BUSINESS

ONS house price index peaks in April 2014 as market heats up further.

Iceland has reported strong sales as low-end stores continue to decimate mid-market share.

Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute unveils a groundbreaking new study into insider trading stats

The 2013 Defamation Act was not adopted by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Whitbread's sales for the first quarter have increased by 12.7%.

English fans spent £3.78m in Brazil last week, up 83% from last year and 46% from the preceding week, says Visa Europe.

OPEC production will decline, with US reserves of oil extracted from oil sands and shale rock spearheading the competition.

BP chief executive says facilities in the south of Iraq are a long way from the violence in the north.

70% of India's oil needs met by imports, leaving rupee largely defenceless against oil price swings.

ONS said UK CPI inflation fell to 1.5% in May, but higher commodity prices may force this back up.

Britain's e-commerce shoppers will vote with clicks and over 90% check vendor reviews in advance.

David Miles, member of the monetary policy committee, suggests he will vote for rate increase by May 2015.

Christina Fernandez defiant after US Supreme Court rules against Argentina.

A US court ruled that 50 works published by Arthur Conan Doyle are open to the public

Baroness O'Cathain has warned Britain could face more riots like those seen across London in the summer of 2011.

Coal now accounts for the highest proportion of the world's energy mix since 1970.

Deal will be signed in front of visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang and David Cameron.

Voting website organiser said distributed denial-of-service attacks have overwhelmed the server

Siemens and Mitsubishi have proposed transactions estimated to be superior to General Electric's bid.

Ibrahim Mehleb leads Egypt's newly-installed government with a vow to revitalise the economy.

Oil supply-side shock can limit the extent of monetary adjustment possible in Asia.

The research revealed 80% of those planning to 'go global' cite the economic upturn as their primary catalyst.

Moody's cut the grocer's credit rating again as Philip Clarke struggles to stem falling sales

Shell looks to focus on growth in directly owned Australian assets.

Belka was caught on tape discussing the removal of Poland's finance minister Jacek Rostowski

Banking IT systems less than robust as survey reveals concerns over protection consumer information.

By 2051 one in five people in the UK will be from an ethnic minority background.

Moise Safra was founder of Banco Safra and a Brazilian banking dynasty.

China will pump billions of pounds into the UK's projects sector, so long as Cameron doesn't mention Tibet.