VIDEO: Microsoft boss on 'epic' launches
25 Oct 2012 4:00:26
Rory Cellan-Jones talks to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as his company prepares to launch its first tablet, the Surface, and its latest operating system, Windows 8.
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Sharp shares slump more than 6%
25 Oct 2012 3:35:40
Shares of liquid-crystal display maker Sharp fall more than 6% on a report of a bigger-than-expected net loss for the April to September half-year period.
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VIDEO: Windows 8: New era for Microsoft?
25 Oct 2012 3:32:06
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, says that the launch of Windows 8 is among the top three big moments in the company's history
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VIDEO: Time to end the HK dollar link?
25 Oct 2012 2:07:32
Hong Kong has always had some form of linked foreign exchange regime, but some people are now asking if it is time to get rid of it.
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US trade judge sides with Apple
25 Oct 2012 0:48:13
A US International Trade Commission judge sides with Apple ruling that rival Samsung infringed four of the company's intellectual property patents.
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New mortgage rules set for 2014
24 Oct 2012 3:02:06
Tougher rules on UK mortgage lending have been confirmed by the City regulator, but they will come into force later than anticipated.
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Strikes keep pounding South Africa
24 Oct 2012 2:25:13
South African economy dented by industrial action
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Japan's women: The new drivers of growth?
24 Oct 2012 1:21:26
Can more women in the workforce boost Japan's economy?
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Gers deal talks 'were recorded'
24 Oct 2012 1:08:17
BBC Scotland uncovers new evidence showing Rangers administrators Duff and Phelps knew Craig Whyte had sold season tickets to buy the club.
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US bank boss jailed for two years
24 Oct 2012 0:45:10
Former Goldman Sachs board member Rajat Gupta is sentenced to two years in jail after being found guilty on four counts of insider trading.
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US unemployment 'elevated' - Fed
24 Oct 2012 8:57:14
The Federal Reserve reiterates that the US economy is only growing slowly, and that the country's unemployment rate "remains elevated".
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VIDEO: How to join the 'energy revolution'
24 Oct 2012 8:32:34
A scheme which has saved energy customers thousands of pounds in parts of Europe could hold the key to lowering prices in the UK.
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Nike agrees Umbro sale for $225m
24 Oct 2012 7:54:58
Sportswear giant Nike agrees a deal to sell UK sports brand Umbro to US clothing company Iconix Brand Group for $225m.
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Bank of America hit by fraud suit
24 Oct 2012 7:35:02
Bank of America is being sued for $1bn for alleged mortgage fraud relating to loans it sold to US mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Three-person IVF trial 'success'
24 Oct 2012 7:01:18
Scientists say a human and animal trial of a controversial new IVF treatment has yielded promising results.
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Ambitious gas flaring targets set
24 Oct 2012 6:37:34
A conference in London on Wednesday has agreed ambitious targets in the reduction of gas flaring - the burning of natural gas at oil production sites.
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Dyson accuses rival over 'mole'
24 Oct 2012 6:33:12
Engineering firm Dyson accuses German rival Bosch of placing a mole within its headquarters in Wiltshire.
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China's economic miracle
24 Oct 2012 6:03:50
China's miraculous economic growth
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UK tax rules face court scrutiny
24 Oct 2012 5:31:10
A court will decide whether the UK has "disproportionate" differences in two tax rules for those operating within the EU and within the UK.
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VIDEO: Huawei offers Australia access to software
24 Oct 2012 5:16:18
Huawei has offered to give Australia unrestricted access to its software source code and equipment, as it looks to ease fears that it is a security threat.
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Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide their pasts? Poet and playwright Lemn Sissay tells his own moving story. (Filmed at TEDxHousesofParliament.)
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Riot shields used against birds
24 Oct 2012 5:00:21
Staff at a Devon zoo defend themselves from aggressive birds by using riot shields donated by police.
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VIDEO: Chancellor teased over rail ticket
24 Oct 2012 4:42:42
Labour leader Ed Miliband has teased the Chancellor for making a journey from Cheshire to London with a standard class ticket in a first class seat on a Virgin service.
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Policeman stole rare birds' eggs
24 Oct 2012 3:42:53
A Suffolk police constable amassed a collection of rare birds' eggs by stealing from nests, often while on duty, a court hears.
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£1.6bn North Sea oil bid approved
24 Oct 2012 3:32:24
A £1.6bn plan to extend the life of North Sea oil fields has been approved by the UK government.
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