Selling prices of new US homes see their biggest fall in more than 35 years, but the pace of sales continues to rise.
Record oil prices and higher production help US oil giant Exxon Mobil report another huge set of quarterly profits.
Google vows to take a tough line on copyright when it completes its $1.65bn (£875m) takeover of YouTube.
Shares in drugs giant AstraZeneca fall 6% after a new stroke treatment fails a key clinical trial.
Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green decides not take his usual bumper dividend after profit at the Arcadia fashion chain falls 20%.
Colombia and North Korea are the largest producer of fake US banknotes, a report suggests.
Colombia and North Korea are the largest producer of fake US banknotes, a report suggests.
Ryanair is the world's least liked airline because of cramped seating, unfriendly staff and delays, a poll finds.
The retrial of Deutsche Bank boss Josef Ackermann and other former Mannesmann board members begins.
A licensed credit broker has been fined £455,000 for mis-selling Payment Protection Insurance (PPI)