Portuguese debt rescue 'closer'
23 Mar 2011 7:26:54
Portugal's opposition parties withdraws support for austerity policies in a move that brings a debt bail-out closer
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Rock star's plea over badger cull
23 Mar 2011 7:00:10
AMs are set to vote on a cull of badgers in west Wales as Queen guitarist and campaigner Brian May opposes the motion.
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Japan rebuilding to cost 25tn yen
23 Mar 2011 6:30:12
Japan says it will cost as much as 25 trillion yen to rebuild the country after the deadly earthquake and tsunami.
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Public to name Olympic suburbs
23 Mar 2011 6:04:21
The public are invited to suggest names for five neighbourhoods to be built on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after the 2012 games.
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VIDEO: A budget for recovery
23 Mar 2011 5:39:07
The UK Chancellor George Osborne announces the UK government's economic plans for the coming year.
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More Japan produce contaminated
23 Mar 2011 4:14:42
The Japanese Prime Minister has halted more shipments of vegetables grown near the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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Pride of place
23 Mar 2011 3:40:13
Why lovelorn lions head for the river front.
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Light-speed trick in stock trades
23 Mar 2011 3:20:31
High-speed stock trading has become so fast that the speed of light is a factor - and financial institutions are looking into exploiting it, says a physicist.
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Twittervision
23 Mar 2011 2:49:58
The challenge of intergrating social media with old style TV
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Why 'feed' a car?
23 Mar 2011 2:01:50
Kenyans say crops should be for people not fuel
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Image unlocks fossil skin secrets
23 Mar 2011 1:56:21
For the first time, an image maps organic compounds still surviving in a prehistoric reptile skin sample, offering an insight into how it was preserved.
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'Pre-eclampsia genes' discovered
23 Mar 2011 1:32:47
Scientists discover genetic errors that increase a woman's chance of the life-threatening condition of some pregnancies called pre-eclampsia.
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Ex-Intel man tipped Rajaratnam
23 Mar 2011 1:19:12
A former Intel executive says that he passed company information in the biggest Wall Street insider-trading scandal in decades.
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VIDEO: Budget 2011: The inside track
23 Mar 2011 0:47:58
The BBC's political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg gives an insider's view of the Budget.
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VIDEO: 'Pods' for snoozing City workers
23 Mar 2011 0:46:23
One former City worker thinks he has found the answer to tired employees.
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Team work
22 Mar 2011 3:40:09
Sport and business come together for social change
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VIDEO: Tokyo stock market 4% surge
22 Mar 2011 2:45:11
Tokyo's stock market has surged ahead 4% after a long weekend break as investors bet that there will be demand for building products and raw materials.
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Budget to increase tax threshold
22 Mar 2011 2:31:12
George Osborne will raise the income tax allowance to give 25 million people a cut of around £45 a year in the Budget, the BBC learns.
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US court blocks Google book deal
22 Mar 2011 2:00:55
A copyright deal between Google and publishers over the web firm's publication of books online is torpedoed by a US court.
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Golden opportunity
22 Mar 2011 0:44:30
Libya's huge gold reserves could be used to circumvent sanctions
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Europe ticks 'established' in UK
22 Mar 2011 0:26:07
A species of blood-sucking tick usually found in continental Europe has become established in the UK, scientists say.
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Buffett makes first trip to India
22 Mar 2011 0:02:47
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett makes his first trip to India as he seeks investment opportunities in Asia.
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Boy's £33k motor insurance shock
22 Mar 2011 9:04:59
A teenager from Salford describes his amazement after being quoted almost £33,000 to insure his second-hand car.
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Savings cash for children in care
22 Mar 2011 8:05:03
Thousands of children in care are to be given cash to put in tax-free savings accounts, the Chancellor George Osborne says.
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Tests shed light on life origins
22 Mar 2011 7:25:46
Scientists examine the results from 1950s experiments to show how the foul-smelling hydrogen sulphide may have been an important precursor in the chemistry that eventually led to life on Earth
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