COMPANIES

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%.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is seeming to drive a wedge between European Union and US

Major credit and debit card companies have no plans to leave Russia despite threats of deeper Western sanctions.

Paris examining all-French solution for Alstom, says industry minister Arnaud Montebourg.

Alibaba is expected to beat JD.com's record in near future.

Toyota has warned it can kill Thai investment plans if political crisis lingers.

Russian energy minister upbeat over Western oil investment despite threat of deeper sanctions over Ukraine.

Barclays' European retail business has lost about £2bn over the past four years.

Former chief financial officer Jackie Hunt left a year ago

Former mining boss Liu Han receives death penalty on charges of leading mafia-style crime operations on Sichuan.

Second-quarter revenues fall 1% to $27.3bn.

FCA fines Barclays for rigging gold and banned and fined Plunkett for inappropriate conduct

Swiss banking giant receives $10bn in orders for debt.

EY's claimed Chinese law prohibits the firm from passing on documents related to a former client

US companies with business deals in China have been asked to be cautious in light of recent hacking revelations.

Authorities says only paying them basic salaries would discourage them from taking a vacation

Lloyds was originally pegged to float TSB shares by the end of June

Agreement is to build the world's largest advanced thermal energy-from-waste facility in the Emirate of Sharjah