Business

The main lobby group for US banks has appealed for regulators’ help to close the door on the crisis of confidence ripping through shares...

The parent company of British Airways has raised its forecast for annual operating profits due to stronger bookings, saying it expects capacity to be...

Apple has beat Wall Street expectations and market trends in reporting increased iPhone sales in its second quarter results. Both revenues and profits were...

First time buyers are paying an average of nearly £200 extra a month compared to a year ago, according to research from a UK...

Another US regional lender has revealed talks to shore up its finances and a further has had its share price was clobbered amid the...

Members of the biggest rail workers union have voted to renew their mandate to strike during the next six months in the long-running dispute...

Shell has revealed it is handing a further $6bn (£4.7bn) to shareholders after its latest quarterly profits beat its own forecasts. The oil and...

Heathrow travellers are being warned they could face disruption as security officers begin a new series of strikes today. Staff who are members of...

The Federal Reserve – the US central bank, known as the Fed – has increased interest rates for the tenth time in a row...

Shakespeare and the Spice Girls were used by environmental protestors to repeatedly disrupt the Barclays annual general meeting (AGM) in central London on Wednesday...

The UK financial watchdog will announce plans to change the rules on bringing companies into public ownership after a series of high profile businesses...

Prezzo, the high street restaurant chain, is bracing for a court showdown with landlords over the closure of a third of its sites. Sky...

BP made profits of $5bn (£4bn) in the first quarter of the year, as the rewards for shareholders are being stepped up. Underlying replacement...

Food prices increased by a record high of 15.7% last month as pressure continues to mount on household finances. Fresh food prices saw a...

Tier Mobility, the electric scooter group, is exploring a potential sale or merger with a rival as investors push operators to seek consolidation opportunities...

US bank First Republic’s assets will be taken over by JP Morgan after it became the third American lender to fail in two months....

Vue International, the independent cinema giant, will this week name the former boss of Very, the online shopping group, to its board. Sky News...

Manchester United could become the most expensive sports team in the world, after a Qatari businessman entered a record-breaking offer as the bidding window...

For some time now, the City has been doing some soul-searching over its future. There was a lot of speculation around the time of...