RBS shares down as Hester departs
RBS sees its share price drop amid speculation that political influence has caused Stephen Hester's departure and on news of further job losses......
Rupert Murdoch files for divorce
News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his third wife because their 14-year marriage is "irretrievably broken", his spokesman says......
Saudi prince defends libel action
Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed insists his libel action against Forbes magazine is not driven by "ranking on some list or personal wealth"......
US Supreme Court bans DNA patents
Human genes may not be patented, but artificially copied DNA can be intellectual property, the US Supreme Court rules unanimously......
US retail sales beat forecasts
US retail sales rose more than expected in May, up 0.6%, helped by a jump in car sales, according to government data......
Yahoo mulls ads based on influence
Yahoo files a patent suggesting it could charge marketers different rates according to the social influence score of the consumers they want to target......
HMRC 'must fully investigate' Google
HM Revenue and Customs should "fully investigate" Google after information from whistleblowers "undermined" the firm's defence of its tax arrangements, MPs say......
Divorce cases top legal complaints
Divorce cases have prompted the most complaints about lawyers in the last year with individuals being urged to shop around for legal advice......
Mulberry sees profits fall sharply
The British fashion group, Mulberry, reports a fall in profits and says it needs to increase awareness in Asia and the US......
Branson plan to tackle short-termism
Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and Kering director Jochen Zeitz launch a non-profit group to encourage global businesses to look beyond short-term profit......
Home buyers face deposit challenge
Figures offer a glimmer of hope for first-time buyers trying to raise a deposit, although those with the smallest savings still face difficulty......
Centrica in shale gas licence stake
Centrica has paid 40m for a 25% stake in a shale gas exploration licence owned by Cuadrilla Resources and AJ Lucas Group.....
CBI: infrastructure key to recovery
The CBI is warning the chancellor he will put economic recovery at risk unless he makes spending on infrastructure the top priority in his spending review......
Japanese stocks enter bear market
Japanese shares tumble as the yen hits a 10-week high against the US dollar, triggering concerns of a drop in exporters' profits......
World Bank cuts China growth outlook
The World Bank cuts its forecast for China as it warns that global economy is transitioning towards a period of more stable, but slower growth......
Facebook adds support for hashtags
Facebook is adding support for clickable hashtags to help users keep track of popular topics on the network, a move experts say may boost ad sales......
MPs launch Project Verde inquiry
The Treasury Committee launches an inquiry into the planned sale of more than 600 bank branches by Lloyds Banking Group......
Oil tycoon wife wins divorce ruling
The Supreme Court rules in favour of a Nigerian oil tycoon's wife, in a case that lawyers say could have significant implications for some wealthy divorcing couples......
One in six children in poverty
At least one out of every six children in the UK lives in relative poverty, according to data released by the Department for Work and Pensions......
'Name firms that mistreat consumers'
Regulators should name and shame businesses which fail to correct bad practices, a charity says, as planned new consumer protection laws are outlined......
Tenants face 'out of control' fees
Lettings agents in England charge tenants an average of 350 in fees on top of a deposit and up-front rent, a housing charity has said......
UK unemployment falls by 5,000
UK unemployment falls by 5,000 in the three months to April, partly reversing a recent upward trend, the Office for National Statistics says......
Over 10m children in domestic labour
A report by the International Labour Organization calls for new regulations to protect an estimated 10.5 million child domestic labourers worldwide......
Messi accused of Spanish tax fraud
Spain investigates Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi and his father for alleged tax fraud of 4m euros (3.4m) - a claim they deny......
SFL passes vote to merge with SPL
Scottish Football League clubs vote in favour of a proposed merger with the Scottish Premier League......
VIDEO: Are 'tied pubs' harming industry?
Pubs which are tied to a particular brewery or pub company are struggling to make a profit, some publicans claim......
VIDEO: US views on corporate tax avoidance
In recent months a number of multinational companies, such as Apple, have been accused of arranging their affairs in order to reduce their tax bills in the US......
VIDEO: Google tax 'must be investigated'
Google should be "fully investigated" by HM Revenue and Customs after information from whistleblowers "undermined" the firm's defence of its tax arrangements, a committee of MPs has said......
AUDIO: Today business round-up
The Today programme's business news with Tanya Beckett......
VIDEO: Limo hire app Uber in Asia push
A smartphone app pairing people wanting to get about town with a limousine-standard car and personal drivers has seen success in Singapore, its first Asian location, according to the global head of operations......
VIDEO: How Bangladesh factory safety concerns were ignored
BBC Newsnight speaks to survivors and rescuers from the Rana Plaza building collapse about the disaster in which 1,100 workers died, and learns that officials closed the building the day before because of cracks in the walls......
VIDEO: 'Third big dip in three weeks'
Japanese shares have tumbled after the yen hit a 10-week high against the US dollar, triggering concerns of a drop in exporters' profits......
VIDEO: Why is the Indian rupee in freefall?
The Rupee has fallen nearly 8% since the beginning of May. Yogita Limaye reports from Mumbai on what is behind the big drop......
Budget long-haul flights 'can work'
Can budget airlines ever succeed long-haul?.....
Peering into the North Korean economy, via satellite
Peering into the North Korean economy by satellite.....
Gamers 'ignored' by console-makers
Are hardcore gamers getting ignored by console makers?.....
Small brewers with big passion to succeed
The US start-ups with a big passion to succeed.....
New games controllers excite at E3
Do new controllers mean it's finally time to ditch the gamepad?.....
Bail out universities rather than banks?
Bail out universities not the banks?.....
What could 'they' know about me?
Who knows which websites I visited yesterday?.....
Consumer ka-ching for retailers
June 13 - Retail sales rose more than economists had expected - a sign U.S. consumers are feeling more confident and spending despite higher taxes. Bobbi Rebell reports......
News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch files for divorce from wife Wendi
June 13 - News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife Wendi, just days before News Corp. itself splits into two. Deborah Lutterbeck reports......
U.S. Day Ahead: No threat seen from U.S. inflation data
June 13 - The producer price index is expected to edge up slightly, but not enough to question the Federal Reserve's QE program. And the mood of the consumer is expected to be relatively unchanged......
Wal-Mart adds "temp" fix to business strategy
survey of store managagers, employees, and human resources personnel. Conway G. Gittens reports......
Techquity: Apple going down market, Microsoft-Best Buy deal
Jun 13 - Apple considers a bargain-priced phone while Microsoft ramps up marketing of its products in an agreement with Best Buy......
Daily Digit: Gannett to pay $1.5 bln
June 13 - Gannett agrees to pay $1.5 billion in cash for television company Belo to grow its broadcast business. Conway G. Gittens reports......
Economy starting virtuous cycle-Conference Board's Goldstein
June 13 - The rise in Retail Sales is another indicator that economic improvement is entering a new phase powered by consumer confidence according to The Conference Board's Ken Goldstein. Bobbi Rebell reports......
Breakingviews: Tale of two deals
June 13 - Breakingviews editors explain why Gannett's plan to buy broadcaster Belo and an Indian takeover of Cooper Tire provide a case study for executives everywhere contemplating acquisitions......
Trading at Noon: Media M&A in focus with Gannett deal
Jun 13 - Gannett to expand in TV with $1.5B Belo purchase and Safeway soars as it sells Canadian assets......
Wealth Strategies: Where to invest amid the global sell-off
Jun 13 - A&G's Hilary Kramer likes names like W.R. Grace & Men's Warehouse, while LPL's Anthony Valeri is finding opportunity in high-yield debt......
French love of film threatens trade talks
June 13 - With just hours to go until a crucial meeting to discuss the scope of multi-billion dollar trade talks between the EU and US, France has cast a long shadow over the proceedings. As Kirsty Basset reports, the country says it will use its vet.....
Europe Day Ahead: The Fed punch bowl. Great party, but
June 13 - Global stock market turmoil set to dominate sentiment once again on Friday, with fears over the Fed's QE unwinding and Japanese market-related volatility paramount. Plus, Iran heads to the polls......
Greeks strike over state TV closure
June 13 - Strikes paralyse Athens transport as protests continue over the closure of Greek state broadcaster ERT. Joel Flynn looks at the questions now being asked about whether the government's move to close the station was motivated more by politic.....
U.S. Morning Call: Global shares in tailspin
Jun 13 - World stocks were pummeled & the dollar fell as a sell-off on global financial markets in thrall to central bank stimulus accelerated......
Shares pummelled, dollar slumps
June 13 - World stocks fell and the dollar slumped on Thursday as a sell-off on global financial markets in thrall to central bank stimulus accelerated. Sonia Legg reports......
Daily Digit: Turkey's costly riots
June 13 - The economic cost from Turkey's riots has been put at 75 million liras (40 million USD) by Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, but as Hayley Platt reports businesses believe that's an under-estimate......
Sports Spread: Woods No Stick in the Mud
June 13 - Favourite Tiger Woods says he's not worried about muddy conditions at the rain-soaked U.S. Open course in Merion......
Market Pulse: Beware downside overshoot on stocks
June 13 - European shares slide after a Nikkei drop earlier, but Hargreaves Lansdown's Richard Hunter says watch out for a downside overshoot. And Stephen Hester's surprise departure knocks RBS shares......
Reuters on the Road: Studio XO lights up Wearable Tech
June 13 - Studio XO founders Nancy Tilbury and Benjamin Males takes the taxi challenge to talk about their fashion and technology company......
Asia heading for market meltdown?
June 13 - Long viewed as a land of promised returns, emerging Asia's stocks, bonds and currencies are diving as investors head for the exits -- and the region's big markets are faring little better......
Whose problem are EUs unemployed youth? The big debate
June 13 - How to get Europes 5.6 mln young jobless back to work? We pit opposite ends of the political spectrum in a fiery debate: Ryan Bourne of the Centre for Policy Studies & Will Hutton of The Work Foundation......
Breakingviews: Treasury back-seat driving at RBS
June 13 - State meddling at RBS is causing shares to slump at the part-nationalised bank. RBS needs to get on with its reforms without more back-seat driving from the government......
An Apple 'iPhablet' waiting in the wings?
the company is eyeing larger screens, along with new colors and a low-end model......
Reuters Today: Rattled investors rout risk assets
June 13 - Japanese stocks dive into bear market territory and Asian shares hit new 2013 lows as central bank policy continues to rattle investors......
Who will follow Hester at RBS?
June 13 - Royal Bank of Scotland shares fell by as much as seven percent on Thursday morning, following the surprise ousting of CEO Stephen Hester. The bank is also cutting around 2000 jobs as it continues to restructure its investment bank. Joanna P.....
Apple looked at Amazon pact on ebooks and music
Eddy Cue, one of the most senior executives at Apple, made the admission in a Manhattan court.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d41fe88/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table .....
Fracking will mean lower energy bills, Cuadrilla vows
Fracking will mean lower energy bills for British households, Cuadrilla vowed on Thursday, as it secured 160m backing from Centrica to begin joint shale gas drilling next year.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726.....
Brazil losing reserves fast as speculators attack real
Emerging nations from Brazil to Indonesia have acted to stem capital flight after the recent market sell-off.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d417a6b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral.....
An online tax would be the classic case of two wrongs not making a right
Online retailers are not getting away with paying low tax, traditional retailers are being hit too hard.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d417437/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'>.....
BAE'S dogfight in the global fighter jet market
Paris Air Show this weekend, will be first aerospace event since Germany kyboshed BAE's merger with EADS.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d417438/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'>.....
This crisis has proved that capitalism works
The G8 protesters have little support - there's no public appetite to blame the free market, says Jeremy Warner<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d417439/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-vir.....
World Bank warns on Fed tightening shock for emerging markets
Emerging markets risk an interest rate shock once the US Federal Reserve and other Western authorities start to withdraw global liquidity, the World Bank has warned.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s.....
Rupert Murdoch files for divorce from wife Wendi Deng
Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife, Wendi Deng, adding personal turmoil to the most turbulent era in the billionaire media tycoon's 60-year career.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2.....
Bombardier blow as Siemens wins 1.6bn Thameslink deal
Ministers are embroiled in a jobs for British workers row after confirming that Siemens had won the 1.6bn contract to build rolling stock for the Thameslink line.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d.....
Britain could overtake France to become second-largest car maker in Europe
Britain is on course to overtake France and become the second-largest car maker in Europe within the next five years, according to two of the industry's top executives.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/56830.....
Britian could overtake France to become second-largest car maker in Europe
Britain is on course to overtake France and become the second-largest car maker in Europe within the next five years, according to two of the industry's top executives.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/56830.....
Sportech slides on HMRC appeal
Shares in the pools betting company stood-out with a 10pc drop.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d4111a7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td .....
RBS's Philip Hampton brings in head hunter to replace Stephen Hester
Sir Philip Hampton has asked one of the City's best known head hunters to lead the search for a new chief executive for the Royal Bank of Scotland.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d4111a8/mf.gif' .....
RBS's Hampton brings in head hunter to replace Stephen Hester
Sir Philip Hampton has asked one of the City's best known head hunters to lead the search for a new chief executive for the Royal Bank of Scotland.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d4109a4/mf.gif' .....
Wanted: an RBS boss with a very thick skin - analysis
As Bruce van Saun took to the dais at the Steinberger Grandhotel in Brussels on Thursday morning, it was almost as if the events of the previous evening had not occurred.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568.....
Argos and Homebase growing for the first time in five years
Home Retail Group says its two retail chains Argos and Homebase are both growing for the first time in more than five years.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d4109a6/mf.gif' border='0'/><div .....
Mulberry CEO Bruno Guillon on Emma Hill's departure: 'It's not just Bruno arriving from France and changing everything'
As Mulberry announce an annual pre-tax profit fall of 28 per cent, CEO Bruno Guillon talks to The Telegraph about designer Emma Hill's departure and his plans for the future.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f.....
Microsoft to open mini-stores in Best Buy to entice people back to Windows 8
Microsoft is to open mini-stores in one of the world's largest electronic retailers, as it looks to restore customer confidence in its Windows 8 operating system.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d.....
EU to end mobile roaming charges next year
Consumers will next year be able to use their mobile phones across the European Union for the same price as at home, it is planned, after officials voted to fast-track major reforms of telecoms regulation.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://tele.....
Business news and markets: as it happened - 13 June, 2013
Better-than-expected US retail sales and jobs data was offset by an unexpected fall in prices for US imports and exports which signalled cooler economic growth worldwide.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568.....
FTSE 100 edges up as upbeat US data halts sell-off
The FTSE 100 edged higher on Thursday after better-than-expected US data fuelled recovery hopes and eclipsed recent worries that the Federal Reserve could soon scale back its stimulus measures.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsp.....
Business news and markets: live
Better-than-expected US retail sales and jobs data was offset by an unexpected fall in prices for US imports and exports which signalled cooler economic growth worldwide.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568.....
Coty loses shine in market debut
Coty shares lost their gloss, falling 2pc as the beauty and fragrance giant made its market debut in New York.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d3f7637/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-vira.....
The only way to stop Big Brother is to give up phones and the internet - we're not going to do that
Speaking furtively from below a red hood in his Hong Kong hotel room this week, Edward Snowden described his worst nightmare.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d3f70f7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div.....
Sketch: It's Hester la vista, baby
Michael Deacon watches Treasury minister Sajid Javid face questions about RBS boss Stephen Hester.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2d3f70f8/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><ta.....
