BUSINESS

Britain’s biggest homebuilder plans to accelerate dividend payments to shareholders and pay a slice by next year.

Carrefour's first-quarter sales rose 1.3 percent year-on-year to €20.83bn on constant currency.

McDonald's said to be planning an inflation-busting 20 percent rise in hamburger prices as central bank pumps trillions into moribund economy

Premium alcoholic drinks firm Diageo says its US spirits business offset weak consumer demand elsewhere across globe.

European markets gain in opening minutes as investors closely watch Italian parliament's vote.

US overtakes China as Japan's biggest export destination as yen's decline helps Japanese exporters.

Asian markets open lower taking cues from declines in their US and Europe counterparts overnight.

Grieving daughter carries urn containing father's ashes to Royal Bank of Scotland branch, to prove he is, in fact, dead

Financial Conduct Authority charges men with criminal offences relating to conspiracy to defraud investors on land investments

John Barton replaces Sir Mike Rake who was in row with easyJet's founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

The deal results in the carmaker's exit from aerospace activities.

Cypriot central bank has earlier denied reports of gold sale.

ONS labour market data shows worsening picture for both employed and unemployed.

Carmakers such as PSA Peugeot Citroen, Ford Motor and Volkswagen experience a slowdown in demand.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King fails to convince colleagues on merits of £25bn expansion to quantitative easing programme

Energy giant says it didn’t need to because it had invested billions in “building power plants, creating jobs”

Burberry posts 9 percent total revenue growth for the six months to March 31 boosted by Asia Pacific sales.

Wall Street's strong gains on positive economic data help European markets to open on a higher note.

Europe's biggest food retailer will close "Fresh & Easy" brand in the United States as CEO Philip Clarke continues his aim to focus on UK growth

International Monetary Fund predicts just 0.7 percent growth for UK economy in 2013.

International Monetary Fund says advanced nations will expand at a 1.2 percent pace, compared to 5.3 percent for emerging and developing economies.

Institute for Public Policy Research makes youth unemployment prediction and highlights London and North East as most affected regions.

Goldman earnings rise 5.5 percent in first quarter after 36 percent surge in investment banking revenue.

City of Siena prosecutors reveal they are seizing billions of euros of Nomura assets as part of Monte Paschi's derivatives losses probe

Regional disparity in property sector widens in February despite the slow down in house price inflation.

Huge gold and crude oil imports are the major factors for India's widening current account deficit.

Snowy weather helped lift online retail sales as UK consumers chose to shop at home in warm.

ZEW's benchmark sentiment index falls 12.2 points to 36.3 as Cyprus rescue, economic data, pare optimism

Office for National Statistics reports CPI inflation stuck at highest reading since May 2012.