Web giant Amazon has reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit as expenses rose, causing shares to tumble in after-hours trading.

Google parent Alphabet has reported a 20.2 % rise in quarterly revenue, helped by sales of advertising on mobile devices and YouTube.

Uber drivers in London will learn later whether they are entitled to basic employment rights.

Up to a fifth of new cars in the UK are not sold direct to consumers, or used as fleet, but are instead pre-registered to dealers, a BBC investigation finds.

China's leading search engine Baidu reports its first-ever decline in quarterly revenue in the wake of tighter advertising regulations.

There was "no cheque book" offer to Nissan ahead of its move to boost UK production, says the government.

Royal Bank of Scotland reports a £469m loss for July to September amid continuing "legacy issues".

Airline group IAG, the owner of British Airways and Iberia, says the weak pound cost it €162m in the third quarter of the year.