BBC News - Business

• Lloyds to return to private hands
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:45:44 GMT)

George Osborne has used his annual Mansion House speech to the City to announce the government is preparing to sell its stake in Lloyds Bank back to private investors. ... Read

• Fed maintains pace of asset purchase
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:41:07 GMT)

The Federal Reserve maintains its $85bn-a-month (£54bn) asset purchase programme, and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke says the bank could begin scaling back the programme later this year. ... Read

• Jail reckless bankers, report urges
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:48:51 GMT)

Measures including criminal sanctions to make bankers responsible for their own failings, are called for in a new report. ... Read

• Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:35:27 GMT)

Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are sentenced to jail in Italy for tax evasion but have appealed the verdict. ... Read

• BT complains about Sky Sports supply
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:47:00 GMT)

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom is to launch an investigation into BSkyB over the supply of its sports channels to rival broadcasters. ... Read

• Drug firms fined for blocking rivals
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:18:37 GMT)

Nine drug companies are fined for delaying cheaper generic drugs coming to market. ... Read

• Home-buyers 'need 14 years to save'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:34:23 GMT)

The average single person in their twenties will now have to save for over 14 years before they can buy a home, says the housing charity Shelter. ... Read

• Postal workers reject privatisation
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:39:42 GMT)

Royal Mail workers vote strongly against the government's proposals to privatise the postal group. ... Read

• IMF: Spain making strong progress
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:20:43 GMT)

The IMF says Spain has made strong progress on its economy, but the outlook remains "difficult" and more action is needed to boost job creation. ... Read

• China's Wanda to buy UK yacht maker
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:06 GMT)

Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese property developer, says it will spend £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and property in London. ... Read

• BT's Livingston to be trade minister
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:03:57 GMT)

BT chief executive Ian Livingston is to leave the company to join the government as a trade minister, David Cameron announces. ... Read

• BoE votes 6-3 against stimulus move
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:25:27 GMT)

The Bank of England governor was outvoted again at his final monetary policy committee meeting, with the body voting 6-3 against more stimulus measures. ... Read

• Cyprus leader attacks bailout terms
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:01:50 GMT)

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades urges eurozone leaders to help his country's biggest bank and sharply criticises the bailout agreed in March. ... Read

• Japan exports up by most since 2010
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:24 GMT)

Japanese exports rose in May at the fastest annual rate since 2010 as the yen weakened, providing a boost to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to revive the economy. ... Read

• Food labels system to be rolled out
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:55 GMT)

A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says. ... Read

• London Market Report
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:19:40 GMT)

Shares in London fall back, with investors expected to remain cautious ahead of comments from the US Federal Reserve. ... Read

• Dish abandons bid for Sprint Nextel
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:59:13 GMT)

US satellite TV operator Dish Network says it will not submit a revised bid for Sprint Nextel, leaving the way open for a rival bid from Japan's Softbank. ... Read

• House price 'bubble' warning
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:32:34 GMT)

Building Societies are warning the government about a future house price bubble, unless it plans how to end its Help to Buy programme. ... Read

• Families 'less gloomy over finances'
(Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:41:32 GMT)

UK household finances are improving, a survey suggests, although most people still believe their financial circumstances are deteriorating. ... Read

• Lloyds 'aware of' Co-op's black hole
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:42:21 GMT)

The bosses of the Lloyds Banking Group tell MPs that they knew there was a black hole in the accounts of the Co-op Bank, four months before a vital deal with them collapsed. ... Read

• G8 leaders agree deal on tax evasion
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:48:09 GMT)

Leaders of the G8 major economies agree plan to clamp down on money launderers, illegal tax evaders and corporate tax avoiders. ... Read

• EU car sales hit 20-year low for May
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:19 GMT)

New car sales across Europe fell to their lowest level in two decades in May as the deepening recession hurt demand. ... Read

• UK inflation rate rises to 2.7%
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:27:52 GMT)

The rate of consumer price index (CPI) inflation increased to 2.7% in May, up from 2.4% in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says. ... Read

• Organise a concert by your favourite band
(Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:10:56 GMT)

If you ever fancied organising a concert by your favourite band, UK technology company Songkick could have the answer. ... Read

• Small brewers with big passion to succeed
(Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:21:41 GMT)

The BBC’s Jill Martin visits a former nun and a beer nut in the US state of Georgia to discover why passion is seen as the vital ingredient in brewing a successful US small business. ... Read

• Cookery classes relying on angels
(Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:07:04 GMT)

Before the financial crisis, Jean-Christophe Menz could just walk into a bank and ask for money - not any more. ... Read

• Hearts placed into administration
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:19:49 GMT)

Hearts' administrators say they are aware of the need to find a resolution to the club's problems so close to the new season. ... Read

• WRU wants to discuss Lions profits
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:32:41 GMT)

Welsh rugby chief Roger Lewis calls for a home nations rethink of how profits generated by British and Irish Lions tours are split. ... Read

• Maradona in China compensation win
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:05:44 GMT)

Diego Maradona wins compensation from two Chinese firms for using his name in an online game, Hot-Blooded Soccer, without his consent. ... Read

• VIDEO: High hopes for Bombardier C-series
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:16:54 GMT)

The chief of Canadian Bombardier, Pierre Beaudoin, has said the company's new C-series of regional jets could boost revenues by as much as a quarter. ... Read

• VIDEO: Testing out battle kit of the future
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:12:02 GMT)

It is not just planes and helicopter on display at the Paris Air Show, as the BBC's Theo Leggett found out when he tried on some of US defence firm Raytheon's new kit. ... Read

• VIDEO: 'Made in Peru' World Cup shirts
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:42:43 GMT)

Clothing manufacturers in Peru expect to make bumper profits next year by making football shirts for global fans descending on Brazil for the World Cup. ... Read

• VIDEO: When might US Fed ease stimulus?
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:04:36 GMT)

Investors want to know when the US Federal Reserve will begin scaling back its help for the economy - that is, buying $85bn a month in bonds and keeping interest rates low. ... Read

• VIDEO: Sunseeker jobs in UK 'safe'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:04:09 GMT)

Chinese property developer Dalian Wanda Group has said it will spend more than £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and develop a hotel in London. ... Read

• AUDIO: Today business round-up
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:03:21 GMT)

The Today programme's business news with Simon Jack. ... Read

• AUDIO: Banking report 'will change little'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:02:21 GMT)

Lord Myners, the former Labour city minister, says "very little will change for several years as a result of the Tyrie report" on banking standards. ... Read

• VIDEO: Singapore economy suffers from smoke
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:50 GMT)

Singapore's economy is being impacted by the huge cloud of smoke that drifts in from Sumatran wood fires every year. ... Read

• VIDEO: The global middle class revolution
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:13:08 GMT)

Where is the middle class growing around the world? ... Read

• BT boss goes in to bat for Britain
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:44:27 GMT)

BT boss goes in to bat for Britain ... Read

• When will banking ever change?
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:11 GMT)

Are there no new big banks because we are too lazy? ... Read

• Will the Boeing and Airbus duopoly crack?
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:27:00 GMT)

Will the Airbus/Boeing duopoly ever be broken? ... Read

• IMF entering university market
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:13:56 GMT)

The IMF offers free online university courses ... Read

• Glimmers of hope in Detroit
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:14:22 GMT)

Is down-at-heel Detroit on the brink of a comeback? ... Read

• How do you prepare for a lifetime of renting?
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:35:57 GMT)

How do you prepare for a lifetime of renting? ... Read