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.

The European Commission investigation into the possible manipulation of oil price benchmarks has widened, with Brussels seeking now information from trading houses, including Glencore, following last week's raids on oil majors.

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.

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 ...

The president of the CBI is delivering a firm message from some of Britain's largest employers to David Cameron, calling on him to stop "moralising" on how multinational corporations should be taxed.

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.

Rising pig prices posed the biggest challenge for Cranswick (CRK) last year - although the food producer offset much of this pressure through pricing, operational efficiencies, increased capacity and new business.