COMPANIES

World's largest ad agency reported a 1.5% rise in headline pre-tax profit to £532m.

Industry body the EEF says business across the sector have clearly been on the up.

Twitch has more than 55 million monthly active users and represented 1.35% of all Internet traffic in March.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to provide 25% of deal's financing in form of preferred shares, WSJ reports.

Adzuna says manufacturing in the UK is finding its feet once more.

Adani Group is India's largest private power producer.

India's Supreme Court to examine whether some or all 218 coal mining licences should be cancelled.

Karpelès launches new web hosting service, Forever.net.

Three German auto parts makers 'told' by China to form joint ventures with local peers to continue operations.

China is dotted with small farms and barcode tracking systems for produce are largely missing.

Sean Mahoney to join board of Delta Topco, owner of FI Group.

Fund to pump money into airport construction, aviation economic zones and budget carriers.

Proposal announced by Cable would be included in Liberal Democrats' election manifesto.

InterMune's lead medicine pirfenidone is approved for the fatal disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the EU and Canada and is under regulatory review in the US.

Procorre says only one in five contractors in the industry are women in the UK.

Reserve Bank of India says firms must apply two-step verification process for credit card payments.

$3.15bn purchase from US home finance majors settles Federal Housing Finance Agency claims.

Bank allegedly ignored warnings that late entrepreneur David Elias was committing fraud through investment vehicle.

The Hay Group says it has identified six so-called 'megatrends' in employee engagement.

The German sportswear brand snapped up a stake in Dortmund.

Elance-oDesk says UK firms have been unprepared for the summer holiday season.

RBC ups quarterly dividend to 75 Canadian cents per share.

Increased food safety inspections come as political ties between Moscow and West reach low point.

Allied World Assurance will pay £130m for the two businesses.

Another energy group withdraws staff from Iraqi Kurdistan as Islamic State expands in northern Iraq.

BP owns about 330 of the 1,300 BP-branded filling stations in Australia.

Households report home values rose at slowest rate in five months in August

The London Stock Exchange Group intends to raise £938m ($1.56bn, €1.17bn) from shareholders.

EDF hit with a Ofgem fine after an investigation into its complaint handling ability