UK retail sales posted a 1.4% rise in February from the previous month, but there are signs that higher fuel prices have begun to hit shoppers' pockets. In the three months to February, sales volumes...
The biggest names in the oil world come together this week for the largest industry gathering since the end of a two-year price war that pitted Middle East exporters against the firms that drove the...
Federal Reserve officials have said they may need to raise interest rates "fairly soon" if the economy stays strong, minutes of their meeting show. The first meeting of the Fed since Donald Trump...
Inflation has reached its highest rate for two-and-a-half years, mainly as a result of the rising price of fuel. Annual inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) reached 1.8% last...
Satellite broadcaster Sky has secured a last-minute deal to keep 12 Discovery channels on its television service. The US broadcaster behind channels such as Eurosport and TLC had threatened to remove...
European share markets rallied on Thursday after Asian stocks rebounded from Wednesday's sharp sell-off in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's US election victory. Hopes that Mr Trump will...
Tencent Holdings Ltd’s main movie arm plans to spend at least 2 billion yuan ($295 million) investing in Hollywood and Chinese films in the two years through 2017 to expand its presence in global...
Asian share markets have bounced back after seeing a sharp sell-off on Wednesday in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's US election victory. Thursday's rally followed rises in Europe and the...