Joining some of the UK's top bosses at a meeting of the Prime Minister's business advisory council in Downing Street yesterday, CBI president Sir Roger Carr said politically motivated attacks on businesses' tax arrangements could have damaging ...

David Cameron failed to raise Google's tax affairs when he met the company's chairman Eric Schmidt in Downing Street yesterday, it has emerged.

FirstGroup, the train and bus operator, has turned to shareholders for �615m, scrapped a final dividend and parted company with its chairman in an effort to reduce its debts and avoid a credit rating downgrade.

Mon May 20, 2013 12:17pm EDT. * FTSE 100 ends at highest closing level since Sept. 2000. * FTSE 100 closes up 0.5 pct at 6,755.63 points.

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