The US Attorney General has filed a civil antitrust action against Apple and a number of publishers, accusing them of colluding to sell e-books for higher prices.
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is the front-runner to challenge Barack Obama for the Presidency after securing the swing state of Ohio on Tuesday night.
Lehman Brothers has emerged from bankruptcy and is now a liquidating company that will begin the process of paying back its creditors and investors before finally being wound up.
Martin Weale voiced fears over "persistent" inflation yesterday in a hawkish speech underlining the growing splits at the Bank of England over the path of monetary policy.
US GDP for the fourth quarter of 2011 has been revised up from 2.8% to 3%.