashion brand Gucci sees a better-than-expected a 5% rise in sales for the final three months of 2015.

Apple has said sorry to iPhone customers whose phones were disabled after third-party repairs and issued a fix for the problem.