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UK retailers are gearing up for the Black Friday shopping phenomenon, with analysts predicting record online sales.
"Very significant" government spending cuts will be imposed before the next general election, the think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies warns.
Four partners at the Belfast office of KPMG are arrested in connection with suspected tax evasion.
Banking giant Barclays has been fined £72m for failing to conduct proper checks on very rich clients because it did not want to inconvenience them.
Network Rail reports a fall in half-year profits and admits that train punctuality is inadequate after failing to reach its 90% target.
Financial experts are poring over the details of George Osborne's Spending Review, in which he funded a U-turn on tax credit cuts with a £27bn windfall.
Cyber-thieves are preparing malware and spam campaigns in a bid to catch out retailers and shoppers during the run-up to Christmas, say experts.
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The BBC's Emma Simpson looks at the origin of the shopping phenomenon known as Black Friday and its impact on the UK economy.
Our tax affairs will be organised digitally in the future, Chancellor George Osborne says, but it does not mean it is getting any simpler. So what are the changes?
India has promised to generate 40% of its energy from renewables within 15 years - but as the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter - how will it do it?
Michael Jackson's notorious Neverland ranch has been on the market for six months without a buyer - now one entrepreneur is hoping to sell to an Asian buyer.
Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.
The company that sparked an outcry by raising the price of its HIV drug in the US by 5,000% says it will cut its price for some users.
How has the chancellor pulled off the magical trick of cutting less without inflating the deficit?
Network Rail wants to sell £1.8bn of railway arch space, disused depots and shop space in bigger stations to help raise the cash to upgrade UK railways.
The policies announced by the chancellor in his Autumn Statement and Spending Review have a big effect on your finances. Here's how.
An apprenticeship levy on company payrolls will fund three million places for apprentices, the chancellor says, but business groups call it a "new payroll tax".
Buy-to-let landlords and those buying second homes in England and Wales will soon have to pay a stamp duty surcharge, the chancellor has announced.
Capital spending on big transport projects will rise by 50% over the current Parliament, the chancellor has announced.
The £15m raised each year from charging VAT on tampons will be used to fund women's health and support charities, the chancellor has announced.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts a £27bn improvement in the public finances over the next five years.
Big energy users such as the steel and chemicals industries will be exempt from environmental tariffs, Chancellor George Osborne says.
Why are so many European universities merging?
The world's biggest oil and gas companies risk losing $2.2tn by overestimating future demand for fossil fuels, a report suggests.
Toyota is recalling another 1.6 million vehicles equipped with defective air bags.
Ukraine bans all Russian planes from using its airspace as Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom stops delivering gas to its neighbour.
George Osborne is to set out government spending plans up to 2020 later, which will include billions of pound in cuts but also new money for house building.
Hand embroidered slippers are one of the few remaining traditional Hong Kong manufacturing trades - and they are getting a revamp.
Norman Smith asks whether the changes to tax credits could cause lasting damage to the Conservative Party.
The Budapest cafe perking up a former red light district
Rolls-Royce chief executive Warren East says he understands investors' concerns and promises to be more transparent about the risks it faces.
The business, economics and politics editors of BBC News explain what to look out for in Wednesday's Spending Review.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney tells the UK Treasury Committee that interest rates are likely to remain low "for some time".
Engineering group Rolls-Royce is to give details of a "major restructuring" of the business, after having announced five profit warnings in less than two years.
Shares in troubled electronics maker Sharp surge more than 35% in Japan on a report that its lenders might waive some of its debts.
How data is shining a light on global property markets
Chelsea made a loss of £23.1m as they won the Premier League last season, their annual financial results reveal.
A lab test carried out for the BBC shows that VW diesel cars programmed with a "defeat device" can cheat the official EU pollution test, as well as the test in the US.
US drugs giant Pfizer agrees a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn (£106bn), making this the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history.
Yahoo confirms it is preventing some people from accessing their emails if they are using ad-blocking software in their browser.