Consumers who are forced to have prepayment energy meters put in should face a maximum installation fee of £150, the regulator proposes.

The HS2 rail link needs a "realistic timetable", say MPs who believe the current schedule is "overly ambitious".

A deal by German drugs and chemicals giant Bayer to take over US seeds company Monsanto appears to be imminent, media reports suggest.

Brazil's new government announces a privatisation plan aimed at reviving the country's struggling economy.

The collapse of the Hanjin shipping firm has left one British film-maker stuck on a container ship off Japan, with 25 sailors and no sign of port.

Pure Gym, the UK's biggest gym operator, plans to raise £190m by listing on the London stock market to help fund its expansion.

The former boss of collapsed retailer BHS will take over as chief executive of the fashion chain that dresses the Duchess of Cambridge.

The number of people without jobs and looking for work fell by 39,000 to 1.63 million between May and July, official figures show.