A lack of confidence among consumers has pushed up savings levels in the last year despite the low rates of interest available, banks say.

The Today programme's Friday Boss is Burberry chief executive Angela Ahrendts.

Co-operative Bank has stopped offering new business loans amid concerns over its capital position and talks with UK regulators.

Waze uses satellite signals from members' smartphones to 'crowdsource' maps and traffic data, and can run on Apple or Android handsets and tablets.

Google, along with members of the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapagos National Parks Directorate sent hikers to the Islands with Street View Trekker backpacks to take panoramic images of the islands.

The pound has lost value against almost 80 per cent of leading global currencies in the past 12 months, including the euro, and the US and Australian dollars, Moneycorp found.

Germany's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year, figures show, as private consumption helped offset shrinking exports and investment.

European Union newcomer Croatia is looking to undiscovered oil and gas fields in the Adriatic Sea to revive its ailing economy, according to the country's president.

The cost of energy used to be roughly the same on both sides of the Atlantic, but the US-led revolution in shale oil and gas has sent prices tumbling.

Christine Lagarde will find out on Friday if she will be put under formal investigation for her role in a payout made to a tycoon when she was finance minister.

The FTSE 100 has gained early on, with central bankers offering some reassurance that stimulus will stay for a while yet, and some investors seeing value after the market's steepest fall in a year yesterday.

Ian Livingston, the chief executive of BT, received a £9.1million pay packet this year, after his shares in the company rose 54 per cent in just one year.

Richard Quest talks to Unilever CEO Paul Polman who says the Eurozone must get to grip with its challenges.

Richard Quest talks to economist Bronwyn Curtis on how an exit strategy could possibly\ work out for the best.

Christine Lagarde is being grilled in a French court in regards to a business settlement. CNN's Jim Bittermann reports.

When Germany's two biggest soccer clubs go head-to-head in the Champions League final, there can only be one winner: German industry. The final will be a showcase for everything from insurers Allianz to carmakers Audi.

After a series of high-profile and embarrassing hacks, Twitter has rolled out a new, two-step login to help users prevent unwanted intrusions.

Jes Baker is cutting retailer Abercrombie & Fitch down to size.

Shares in Asia have recovered some of the steep falls suffered on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei index rising 3%.

How German football clubs treat their fans differently