BUSINESS

Britain valued at £110,000 per person as property values top £4 trillion for first time.

Number of top grades falls, even though general pass rate rises for 30th year in a row.

Positive retail sales volume data in spite of UK recession surprises hard-hit retailers

Deutsche Bank, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, RBS, HSBC, UBS and Citigroup named in papers.

Standard Chartered is trying to settle with other US regulators as on as possible, after it agreed to pay the NY state regulator $340m in civil penalties.

It has been more than five months since the release of Mass Effect 3 (ME3), and the highly-disputed controversial endings of the trilogy are once again being scrutinised for their influence on the game's completion.

Hard-nosed hedge fund boss tests son's market ability and money managing skills with huge stake gift.

Office for National Statistics data reveals highest employment rate for four years despite UK recession

Some of Asia’s most important growth economies have the highest financial risk from the threat of natural hazards, says risk analysis firm Maplecroft, just one week after the flooding of Manila, Philippines.

Some of Asia's most important growth economies have the highest financial risk from the threat of natural hazards – that's according to risk analysis firm Maplecroft's latest report - Natural Hazards Risk Atlas.

Standard Chartered has settled with the New York State Department of Financial Services - or DFS - following the regulator's charges that it hid at least a quarter of a trillion US dollars' worth of transactions linked to US-sanctioned Iran.

FirstGroup plans fare reduction, new trains, as Branson's 15-year run in UK rail business comes to an end

UK-listed Standard Chartered reaches a $340m settlement with New York State regulator over a quarter of a trillion US dollars of transactions linked to Iran.

Bank receives hefty fine - but retains licence for its New York operations.

Richard Branson's Virgin Rail has lost its bid to continue running one of Britain's most important rail franchises, the west coast mainline, to the UK's largest rail operator, FirstGroup.

RICS's House Price Balance shows sharpening downturn for property market as transactions wane

The tiny bump in the cost of living seems tame to policy makers, but in Britain, rising prices are an undeniable fact of life.

Unions and passenger groups step up protest against rises that in some cases could reach almost four times the rate of inflation.

First quarter revision prevents recession, but German Economic sentiment data indicates a tough second half for region's economy.

The scandal around the manipulation over the London Interbank Offered rate – or Libor – has heated up – after UBS revealed that one of its employees has left the bank.

Soaring air fare and eased clothing discounting pushed UK CPI inflation up in July

UBS' head of swap trading quits bank after probe into rigging of Libor during his time at Barclays.

Mass Effect fan Nightfable comes up with a point and click adventure game based on Mass Effect 3's Destroy ending.

Standard Chartered's consultancy Deloitte, named in New York Department of Financial Services filings against bank for hiding transactions linked to Iran, slams claims.

Europe's largest economies stall as debt crisis threatens to push region into formal recession.

The proportion of electorate doubting the stability of the coalition has doubled in just two weeks.

Hottest July on record increases fears of another global food crisis as corn prices spiral

Independent refiner Tesoro revealed it will buy BP refinery in Carson, California and related assets for about $2.5bn

With commuter crush avoided and capital running smoothly as staff worked from home during London 2012, this could be step change for how Britain does business.