Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.

Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, research suggests.

Talks aimed at averting strike action by BA cabin crew have resumed at the TUC, after a deadline was extended.

Troubled record company EMI - whose artists include Coldplay - has named former ITV boss Charles Allen as its new chairman.

Industrial production in the UK fell unexpectedly in January, dropping by 0.4% form December, official data has shown.

Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.

Insurance firm Standard Life reports better-than-expected profits and unveils plans for a further cost-cutting.

This year's Budget will be held on Wednesday 24 March, Chancellor Alistair Darling confirms.

China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade.

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The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.

Oil firm Tullow says profits for 2009 fell by 93% but it is optimistic after major new discoveries in Uganda and Ghana.

Cathay Pacific reports a return to full-year profit as cost cutting and bets on the price of fuel pay off.

The Financial Services Authority is delaying its plans to combat the mis-selling of payment protection insurance.

Aer Lingus announces plans to lay off 670 staff, including nearly a quarter of its cabin crew, as part of restructuring plans.

The UK goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widens in January, causing the pound to dip below $1.50.

President Barack Obama has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks.

Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal.

Marks and Spencer's chairman and chief executive will reduce his role in the company this year - and says he will take a pay cut.

Energy company Npower is to cut domestic gas bills by 7% from 26 March, following price cuts by other suppliers.

Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said.

A sharp cut has been reported in the deficit of final salary pension schemes in the private sector, figures show.

Low morale and poor leadership is affecting performance at HM Revenue and Customs, a report by MPs says.

E.on says it will cut gas bills by 6% from 31 March, saving almost two million customers an average of £42 a year.

German exports fell unexpectedly in January, with analysts saying that the cold weather that month was to blame.

Greece's prime minister asks the US to crack down on speculators he blames for worsening his country's debt woes.

Retail sales bounced back in February after a tough January on the High Street, the latest figures show.

Electronics giant Sony says its new 3D television will be on sale in Japan from June, with a cost of £2,600 for a 46-inch screen model.

Toyota rejects claims that faulty electronics could be behind its worldwide recall of more than eight million cars.

The Chevron oil firm is looking for bids for a refinery that directly employs around 1,400 people in Pembrokeshire.

UK car sales in February were up by 26.4% compared with the same month last year, industry figures show.

Ford reports a jump in US sales of 43% last month, selling more cars than its great rival General Motors, as Toyota sales slip.

Universities are to be given £10m of National Lottery money to encourage more students to get involved in sport.

Cardiff City are set to return to the High Court to face a third winding-up order over £1.75m owed to the taxman.