COMPANIES

Tool hire firm reports loss before tax of £9.8m for the six months ended 2 July.

Although the overall confidence level in August shows a fall, it remains above the low noted in June.

Downing Street says Apple may be welcome in the UK after giant was ordered to pay £11bn.

Shares in housebuilder have fallen 30% so far this year and 19% since Brexit referendum.

Over 75,000 people have signed a petition calling for Barroso to forfeit his EU pension after taking the job.

EC rules that tax arrangements between Apple and Ireland broke laws on state aid.

The FTSE 100 group says its global business will not be affected by the UK's vote to leave the EU.

Christopher Ashton was suspended by Barclays in November 2013 before being fired last year.

Oil services firm posts net profit of $12m for the six months ended 30 June.

Deloitte CEO David Sproul has urged the UK government not to restrict skilled migrants after Brexit.

Veteran analyst Michael Hewson says firms as varied as Jimmy Choo and Balfour Beatty could gain from the EU Referendum.

Hershey shares slide 12% in after-hours trading in New York following the news.

Hendry says, on risk-adjusted basis, US equities have lost more than 75% of value versus bonds since 1971.

The automobile company has been seeking part or full buyers for Magneti Marelli.

Santander will cut interest rates on these 123 accounts to a flat 1.5% in November from the current 2.3%.

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund incurs loss less than two years after allocating more funds to equities market.

Beijing unlikely to accept a watered-down agreement as Number 10 reviews UK nuclear options.

Ex-owner is under fire as the final 22 stores of the retailer shut their doors on Sunday.

The deal will create more than 1,000 jobs in the US.

SABMiller's head office in London is likely to be closed within a year of the completion of the transaction.

Boss Dave Lewis is selling another part of group as he looks to turn around core UK supermarket business.

Lotte Group had allegedly received South Korea won 30bn every year from illicit financial transactions.

The dining chain will close or sell 33 sites as it bids to turnaround poor trading.

The San Francisco-based company has lost at least $4bn since inception.

Hartfield-based firm announces profits before tax of £25.3m for the six months ended 30 June.

11,000 jobs were axed and staff fear for their pensions, but inquiry into what went wrong still has far to go.

Replacing Hinkley Point C with cheaper alternatives could save taxpayers £1bn a year, study says.

Broadcaster had a 236p per share takeover offer rebuffed two weeks ago as it undervalued the company.

Birkenfeld's book about the UBS Swiss banking investigation, Lucifer's Banker, is published in October.