Economics / Markets

The UK's economic recovery is "not yet secure", Chancellor George Osborne has warned, ahead of next month's Budget.

Facebook's share price fell as much as 5% in after-hours trading as the company announced a deal to buy chat application WhatsApp for some $19bn.

Shares across Asia fell on Thursday after latest Chinese manufacturing data came in at a seven-month low.

The new year brought a swing back to bond funds

Recent negative outflows shouldn't put investors off Japan

Home of the brave: Why US stocks still have a long way to run

Barings' Andrew Cole takes his turn on the PA soapbox

Global equity funds play an integral role as part of any well-diversified portfolio

Sterling fell slightly against most major currencies this morning after the Office of National Statistics reported higher-than-expected unemployment figures.

The Scottish government will be able to issue its own bonds from 2015 in a "historic" devolution of borrowing powers, the Treasury has announced.