US president Barack Obama said the wealthy and corporations should pay their "fair share" to cut the country's deficit.

Retirement and long term care specialist Partnership Assurance will be the subject of a bidding war with a price tag in the region of £750m, according to reports.

Tim Tookey, Lloyds' finance director, is to resign to become chief financial officer at Friends Life.

More than 2,000 extra tax inspectors will be recruited to crack down on tax evasion among the UK's most wealthy, chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has said.

Scrapping the 50p top rate of income tax would be "morally repugnant" and "economically witless", Liberal Democrat president Tim Farron told his party's conference in Birmingham.

US debt figures have so many zeros, it seems almost impossible to visualize the real scale of the crisis.

European leaders have assured Greece its future remains within the eurozone but warned it must implement the tough austerity measures set out as part of its rescue plan.

The UK government is taking legal action against the European Central Bank (ECB) over a planned change to European banking rules it warns could harm the City of London.

Cofunds has today announced its new unbundled charging structure which will launch around the middle of next year alongside the bundled model. But is the supermarket offering a good deal for clients?

The government may bring forward an increase in the state pension age to 67 as part of radical plans designed to prolong the working life of millions, according to reports over the weekend.