BUSINESS

Samsung failed to get a mistrial declared in its damage retrial against Apple claiming "racial bias" in some of Apple's comments.

Yorkshire's new 5% mortgage products are not reliant on government's flagship scheme.

UBS was among banks advising government over 'undervalued' Royal Mail offer price.

BoE will release the minutes of its latest MPC meeting at 9:30 hrs GMT.

Dovish comments by Fed chief Ben Bernanke fail to boost regional sentiment.

Bank will pay $13bn to settle claims over mortgage asset quality misrepresentation.

Total personal debt rises to £1.4tn, with average household debt standing at £54,000.

Fashion chain slumps from peak of 31 countries including the US, Canada and France.

Scottish National Party promises job boom on back of handout to companies.

Campaign group says manufacturers fear thousands of jobs could be lost if green levies go.

Ofcom report shows effect of 2007 relaxation of gambling advertising rules by parliament.

About a third of US metros to report stagnant or negative economic growth.

Administrator Moorfields Corporate Recovery said more than two in 10 of the job losses will fall across Scotland.

A US federal appeals court refuses to re-examine May 2011 conviction.

United States must abolish debt ceiling to help speed up global growth, warns OECD.

Multi-trillion dollar foreign currency markets largely unregulated.

A report says Apple has acquired PrimeSense, the motion control experts behind the first-generation Kinect sensor.

Campaign group Making Change at Walmart highlights 'illegal firings'.

Linklaters finds no evidence of dishonesty or criminal conduct in G4S review.

Foreign investment in China up 5.8% in the first ten months to $97bn.

Business Minister Jo Swinson says the employee owned business model and be more profitable.

Npower becomes most complained about energy firm in Britain and has axed jobs despite bumper profits

The gas industry funded a movie to present fracking in a positive light but the total amount was only revealed recently

Office for National Statistics data points to generally rosy picture for graduates in Britain.

Reclassification of assets means no impact on public sector deficit from privatisation.

Italy's Largest Airline was refused a €300m capital increase from Air France.

Thousands of victims of Bernie Madoff's fraud may start pursuing $2.35bn in compensation.

Philippines' economic planning chief Arsenio Balisacan says costs of reconstruction may reach 250bn pesos.

$4bn package includes mortgage write-downs, demolishing abandoned homes and lower monthly payments.