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Green Party MP Caroline Lucas joins raft of politicians in calling for more action against banks mis-selling derivatives to SMEs.

Competition aims to popularise automated trading

Four Nigerian farmers have asked a Dutch court to rule that Oil company Shell poisoned their fish and farmland through poor maintenance of its pipelines.

Probe into ex-employee allegations of toxic environment finds emails reveal Muppet references about movie, not clients.

Gartner places Lenovo’s global market share at 15.7% compared to 15.5% for HP and 10.5% for Dell.

Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo has overtaken Hewlett Packard to becoming the world's leading PC maker, according to research firm Gartner.

The Chief Executives of two of the world's biggest players in the aerospace market - BAE Systems and EADS - have expressed their 'disappointment' after a proposed merger between the firms - which was worth around £28bn - hit the rocks.

USC's John Elliot economist Mohammad Pesaran says and orderly 'Grexit' is impossible without some form of debt forgiveness.

Greenough River Solar Farm will displace about 20,000 tonnes per year of greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to taking 4,000 cars off the road.

Yum Brands, which owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, posts increase in profits, beating expectations.

Labour's House of Lords economic spokesperson says new UK regulations are becoming too complex and will hurt businesses and the economy.

Motorola Mobility has removed all its Android smartphones and tablets from sale in Germany, after the company failed to overturn the court decision that they infringed the patents of devices by Microsoft and Apple.

A fire risk is forcing Japanese car maker, Toyota, to recall 7.4 million vehicles across the world. It's the single biggest recall of cars, since Ford had to pull 7.9 million vehicles back 12 years ago.

Former UK home secretary and foreign Secretary sees a gulf between a core EU and periphery EU countries

Chinese telecoms firm Huawei has hit back at claims made by the US that the company was too closely tied to the communist government and provided a US 'national security threat'.

Shareholder revolt on senior executive pay and bonuses forcing legislation changes around world.

BAE’s largest shareholder follows UK politicians in issuing strong opposition against the mega deal

US Congressional Committee says Huawei and ZTE should be barred from contracts in the country.

Hot on the heels of their release of the iPhone 5, technology giant Apple has ordered more than 10 million iPad minis to be built in the run-up to Christmas, according to sources in the Asian supply chain.

Workers contend that Foxconn has raised the quality bar without providing adequate staff training.

Sources close to RBoS Shareholders Action Group say that the giant consortium will launch legal action by December.

Technology brands like Apple, Google, Microsoft dominate the best brands list, though FMCG brand Coca-Cola remains on top.

Credit Suisse under investigation over underwriting and sales of derivatives largely blamed for the credit crisis.

BioWare confirms release of Mass Effect 3: Retaliation DLC for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Reports say that RBS suspended Chong Wen Kuang, a prominent government securities trader in relation to rigging Sibor.

Samsung expects £4.5bn operating profit but analysts doubtful it can be sustained given patent dispute with Apple.

Today marks one year, since Apple founder, Steve Jobs, died at the age of 56. The American inventor had been battling pancreatic cancer for years, and has left a lasting legacy at the tech giant, the largest publicly traded company in the world.

Eric Bommensath to lead markets business after trading and distribution teams merger, corporate head reveals in staff memo.

Former secretary general of Muslim Council of Britain tells IBTimes UK why London is the Islamic Finance capital of Europe