Talks aimed at averting strike action by BA cabin crew are continuing at the TUC, after a deadline was extended.

The UK's trade gap with the rest of the world widened unexpectedly in January to its largest since August 2008.

India may have a lot going for it but there is one thing it is missing - a currency symbol.

The Greek prime minister says Greece has made mistakes and that it is time to "put our house in order".

A German town has started asking people to sponsor potholes for 50 euros each, with the repaired ground sporting the donors' names.

Singapore and the European Union will begin negotiations on a free trade agreement on Monday.

The British Chambers of Commerce has lowered its GDP growth expectations for 2011, warning against complacency after the UK's exit from recession

Many of those who lost their jobs in the global economic downturn are looking to improve their skills by returning to study, with Dubai seeing a big rise in students.

A doll created to reflect the image of a Muslim woman is outselling its western rival, Barbie, in several countries across the Middle East.

Millions of energy customers have been signed up to "unfair" fixed-rate tariffs that do not reflect current prices, a consumer website has warned.

Icelanders have overwhelmingly rejected a deal to pay back the UK after the Icesave bank collapse.

Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of Lastminute.com delves into web entrepreneurship and some of the difficulties facing online businesses in the UK.

Cinema receipts are up and British movies are enjoying success at home and abroad despite the global economic downturn.

Historian Tristram Hunt says it is time for politicians to tell financiers who is boss.

Zimbabwe has introduced a law that forces companies to sell a majority stake in their businesses to indigenous people.

Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk is to report its annual earnings.

Home builder Taylor Wimpey has announced an operating profit for 2009 of just over £40m, with almost 10,200 homes completed in the UK at an average selling price of £160,000. Pete Redfern from Taylor Wimpey says he believes the UK housing market has strengthened 'significantly' over the past year.

Australia's central bank has raised interest rates, for the fourth time since October, as it seeks to cool its growing economy.

When the Icelandic bank Icesave collapsed in 2008, the British government promised to insure savers' deposits and a deal was done for the money to be paid back - but that's now being put to a referendum in Iceland.

BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders on the pound, after Jo Coburn explains the background to the falling value of sterling.