Marissa Mayer, the former Google executive who is now in charge of Yahoo, is poised to create yet another nothing-to-riches tale in the web industry with the $1.1bn (�720m) acquisition of the blogging site Tumblr.

LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday wrote to leaders of oversees tax havens, urging them to help the country's efforts to combat tax evasion and avoidance.

Scotland, and Edinburgh in particular, has a world class financial services industry, in banking, insurance and fund management. The question posed by today's Scotland Analysis Paper from the Treasury is whether a Scotland that separated from the rest of ...

It began as a sideline on a Herefordshire farm little over a decade ago but is now being touted around the world to potential buyers for �100m.

BAE is moving toward naming its new chairman with the UK defence company's most influential stakeholders expected to make a decision by mid June.