Sainsubry's is expected to report a 3.9% rise in second-quarter underlying sales on Wednesday, up from the first quarter, but still lagging behind rivals.

The number of new homes built this year is expected to fall short of the Government's target by 100,000, it emerged yesterday

Lehman Brothers chief Dick Fuld is due to face his critics in Congress

Michael Grade is expected to say the company will stay committed to public service broadcasting when it is no longer forced to provide the news

Germany rescued the country's second biggest mortgage lender from going bust in a £40bn deal

Oil prices fell by almost $2 a barrel as attention shifted to the fallout of the credit crisis on business.

Two of Europe's largest banks stoked fears of a domino effect among the Continent's troubled financial institutions

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sparked fury when he claimed the Kremlin had not meddled in the acrimonious TNK-BP dispute

Pressure is growing on the Bank of England to deliver the first cut in interest rates since April amid fears that the economy is facing a deep recession

17.00:The FTSE 100 index sunk to its lowest level since October 2004 today as world markets were hit by huge share sell-offs

Shares in banks across the world tumbled tonight as fear over the future of the financial system took hold

When I buy an annuity I will have to purchase a spouse's pension even though I am not married. Is there any way round this?

More than half of older people are having to cut back on heating and food, while almost £3bn of State pension aid goes unclaimed each year

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