BUSINESS

US fast food chain's profits take a hit from competition and rising commodity prices.

Group of sixth formers dance in their uniforms and poke fun at their own privileged image in video parody.

Spain's Prime Minister faces challenging votes in Catalonia and the Basque region as investors fear window of opportunity for EU support closing fast

Critics should change their prejudices when it comes to digital journalism and see that online offerings are good for business and for the industry.

The UK regulator fines the bank £4.2m for failures that effected a quarter of a million customers

Russian Interior Ministry confirms arrest of TNK-BP’s government relations manager Igor Korneyev, shortly after reports that oil giant Rosneft has submitted a bid for UK-Russian joint venture.

Stronger tax receipts help narrow budget deficit to £4.9bn higher than it was at this time last year.

IHC, which already has a 7% stake in Orient-Express, bids for the remaining 93% at $12.63 per share.

Quinn due to appear in court with son Sean Quinn Jr and nephew Peter Darragh Quinn after being found guilty of contempt.

European Central Bank will take on role of top watchdog on 1 January but several key issues remain unresolved

Single supervisor will intervene early to avert dangerous accumulation of a bank’s debts.

WTO upholds its ruling that China's import duties on certain US steel products are not in line with international trade practices.

Watchdog under fire for not stopping RBS' acquisition resulting in blowing up £45.5bn of taxpayers' money in the biggest bailout in history.

Shares in Google were suspended for two hours after the internet search giant accidently leaked their third quarter results early, revealing a 20 per cent drop in profits.

Results released five hours early despite note saying document not ready for publication.

Bank adds additional £700m to PPI compensation amount set aside for claimants because claim levels higher than expected.

As calls to boycott the world's biggest coffee chain intensify, it's worth asking if taxing profits is the best way to ensure economic fairness.

Many women find the idea of quotas distasteful but Unilever executive Tracey Rogers is not convinced that gender balance in the boardroom is happening fast enough.

Greece's biggest general strike today has seen thousands of people take to the streets in Athens and stand alongside the two main trade unions, protesting against more planned spending cuts.

Procedural mistakes are costing Barclays dearly, because not only did they have to cough up £290m in fines for their part in rigging the interbank lending rate.

The hedge fund firm shares fall sharply, after clients withdraw billions of dollars from it for the fifth consecutive quarter.

July to September retail sales post best run in more than two years as Olympics and back-to-school boost lift High Street

With national elections just months away, Noda is keen on pulling economy out of sluggish growth.

Although the GDP has dipped, China's economy shows signs of stabilising.

The fourth EU Summit this year gets underway for two days later on this afternoon and the idea proposed back in June - of creating a single banking supervisor under the European Central Bank by the end of the year - will be top of the agenda.

Banking union wants single supervisor under ECB but Germany prefers political union to tackle the region’s crisis.

Citigroup's Steve Englander argues Greece leaving the Euro is not an option and the cost of a break up would be "tremendous"

Record high employment figures mask a recession stuck economy. But economists remain puzzled as to why we're working longer but failing to growth

UK financial services minister Greg Clark confirms that Britain will change the law to reform the Libor