Accountants or advisers who help people bend the rules to gain a tax advantage never intended face tougher fines under new rules proposed by the Treasury.

Japanese stocks are trading lower after the yen surged to more than 100 per dollar for only the second time this year.

An advertisement for a Walkers crisps competition offering 20,000 holidays is banned after complaints the trips were almost impossible to win.

Online news site Gawker Media has been sold to media firm Univision for $135m (£103m) in a bankruptcy auction.

A key IT project at the heart of the national smart meter roll-out programme is facing further delays.

China approves a long-anticipated trading link between Hong Kong and Shenzhen's stock markets and abolishes an overall quota limit.

Tough times for the tugrik: Mongolia's currency is the world's worst-performing as the government battles an economic crisis, reports the BBC's Leisha Chi.

Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific reports an 82% drop in half-year profits in the wake of fierce industry competition and the economic slowdown in China.