BUSINESS

Lib Dems claim 'rent-to-own' scheme will help first-time home buyers struggling to raise deposits.

The Federal Reserve's looming policy statement may provide hints as to when the US will raise interest rates this year.

Palladium too falls but is keeping broad uptrend on strong fundamentals.

RBS, Barclays, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and UBS would have to pay about $1bn each.

District Judge Thomas Griesa in Manhattan says accusation of stock manipulation by BlackBerry not proved.

Final company standing in way of new Spurs stadium will not appeal Court of Appeal decision

George Osborne is due to give 2015 budget - the last before the general election - on 18 March.

John Kerry said US companies are ready to invest but Gulf states pledged billions of dollars.

We asked several economic commentators to appraise George Osborne's five years as chancellor.

Labour says that it will be 'one of the first bills' that they introduce.

The employment change was slightly better than expected, but the unemployment rate has risen to a five-month high.

Cairn India's massive tax demand comes three days after ex-parent company contests its own $1.6bn bill.

Expect over 20,000 investment bankers to haemorrhage from RBS, Barclays, Standard Chartered and Credit Suisse.

French prosecutor is seeking trial in HSBC Swiss bank tax-dodging scheme.

An internal document states that it could owe 50 staff £80,000 collectively.

Halifax bank is trialling a smartphone app which lets customers log in using nothing but their heartbeat.

Russia believes the worst of economic turmoil, Western sanctions and oil price could soon be over.

Operators' commitments totalled about Rs1.02tn after the 49 rounds of bidding.

US Secretary of State said US companies were ready to invest more in Egypt.

Sale of 28.2 million ordinary shares in Aspen Pharma was conducted through a placing at a discounted price.

Russia's key rate stands at 15% after the 200 basis points cut in January.

TaiG announces its jailbreak convention titled 'Mobile Security Summit' for 27 March in Beijing, China.

China brokerage's $1.6bn Shanghai share sale attracts nearly $150bn from institutions and individuals.

Commerzbank chief executive Martin Blessing said the bank took the practices 'very seriously'.

IBM could end up developing a bitcoin alternative.

China, the world's second largest economy and India, the third largest in Asia, are two important growth drivers in the world.

CPI inflation rose to 5.37% year on year in February from an upward revised 5.2% in January

British government says AIIB can complement work of World Bank and Asian Development Bank.

In her book Capitalism's Toxic Assumptions, Eve Poole asks why we care so much about shareholders.