COMPANIES

Mobile-focused deal will lock in ad rates and inventory access for Omnicom agencies.

Nationwide has seen its underlying profits more than double for the 2013/14 year to almost £1bn.

RBS move part of effort to reduce assets in US ahead of new Federal Reserve rules.

UK's largest pharmaceuticals firm, GlaxoSmithKline, subject to probe of "commercial practices".

Decommissioned tanks and armoured vehicles are reduced to scrap metal.

High street footfall down as wet Bank Holiday kept shoppers at home.

CIPD-Halogen survey believes 30% of employees feel performance reviews are unfair.

BCC director general John Longworth says British businesses demand a change in relationship with the EU

More than 60% of Malaysian population are Muslims who are prohibited to eat pork.

Italian designer Cavalli's firm may command $614m sale value.

iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision eyeing Taiwan's nascent 4G telecoms market.

IBM already suffered decline in sales due to Edward Snowden scandal.

As deadline for deal expires, Pfizer ends takeover bid for UK's AstraZeneca.

Apple also seeking to ban Samsung devices that infringe on its patents.

AOL to invest at least $100,000 in some 10 Israeli projects at a time.

Sony and China's Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group to jointly produce and market PlayStation gaming console.

Bank looking to sell Swiss business as part of restructuring.

Drugmakers' profits and margins decline in China due to crackdown on corruption and price cuts.

Hon Hai Precision, part of Foxconn Technology Group, to sell up to one billion new shares.

Likely bidder Starwood Hotels & Resorts may table higher offer for IHG.

Pfizer to formally call off AstraZeneca takeover bid as deadline set to expire.

2013 accounts show internet giant paid only £4 million in corporation tax on UK orders of £4 billion.

S&P 500 index gained 8.04 points or 0.42% to close at 1,900.53 on 23 May.

Pfizer still believes its final offer represents full value to AstraZeneca shareholders.

Political unrest had already hurt Thailand's tourism sector and cancellations likely to increase with military rule

Over four fifths of small businesses feel that their energy supply doesn't care about them

Alexei Miller says "epoch making" 30-year gas supply deal will influence the whole market

Saga shares rise on its IPO as the firm sees stocks snapped up.

A report has found that the Tuesday after a Bank Holiday sees average online spend increase by 25%.