Serbia and Turkey sign several agreements this week. Also in business news: The IMF mission is returning to Albania, and the IPKO Visa Prepaid Card comes to Kosovo.

The decision to keep Vauxhall and Opel was a 'close call' that was decided almost on 'the toss of a coin', a leading GM executive said last night

10.30:The London market was on the back foot today as markets awaited the latest policy decision from Bank of England rate-setters

Strength in Britain's battered banks and a further rally in the mining sector lifted the Footsie

The US Central Bank last night announced it would be keeping its low interest rate and easy money policy in place for the time being

ITV may be lacking a chief executive to succeed Sir Michael Grade, but the group remains upbeat as revenues return to growth, it was revealed today

M&S boss Sir Stuart Rose signalled the worst of the recession was over as the department store chain posted better-than-expected half-year earnings

A new product range and increased advertising has boosted sales at consumer goods giant Unilever

The government will have to pay back £445m to Northern Rock after charging the bank too much interest on loans it gave to rescue the group

Network Rail plans to cut around 1,500 maintenance jobs as part of a national cost cutting programme, according to rail union the RMT

Aviva boss Andrew Moss yesterday insisted that his office affair was 'an entirely private matter' that had no bearing on his ability to do his job

Fashion chain Next has raised it's profit forecast from the second time this year, thanks to a 'more benign' climate on the High St than had been feared

Hundreds of Royal Bank of Scotland's top traders could walk away with huge cash bonuses next summer, despite the bank's promise to only pay rewards in shares

Treasury minister Lord Myners yesterday told MPs that the EC is over-reaching itself as it draws up plans for pan-European financial regulation

The head of Barclays' High Street and commercial bank, Frits Seegers, has been ousted with an estimated £4m payoff

Rolls-Royce spooked investors by saying profit is likely to be flat this year with no signs of a sustained recovery in its main aviation and defence markets

The moment of truth is rapidly approaching for Kraft's chief executive Irene Rosenfeld, who must deliver her bid for Cadbury by 5pm on Monday