BUSINESS

Pensioner backs car on to pavement and ploughs into 11 pedestrians, including nine children, outside Los Angeles school.

Former French president could earn nearly a quarter of a million euros for a 45-minute speech.

JJB up for sale after years of struggling against tumbling profits and growing losses in a challenging environment.

IBTimes looks at whether Barclays appointing head of consumer banking as CEO is right move for the bank.

From Ponzi schemes to high-speed trading, hedge fund manager Chris Clarke details why your money is at risk

Apart from a huge Airbus deal, China and Germany firm up deals in energy, telecommunications, automobile, health and maritime.

Bank of England data shows mortgage approvals on rise in July, but consumer credit total declines

Outgoing chairman Marcus Agius says Jenkins 'excellent track record and intimate knowledge' were the clinching factors.

The announcement of the new CEO follows a fresh investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into payments between the bank and Qatar Holding LLC.

Market analysts expect the state-rescued bank to post €4bn in losses, when it reports its earnings this week

YouGov finds almost three quarters of smaller businesses rarely or never change banks despite 'unfair' charges and fees.

Barclays faces another criminal investigation into payments made with Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.

MPs on Public Accounts Committee say HMRC needs better information and intelligence to tackle alcohol duty loss from smuggled booze

Deputy PM urges government to stick by coalition agreement and suggests offloading capacity to Gatwick, Stansted and Luton.

Securities and Futures Commission tries to get E&Y to turn over accounting records on former China-based client, Standard Water.

Survey reveals that over half of companies expect compliance costs to rise 20 percent on raft of regulatory changes.

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said that "people of very considerable personal wealth have got to make a bit of an extra contribution" towards what he describes as the "national effort."

Richard Branson's Virgin Trains tries to overturn decision to award franchise to FirstGroup, but former rail watchdog says Virgin deserved to lose.

Japan's export-oriented economy is under pressure due to the continuing European debt crisis and slowing global economy.

Global firms such as Shell, Nokia and ArcelorMittal exceed the GDP of their home country in some cases.

Data shows Spain’s recession worsened after austerity measures hurt spending

Survey research by Confederation of British Industry reveals service sector struggling more than expected.

France’s third- largest bank’s profits fell 67 percent on substantial writedowns in Intesa Sanpaolo stake and losses from Greece

G4S confirms failure to meet London 2012 Olympics contract by not providing enough security will cost firm £50m.

G4S has revealed its failure to uphold the contract to provide security at the 2012 London Olympic Games cost the company £50m.

Samsung plans to file post-verdict motions to overturn California jury verdict.

Tim Cook says lawsuit against Samsung was about values rather than patents or money.

Apple seeks withdrawal of Samsung smartphones from US markets and is planning to file a sales injunction within a week.

Nick Stephens says group's latest research reveals that change to boardroom gender imbalance is vital.