COMPANIES

Lloyds realises pre-tax gain of around £540m from sale.

Public Accounts Committee urged the FCA to tougher oversight and rules for short term lenders such as Wonga

Wall Street gains propel Asian markets as fears over Fed's asset purchase cutbacks ease.

Exceptional items generate net loss of £12m in year ending 31 March, 2013.

Full-year pre-tax profit increased 37% to £215m, as turnover rose 3.4% to £1.8bn.

Silver exploration, development and production company boss tells IBTimes UK about silver prices, market trends and conspiracies

B&Q's sales in the UK & Ireland dropped 5.7% to £913m.

UK Competition Commission says Ryanair may have to reduce its stake in Aer Lingus.

DeVere Group CEO Nigel Green says raft of regrets leads to costly mistakes.

Cambridge-based Armtrac secures financing from HSBC - the only big UK bank not in the Funding for Lending Scheme

Panasonic targets operating profit margin of 5% by fiscal 2016.

Nationwide's house price index shows government credit easing schemes - such as Help to Buy - is boosting demand and prices

Fund managers Miles Geldard & Lee Manzi say Government bond investors will pay the price for monetary policies

Shuanghui will pay $4.7bn in cash for Smithfield Foods, the largest takeover of a US company by China.

BDRC Continental's SME Finance Monitor shows almost two thirds of SMEs unaware of Funding for Lending Scheme.

Chancellor George Osborne closes loophole that allows energy firms to claim money back against installation costs

OECD says UK Chancellor's public spending cuts programme is "appropriate" despite waning economic outlook.

An interest-rate cut could be the need of the hour to fill a 'physical' and an 'economic' hole that emerges owing to slowing mining activity and investments.

Exploration and development company chairman details what’s next for one of the European Commission’s critical mineral fluorspar

As jobless youth rate hit record highs, these charts show how the lost generation is taking shape

Suntory is expected to receive approval from the Tokyo Stock Exchange as early as Wednesday, according to Reuters.

Societe Generale warns lack of cash will stop government youth schemes working.

Former Afghan chief warns on terror threat as Actis research finds 82% of UK business unprepared for attack.

Achilles CEO Adrian Chamberlain says recent scandals and disasters are a wake-up call to consumers and businesses on supply chain risk

Volkswagen grants its German factory workers a 3.4% pay rise in September

Orascom posts a net loss of 19.1m francs in the first quarter.

Shops are leaving the high street as online shopping advances but this could present an opportunity for local public services.

RBS-owned Lombard research says a third of UK companies are turning down orders rather than investing in new equipment

HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS' jobs cull will drag employment down to a nine-year low