BUSINESS

Package includes cut in income taxes and a boost to car and house sales.

Slow sales and a bleak outlook force Britain's biggest luxury goods marker to trim full-years earnings forecast

Bundesverfassungsgericht rejects 11th-hour bid to delay decision on Germany's role in the European Union's permanent bailout fund

A survey by the hiring firm Manpower finds that firms of all sizes in the country are set to increase their headcount in coming months.

Future of rhino in balance with illegal poaching booming as syndicates 'speculate on animal's demise by stockpiling horn'.

Germany's top judge could delay ruling on funding for the permanent bailout fund, throwing ECB bond buying plans into question.

British oil giant BP agrees deal to shift oil assets in Gulf of Mexico as it counts damages cost of 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill

Centre for Economics and Business Research report claims misleading output data made UK GDP look better than reality before crisis

Ordinary People in Business to help UK firms file lawsuits against banks for mis-selling them complex derivative products.

Oil giant, BP is selling off assets in what's being seen as a prudent move to make sure it can take care of likely debts it will incur over the worst spill in American history.

Rating Agency says Mario Draghi's plan will support borrowing costs, but that ultimate responsibility for crisis resolution lies within governments.

Greece is still staring bankruptcy in the face as it's no nearer to finalising the nuts and bolts of the 9-and-a-half billion pound/12 billion euro austerity package it must implement, so it can pay back bailout money.

Increased merger ratio, changes in top management structure offered in what is seen as a softening of company's stand.

BP reportedly in advanced discussions with Plains Exploration & Production to sell some of its Gulf of Mexico oilfields.

Coalition leaders struggle to agree on target of €11.5 billion in cuts as recession enters fifth year.

China expected to come out with measures to boost exports in the wake of slowing growth.

Kweku Adoboli, former UBS trader, allegedly indulged in illegal trading in various S&P 500, DAX, and EuroStoxx index futures.

After RBS takeover, TUC wants a state investment bank which can issue bonds and fund small businesses.

If issue is not resolved, finance minister says the country could run out of money by November.

Bully Banks meets Treasury officials to discuss recommendations and aid on UK banks' mis-selling derivatives scandal.

An undercover investigation into the world's largest electronics company, Samsung, by the human rights organisation, China Labour Watch, has revealed that abuse of workers is rife.

The FSA did not implement stringent compensation rulings or product bans on UK banks on mis-selling of derivatives because of UK banks' solvency concerns.

In a move to boost the sluggish economy, China plans to spend one trillion yuan (£98.7b) on highways, ports and runways.

Index-linked bondholders will be affected by rising RPI figure as first university intake to be hit by trebled tuition fees cap starts lectures, says RBS

Two cancelled shareholder votes within hours frustrate $80 billion tie-up that would create the world's fourth largest mining group

Manufacturers recovered lost ground in July from output-crippling extra day off for Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June

Chinese government believed to be subsidising firms which dump solar panels at cut rates.

US regulator sues UBS over the sale of mortgage-backed securities to two credit unions before the credit crisis emerged.

Glencore stocks take a dive as the commodities giant delays shareholder voting on faltering Xstrata takeover bid