Feed aggregator

The world's biggest bank note printer warns of a heavy profits blow after internal investigations found some staff had falsified documents.

Nearly six million people who have paid the wrong amount of income tax will start to receive letters from the tax office on Tuesday, letting them know about the errors.

Pete Key and Marc Woodcock work for Connaught on a Hull City Council contract, carrying out conversions for tenants with disabilities.

Mozambique says it will reverse the increase in the price of bread that sparked deadly riots last week.

UK tax authorities are bracing themselves for a deluge of complaints and enquiries after sending out fresh tax calculations.

Four Nigerian former football officials are arrested amid accusations that some $8m (£5m) went missing during the World Cup finals in South Africa.

High street sales have picked up slightly driven by sales of computers and school uniforms ready for the new academic year.

Online grocery retailer Ocado sees sales rose nearly 30% in the last quarter, but fails to prevent further share price falls.

The European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, highlights unemployment as a major challenge, in his first "state of the union" speech.

Triple Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Stephanie Rice loses a sponsorship deal with Jaguar after making a homophobic remark on Twitter.

Afghanistan's central bank follows its promise to back Kabul Bank by freezing the assets of leading investors.

What should you do if the tax blunder affects you?

One of the world's highest paid bankers, Bob Diamond, is to become chief executive of Barclays Bank as HSBC chairman Stephen Green steps down to become a trade minister in the government.

Severe disruption is expected on London Underground on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes.

Greek PM George Papandreou reshuffles his cabinet but leaves the key post of finance minister unchanged as his government battles a debt crisis.

Connaught, the property services group that specialises in social housing, is on the brink of going into administration, the BBC learns.

Experts make their predictions on house prices

Criminals have managed to clone prepayment meter keys in order to make money by offering discounted credit to customers.

Retail sales rose in August, partly thanks to strong sales of children's clothing ahead of the new school year, figures suggest.

British Airways and Iberia have drawn up a shortlist of up to 12 airlines which they hope to buy or merge with once their own tie-up has been completed.