Obama warns of Scrooge Christmas
President Obama warns of a "Scrooge Christmas" if no deal is struck on the "fiscal cliff", but a senior Republican says talks are going "nowhere"......
Yahoo 'ordered to pay $2.7bn'
Internet group Yahoo says it has been ordered to pay $2.7bn to two plaintiffs in a Mexican court ruling......
Rousseff acts on Brazil oil plan
Part of a law intended to share royalties from Brazil's oil fields across the country's 26 states is vetoed by President Dilma Rousseff......
Supermarkets pledge prices action
Eight major supermarkets agree to ensure that special offers are fair, following a regulator's investigation into unfair or misleading promotions......
Key world economies slow sharply
Growth in India, Brazil and Canada slows in the third quarter, while economic data for October in the US and eurozone also disappoints......
Eurozone jobless rate at new high
Eurozone joblessness hits a new record high as ECB head Mario Draghi warns the region will only emerge from crisis late next year......
Over 50s 'not planning pensions'
Many over 50s are "sleepwalking into their old age", a pensions group says, as research suggests people are over-optimistic about retirement income......
Squeeze hits Sportingbet takings
Online gambling site Sportingbet announces a fall in first quarter revenues, citing "challenging trading conditions", as poker revenues drop 50%......
Japan in second stimulus package
Japanese lawmakers approve another stimulus package to revive growth, as the flagging economy becomes a key issue in the upcoming general election......
India economic growth rate slows
India's growth rate slowed in the July to September quarter, putting further pressure on the government to implement reforms and ease monetary policy......
Brazil economy slows unexpectedly
Economic growth in Brazil slowed unexpectedly in the three months to September, to just 0.6% versus a year earlier, new data suggests......
Energy Bill for 'cleaner economy'
Energy minister Ed Davey publishes his much-trailed Energy Bill, setting out the roadmap for the UK's switch to "a low-carbon economy"......
UK banks 'may need more capital'
Major UK banks may need to raise more capital as protection against possible future losses, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee has said......
US growth rate revised up to 2.7%
The US economy grew at an annualised 2.7% in the third quarter of the year, revised data shows, up from the 2% estimate released before the election......
Firms bidding for Twinkies brands
One of the best-known US snack food brands may survive as its bankrupt owner reveals it is in talks with 110 potential buyers......
Japanese giants in merger boost
Shares in Japanese infrastructure giants Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy soar after a decision to merge their thermal power businesses......
HP accountants sued over Autonomy
Deloitte and KPMG are being sued over their alleged role in Hewlett-Packard's controversial purchase of Autonomy......
Sixty-day bread could cut waste
An American company has developed a technique that it says can make bread stay mould-free for 60 days......
MPs want end to flight duty in NI
A committee of MPs is calling for a 13 tax on all flights to and from Northern Ireland to be scrapped......
House prices 'still edging down'
House prices are still falling slowly, according to the latest figures from the Nationwide building society......
CBI pushes government for growth
The CBI business group is asking the chancellor to use windfall money to help lift economic growth......
EU unveils plan for euro's future
The European Commission sets out a timetable for eurozone integration, including plans for a separate eurozone budget and joint issuance of debt......
Dixons to benefit from Comet woes
Dixons, the owner of Currys and PC World, says it will "benefit" from the demise of rival Comet, but reports losses after problems at its Pixmania unit......
Anglo Irish suing Ernst & Young
Anglo Irish Bank is suing its former auditor Ernst & Young for failing to spot the lender's massive exposure to the Irish property bubble......
Iberia faces pre-Christmas strike
Employees at troubled Spanish airline Iberia, sister company of British Airways, vote to go on strike in the run-up to Christmas......
Doncaster defends health of SPL
Scottish Premier League chief executive Neil Doncaster defends the financial health of the 12 member clubs......
BT set to move to Olympic centre
BT Sport is set to move into the Olympic Park broadcast centre in east London......
VIDEO: How to spot unsafe electrical goods
More than four million counterfeit goods have been seized in the UK this year, many of them electrical items......
VIDEO: 'Don't trust supermarket deals'
Investigative food journalist Joanna Blythman advises shoppers to "be sceptical" as eight supermarkets agree to ensure that special offers and price promotions are fair......
VIDEO: Over 50s need 'pension healthcheck'
Many over 50s are "sleepwalking into their old age", a pensions group says, as research suggests people are over-optimistic about retirement income......
AUDIO: Tourists to UK spent more in 2012
The Chief executive of VisitBritain told 5 live that fewer tourists came to the UK in 2012, but those who did spent more......
VIDEO: Japan election could be won on inflation
Inflation is one of the hottest topics in Japan and politicians' plans to address the issue may sway the result of the forthcoming election......
VIDEO: Are supermarket offers the real deal?
The Office of Fair Trading has warned leading supermarkets to observe rules on the special offers they make to customers in the run-up to Christmas......
VIDEO: Eurozone jobless rate at new high
The eurozone's unemployment rate hit a new record high in October, while consumer price rises slowed sharply......
AUDIO: China 'dim sum' bonds on sale in London
So-called "dim sum" bonds, denominated in the Chinese currency, the renminbi, are being sold outside the People's Republic for the first time......
Technology dominates the Los Angeles motor show
Try concept cars that respond to your movements.....
UK sport governance to up its game
How UK sports leaders can up their game.....
Bendy phones 'to appear in 2013'
The first wave of handsets with flexible screens.....
VIDEO: Top tips for landing dream jobs
Young workers from around the world give their tips for jobhunting.....
Viewpoint: The robots are coming
Robotics are now a big part of our lives.....
Singapore rap aims to boost birth rate
Singapore struggles to boost its birth rate.....
Brazil looks to score overseas shirt sales boost
Brazil football clubs eye overseas kit sales boost.....
Berlin's hi-tech boom in 'Silicon Allee'
Can Berlin overtake London as Europe's hi-tech hub?.....
Trading at Noon: Retailers eye holidays; YUM's China woes
Nov 30 - Retailers benefitting from holiday shopping, with Five Below and Christopher & Banks leading the charge......
Nintendo launches Wii U in Europe
Nintendo, which has gradually ceded ground to Microsoft's industry-leading Xbox 360, introduced the Wii U with a touchscreen controller at a time when the video game industry is under threat from a growing smartphone and tablet gaming market......
Breakingviews: Dual-class duel
Nov 30 - Jeffrey Goldfarb talks to Breakingviews columnists about the dysfunctional relationship between Groupon's co-founders, whose super-voting stock leaves minority shareholders with few options......
Europe Week Ahead: Central Banks & Autumn Statements
Nov. 30 - A look ahead to next weeks key events including central bank meetings, Osbornes Autumn statement, nonfarm payrolls and results from Prada......
Banking union top priority for euro zone: Lagarde
Nov. 30 - Implementing a banking union with powers to supervise all banks in the euro zone should be the currency bloc's top priority followed by closer budgetary coordination, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde said on Friday. Hayley.....
Germany approves Greek bailout
Nov. 30 - German lawmakers vote through Greece's bailout agreed to earlier this week by EU and IMF officials, as people on the streets of Athens throw eggs and tomatoes at government buildings in protest. Joel Flynn reports......
Graphics firm has a ball with New York pollution
Nov. 30 - Animators have created a video showing the physical scale of the 54 million tonnes of carbon dioxide pumped into New York City's atmosphere in 2010. Using a technique they call 'concrete visualisation', the team hopes to spark delegates at .....
3XSQ: Apple gets a boost from China
Nov 30 - Apple's iPhone 5, iPad Mini, and fourth-generation iPad will start selling in China after the company received regulatory approval to start selling the products there......
Nintendos Wii U a Super Mario Successor Game Over?
Nov. 30 - The loss-making Japanese game console maker needs a hit to lift its fortunes. Could the Wii U be it?.....
German retail sales slide
Nov. 30 - German retail sales dropped 2.8% ahead of the key Christmas season. The latest figures follow a raft of weak economic data suggesting Germany is no longer immune to the European debt crisis. Hayley Platt reports......
Breakingviews: Osborne to be Robin Hood?
Nov. 30 - UK Chancellor George Osborne has his hands tied as he wants to boost a flat economy but needs to tighten policy to hit his targets and meet his own fiscal rules, says Breakingviews.....
Reuters Today: Imagine the euro at $1.70
Nov. 30 - Without the crisis the euro could be as high as $1.70 says Adam Cole of RBC Capital Markets. This reminder comes on the day Germany is likely to approve the latest Greek bailout......
BlackRock sees a charge back to China equities in 2013
Nov. 30 - As the Shanghai Composite languishes near four-year lows, BlackRock's head of Asian equities explains why he's overweight on China......
Daily Digit: Banking on better times ahead for India
Nov. 30 - India's GDP growth for the September quarter missed expectations, but with reforms in the pipeline, investors and analysts are betting on it picking up in the medium term......
Asia Week Ahead: Australia's growth set to sputter
Nov. 30 - Australias Q3 GDP growth is likely to have slowed on weaker commodity prices, while Japan's economic gloom plays into upcoming elections......
U.S. Morning Call: Comments on "fiscal cliff" swing markets
Nov. 30 - U.S. stock futures are pointing to a slightly higher open as the President and Congressional Republicans tackle the "fiscal cliff.".....
Daily Digit: 2.7% GDP growth
Nov. 29 - GDP grew an impressive 2.7% in third quarter thanks to holidays, but next reading may not be as cheerful. Bobbi Rebell reports......
Market Pulse: Europes 6-month stock run to end
Nov. 30 - An autumnal glow will give way to a winter chill for European markets, says CMC Markets Michael Hewson. So stay warm, stay defensive. Plus, a look at Bankia, LVMH and happy 13th birthday Exxon-Mobil......
Bank of Japan at a turning point?
Nov. 30 - Big changes are expected at Japan's central bank next year--which given its questionable track record isn't a bad thing, says Bank of Singapore chief economist Richard Jerram. Tara Joseph reports......
Choppy waters ahead of the cliff
Nov. 29 - Summary of business headlines: Stocks end higher after volatile day as lawmakers go back-and-forth on fiscal cliff; retailers disappoint with November same-store sales; Tiffany, Barnes & Noble results add to worry; GDP revised up, housing s.....
China leaves Tiffany black and blue
Nov. 29 - Strike three for Tiffany after the luxury retailer cut its sales and profit forecast for the third quarter in a row. Bobbi Rebell reports......
U.S. Day Ahead: Obama tapping Angry Birds to resolve cliff
Nov 29 - President Obama will press his case of raising taxes on the rich at a factory in PA. The plant makes parts for Angry Bird toys - that could describe the state of negotiations on the Hill......
Automakers looking for gold in "green"
Nov. 29 - Automakers show-off new lines of green cars with an added emphasis on beauty and style at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show. Conway G. Gittens reports......
Sea-based attack drone readied for first carrier trials
Nov. 29 - The US Navy's first sea-based, unmanned attack aircraft is being prepared for its maiden test flight from an aircraft carrier. The Northrop Grumman X-47 B arrived for duty aboard the USS Harry Truman on Monday (November 26) with the Navy ex.....
The Exchange: Business lessons from the Grateful Dead
Rob Cox talks to the New Yorker's Nick Paumgarten about how the rock band's focus on touring, taping and community presaged the post-album era of the music business......
Rupert Murdoch could face fines if stories based on bribes
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation could be forced to surrender any profits it made from information secured through bribery, legal experts have warned.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2626598c/mf.g.....
Moody's downgrades ESM and EFSF
Moody's cut the triple-A rating of the European Stability Mechanism euro rescue fund on Friday by one notch and gave it a negative outlook, citing its earlier downgrade of key ESM backer France.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feeds.....
BoE tells banks to crack down on bonuses
Bankers are facing a fresh crackdown on bonuses ahead of the New Year pay round under moves by the Bank of England to overhaul award structures.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2625e755/mf.gif' bor.....
Boris suggests Osborne 'brood' on cutting top tax rate to 30pc
Boris Johnson has suggested that the higher rates of income tax should be reduced ahead of the Government's Autumn Statement next week.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/26257dc5/mf.gif' border='0'/&.....
Osborne to freeze benefits for jobless
George Osborne is preparing to unveil a new round of welfare cuts and 3 billion of savings to PFI deals in next week's Autumn Statement.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/26257dc4/mf.gif' border='0'/.....
Cut price mortgage deal starts price war
Home owners have been offered the lowest ever two-year fixed rate mortage deal at 1.99 per cent, kick-starting the first home loan price war since the credit crisis began in 2008.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32.....
France and Germany set to shake up EADS
France to hive off part of stake to make way for Berlin as shareholder.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/262577ab/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r.....
QE is a failure for jobs and investment, unless you're in the City
The Bank of England's monetary policy is designed to stimulate growth and investment. The truth is it's having the opposite effect.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/26253f7d/mf.gif' border='0'/>&.....
Asos chairman Brian McBride was investor in Comet
The former boss of Amazon in the UK invested in Comet alongside OpCapita and was advising the private investment firm on an online strategy for the electrical retailer before its collapse, it can be disclosed.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://.....
Subdued FTSE 100 ends a volatile month
The blue-chip index dipped today, but climbed over the month.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/26257143/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538845.....
ArcelorMittal will invest 180m in Florange plant under deal with French government
The French government has agreed a deal with steel giant ArcelorMittal over the company's Florange plant that will save around 550 jobs.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/26257147/mf.gif' border='0'/.....
William Hill to renegotiate Sportingbet approach
Sportingbet disappointed with its first-quarter results.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/26253afe/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538997808/u.....
Good News Britain: Indian firms come to London
Two Indian financial service companies have announced new outposts in London, as the capital's mayor Boris Johnson called for George Osborne to cut the top rate of tax to attract more overseas investors.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegr.....
The Chancellor George Osborne's alarming device is just the weapon for a country at war
Our crisis would be far deeper without Quantitative Easing, believes Charles Moore<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/26250000/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsp.....
The Chancellor George Osborne's alarming device is just the weapon for a country at war
Our crisis would be far deeper without Quantitative Easing, says Charles Moore<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2624fb60/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsporta.....
Moody's threatens to downgrade Aston Martin
Aston Martin, the luxury British sports car marque favoured by screen spy James Bond, faces having its credit rating downgraded deeper into "junk", Moody's has warned.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300.....
Warren Buffett buys Spanish bank's insurance business for 600m
Billionaire buys insurance business of Caixabank for 600m.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2624f8c2/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538843136.....
Giant Lego Advent calendar transforms warehouse into Christmas grotto
Harry Wallop visits Duncan Titmarsh, the country's only official "Lego Certified Professional", to help him build a giant Lego Advent calendar.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/26246227/mf.gif' bord.....
BP ban on US contracts 'could take months to lift'
The ban on BP bidding for new federal contracts in the US could take many months to lift, it has emerged, as US officials poured cold water on the British company's suggestion that the restriction could soon be ended.<img width='1' height='1' src=.....
Debt crisis: as it happened - November 30, 2012
Eurozone unemployment hits a record high of 11.7pc, as the German Bundestag approves the latest Greek debt deal to provide a new 44bn rescue package by 473 votes to 100.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/5683.....
Debt crisis: Eurozone unemployment hits record high - live
Eurozone unemployment hits a record high of 11.7pc, as the German Bundestag approves the latest Greek debt deal to provide a new 44bn rescue package by 473 votes to 100.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/5683.....
Female executive appointments 'static' raising concerns over women on boards pipeline
The number of women taking up FTSE 100 executive board posts has scarcely moved in two years, raising concerns not enough is being done to address equality at the top.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300.....
Bleak time for Britain's charities as donations drop
Donations to charities have fallen by 20pc in real terms in the past year - a 1.7bn shortfall.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2623bf34/mf.gif' border='0'/>.....
Eurozone unemployment hits record high of 11.7pc
Recession in the eurozone forced a further 173,000 people out of work during October and pushed the unemployment rate to a record high of 11.7pc.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2622dc69/mf.gif' bo.....
David Rowland: The man who wants to buy The Independent
David Rowland's emergence as a potential bidder for The Independent would have surprised many people - it shouldn't. The property to politics millionaire has been involved in almost every business area in his long career.<img width='1' height='1' .....
