Yahoo promised "not to screw it up" as it formally announced its acquisition of the Tumblr blogging platform for $1.1bn ahead of the US stock market opening on Monday.

The fallout from last year's West Coast mainline fiasco was the �final straw� that forced FirstGroup to launch a heavily discounted rights issue on Monday, according to its chief executive.

Shares in London remain in positive territory despite an earlier dip over fears the US Federal Reserve may be preparing to ease its quantitative easing programme sooner than anticipated.

Tuesday preview: M&S and Vodafone report LONDON (SHARECAST) - Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Vodafone are expected to make waves Tuesday when they release their full-year results.

Households struggling with rising costs were told in no uncertain terms today to expect the squeeze on their incomes to continue for the foreseeable future as the influential Ernst & Young ITEM Club warned above target inflation would be a fact of life for at ...

LONDON�Budget carrier Ryanair Holdings PLC is targeting expansion in Northern Europe as it pursues an ambitious growth strategy with plans to increase traffic by 25% over the next five years.

U.S. stocks were trading mixed Monday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently shed 11 points to 15343, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added a point to 1668, and the Nasdaq Composite climbed six points to 3505.

David Cameron will not challenge Google's tax avoidance at a meeting with the web firm's chief executive today. Bizarrely the Prime Minister will brief business advisors on his plans for tackling global tax dodging but will not challenge Eric Schmidt over its ...

The price of a new home in London soared by almost 7 per cent in April as first-time buyers fought to get on to the property ladder.

The Battersea Power Station Development Company said on Monday that it had exchanged contracts for almost 95pc - or 818 out of the 866 units up for sale.