UK housing crisis: Property shortage causes price rises to double expectations
RICS study estimates 6% growth in house prices in 2015, while Halifax say prices jumped 9%.
Morrisons pre-tax profit halves as CEO David Potts announces closure of 11 superstores
Retailer's pre-tax profit down more than 47% to £126m and like-for-like sales dipped 2.7%
Striking Lufthansa pilots back in the cockpit as German court rules against them
The strike by Lufthansa pilots over pay, job security and retirement benefits went on for two days.
July UK trade deficit quadruples to highest point in 2015 as manufacturing output slips
The widening deficit was partially due to goods exports going down to £22.8bn.
Mike Ashley's Sports Direct says trading in line ahead of expected fiery AGM
One of the firm's biggest shareholders, Royal London Asset Management, issued a 'red alert'.
US DoJ launches probe into role of NY investment firm in Northern Irish property sale by bad bank
Financial Times report that NY investment company Cerberus has denied any wrongdoing.
Betfair and Paddy Power confirm £5bn merger just days after GVC's Bwin acquisition
When the merger was announced in August, the bookmakers' share prices both jumped more than 20%.
Nuclear deal: Iranians eager to buy foreign goods after sanctions are lifted
96% of Iranians want to travel abroad with interestingly the US as the most popular destination.
Sales rise again as Costa and Premier Inn owner Whitbread adopts living wage
Director of Lloyds retail banking branch Alison Brittain takes over as Whitbread CEO in January 2016.
79% of Europeans see increasing challenges to enter the housing market
The soaring house prices are a widespread concern, an ING economist tells IBTimes UK
Business technology: How the digital revolution is changing the role of the CFO
Mark Evans, the CFO of telecom giant O2 tells IBTimes UK the role goes a lot further than numbers nowadays.
Glencore announces $10bn debt trimming measures as trader battles commodity prices
The company is trying to reduce its debt of almost $30bn after it reported a $676m loss the first half of 2015.
Primark's 13% profit rise offsets falling sugar prices for Associated British Foods
Primark like-for-like sales are expected to be 1% higher than last year, fuelled by a large expansion in shops.
Tesco sells Korean business Homeplus to MBK-led investor group in £4bn deal
The company has kicked off a series of disposals in an effort to relieve debts of more than £12.6bn.
Bwin.Party: Inside the bidding war between gambling giants GVC Holdings and 888
Offers of around £1bn have been flying around in just one of many M&A deals in industry.
Lower than expected US job creation thought to postpone Fed interest rate hike
Disappointing figures send markets diving despite record low unemployment rate.
Bwin.Party and GVC Holdings agree on £1.1bn takeover offer, pushing aside rival 888
Bwin.Party has been the subject of a betting war between GVC and online gambling giant 888.
Lone Flash Crash trader accused of rigging Wall Street indicted in the US
Navinder Singh Sarao, working from his home in the unfashionable London suburb of Hounslow, lost companies billions of dollars, say prosecutors.
ECB: Mario Draghi sends markets soaring by hinting at possible increase of QE programme
Germany's DAX was the biggest riser, jumping 2% on the news, while the FTSE 100 gained 1.3%.
Iran nuclear deal: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backs parliamentary vote on historic agreement
Khamenei underlined that co-operation with the US is based only on this specific agreement.
Barclays sells Portugal assets to Bankinter in John McFarlane's effort to streamline business
The bank will continue to operate its Barclaycard division and investment-banking businesses in Portugal.
Nissan invests £100m in Sunderland plant to produce Juke model
The investment will secure 6,700 plant jobs and 27,000 supply chain jobs.
Iran nuclear deal: Obama gains right to veto resolution of disapproval as 34 senators vote in favour
Democratic senator Barbara Mikulski announced her support, as the 34th senator in favour.
EU antitrust regulators approve Shell acquisition of BG Group
Several international competition watchdogs are launching investigations due to the size of the deal.
European markets flat on UK manufacturing data and global economy concerns
The FTSE 100 dived to 6,022.32 points but climbed up to almost recover its losses.
Christine Lagarde: IMF chief warns of global spill after China crash
Lagarde said dependence on Asia and new and innovative products can create risks.
Asos founder Nick Robertson steps down as CEO and Nick Beighton takes over
Robertson, who found the company in 2000, managed to turn Asos into a £160m online giant
China worries cause oil prices to fall back following record jump after Opec measures
Commodities have suffered from falling worldwide demand and hiked production.
European markets dive on negative manufacturing data in Eurozone and China
In a response to the Eurozone data, the FTSE 100 dropped more than 2.2%.
China's central bank tightens currency rules as government increases intervention in economy
On 31 August the yuan hit its lowest point since devaluation on 11 August.