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Bob Diamond is due be grilled later today by MPs at the Parliament’s Select Committee a day after resigning as Barclays chief, in the wake of the inter-bank interest rate-fixing scandal.

Apple is expected to launch a new 7.85in iPad mini in October 2012

Del Missier, Barclays chief operating officer, is yet another executive at the bank to step down in the wake of the Libor rate-fixing scandal.

Corporate barrister Owen Watkins tells IBTimes UK that Barclays' newly resigned CEO Bob Diamond and individuals involved in rate-fixing scandal may avoid UK criminal proceedings.

With the twin resignations of CEO Bob Diamond and Chairman Marcus Agius, the IBTimes UK look at the the challenges the bank faces as bank's crisis continues

Barclays CEO Bob Diamond will leave his role with immediate effect, several days since regulators in the US and UK fined Barclays £290m ($450m) over allegations of rigging the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor.

Microsoft expected to post loss for fourth quarter as it takes $6.2bn charge.

UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline will plead guilty and pay a record breaking $3bn, to settle the largest case of healthcare fraud in US history.

Concept developed by lead researcher Mark Changizi during his study of colour vision in primates while at CalTech.

Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond has announced his resignation this morning with immediate effect, over an interest rate-rigging scandal.

Marcus Agius, chairman of British bank Barclays, has resigned due to the company’s involvement in the Libor scandal.

Critical stage of experiment carried out for the first time to monitor what might happen if CO2 leaks from an underground storage reservoir successfully completed.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus attracts a sales ban in US following a Californian judge ruling in favour of Apple in the ensuing patent dispute.

BioWare did put in several months of hard labour in the making of Extended Cut DLC in its attempt to fix the broken endings and plug the plotholes to minimise ambiguity. Nevertheless, there still seem to be several questions unanswered with the extended ending.

The Labour leader proposes a new code of conduct for bankers, a new professional standards board to look into their answers as well as quicker and easier prosecution of wrongdoers.

Foster evaded detection for several years as he continued to wire money to his personal account by making false account filing.

Gazprom posts a record profit for a second year in a row and becomes the most profitable energy company in the world.

RBS' Hester forgoes his 2012 bonus, following the chaos from the Natwest computer system glitch, and reports that the FSA will fine the bank for its involvement in the Libor rate fixing scandal.

A sacked senior RBS trader Tan Chi Min said his bosses and senior staff colluded in fixing the Libor rate artificially high or low to maximise profits, according to US court filings.

The IBTimes UK investigates the broken trust between banks and customers in the wake of a the industry's "septimana horribilis"

Customers have been getting shoddy treatment: The Governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King very politely blasted the banking sector today as he delivered the latest financial stability report.

After internal Barclays emails exposed wrongdoing in the company, IBTimes UK looks back at other financial scandals emerging from private emails.

The U.S. middle market companies is seen growing this year albeit at a slower pace of 7%. This was the result of a survey conducted on the U.S. middle market industry by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) in a project collaboration with the Ohio National State University's Fischer College of Business.

UK banks Barclays, RBS, HSBC and Lloyds are banned from selling certain types of derivatives to SMEs, after all agreeing on a settlement with the Financial Services Authority

RBS admits it was guilty of offences similar to those of Barclays, though it maintains they were less serious and more isolated.

FSA is expected to announce evidence on Barclays' involvement in Libor manipulation.

Vince Cable has not ruled out the disqualification of Barclay's chief executive Bob Diamond over the Libor rate fixing scandal.

Vivendi stocks lead the Cac-40, after reports say that Jean-Bernard Lévy is set to quit amid strategic differences over the future of the group, which owns Canal Plus and are makers of World of Warcraft and Diablo III

Rupert Murdoch, News Corp chief executive, has confirmed that within a year his media business will be split into publishing and entertainment units.