BUSINESS

Italy's anti-trust authority said there is insufficient transparency in their optional insurance offerings

Shopping mall landlord Hammerson, which owns Birmingham's Bullring, reports 2013 profit of £341.2m.

Growth expected at 5.2% in second half of 2013/14

The charter will mean that the agreed employment conditions can only be overturned by a vote of the firm's shareholders.

UK Chancellor George Osborne and opposition MPs demolished hopes over Scotland keeping the pound

The CIPD says the vast majority of organisations expect to give pay awards below inflation.

Former chairman Paul Flowers became embroiled in a sex and drugs scandal.

Japan Display Inc formed by combining digital display businesses of Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi.

Only four of the Big Six agreed to refund direct debit customers who are in credit

Troubled British insurer recently hired ex-RBS Stephen Hester to turn it around

ItBit offering fee credit to new customers as it looks to expand customer-base.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney adds another range of measures to consider a raise in interest rates

Fourth-quarter growth rate down at 0.6% on year compared to previous quarter's 2.7%.

EEF and npower survey finds manufacturers' gas prices up 122% and electricity bills up 94% since 2002.

Sven-Goran Eriksson also loses out as UK taxman closes film investment loophole.

Tycoon Lam Kok has been missing since helicopter crash while on tour of Bordeaux vineyard.

Recession ravaged country bounces back to £1.2 billion in the black.

Bangkok struggling to raise $4bn needed to pay rice farmers.

US gold futures surge over 4% as economic uncertainty impacts prices.

Total to invest at least $21m in UK's shale gas industry.

Bitcoin exchange announces downtime affecting bitcoin deposits and internal bitcoin transfers.

Graphic cards based on R9 290X graphics processing unit are now priced at about $900, compared with $549 four months before.

Americans spend $9.67bn on meals, $2.89bn on candy and $2.35bn on romantic getaways, according to Statista.

The Italian economy has made a quarterly gain for the first time in more than two years as Prime Minister Enrico Letta is ousted by his party.

Malcolm McLean says the Industry must redouble efforts to encourage individuals to seek advice.

Core WPI inflation inched up to 3% in January.

SPDR Gold Trust expands 1.2% to 806.35 metric tons.

India's mobile phone firms bid almost £6bn for the country's 2G telecoms licences.

New paper attacks research that justifies Chancellor George Osborne's austerity policies and spending cuts.