Many more people will face having to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because of Budget changes, experts say.

Many young people working free as interns may legally be entitled to pay, a report says.

Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names.

US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.

BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

Northwest Airlines will plead guilty and pay a $38m fine for fixing air-cargo prices, the US justice department says.

Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.

Airbus parent firm EADS says it is confident about future orders, despite reporting a fall in second-quarter earnings.

The Pensions Regulator is challenging a crucial plan to pay off the £10bn deficit in the Royal Mail pension scheme.

A businessman investigated by City of London police is facing 30 charges of fraud

Families face missing out on financial assistance if they miss Saturday's deadline to renew tax credits.

Walt Disney announces the sale of its Miramax film division for about $660m to a group of private equity investors.

A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).

Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, confirms he will come back to the UK to stand trail on theft charges.

Assets bought by the US to bail out AIG and Bear Stearns are showing a paper profit, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says.

Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.

Good weather and football's World Cup is thought to have given a boost to beer sales in the UK, industry figures suggest.

The billionaire co-founder of budget supermarket Aldi, Theo Albrecht dies, aged 88.

People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.