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China announces a loosening up of its markets, but is it for the long term?

Tens of thousands in the Philippines still without shelter, medicine and food

Why is the world's second biggest economy sending such little aid to the Philippines?

Aid trickles into Tacloban as Typhoon Haiyan passes leaving chaos and destruction

A state of national calamity has been declared in the Philippines

Talks over Iran's nuclear programme reach a critical stage in Geneva.

Can Europe avoid deflation and is the US economy really on the up?

Twitter's up for sale - well part of it - but has the stock been set at the right price?

Changing times at City Hall, New York. What will it mean for the city?

Powerful hedge fund manager Stephen Cohen to pay $1.8 billion on insider trading charges

Citigroup and Barclays confirm they're being probed over alleged currency manipulation

David Cameron plans to shine the spotlight on owners of 'shell' companies in tax havens

Brazil's top tycoon enters bankruptcy protection. A sign of Brazil's bubble bursting?

Will Argentina's law that stops anyone owning too much of the media restrict free speech?

We talk to one of the EU delegation heading to Washington to address US surveillance.

The US banking giant agrees a settlement over the sale of mortgage-backed securities.

France and Germany call for talks with the US to try to resolve a dispute over US spying

What has changed in the garment industry in Bangladesh six months on from Rana Plaza?

Why backhanders and bribery are rife in many parts of the world according to a new study

Stephen Balkam CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute reacts to Facebook's new policy

Oil workers strike over exploration rights auction. Plus the cafe stunt to promote a film

We're in Mississippi with a special report after a deal to end the US government shutdown

US Senate has agreed a cross-party bill to raise the debt limit and reopen government.

Are we edging closer to a deal or is debt default now inevitable in the US?

Talks to solve the deadlock over the US debt crisis end with 'tremendous' progress

The real effects of the US shutdown

Politicians in the US start talking about raising the debt ceiling

President Obama nominates Janet Yellen as the next head of the Federal Reserve

President Obama is set to nominate Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US central bank

Republican Congressman Bill Huizenga defends his party's hard-line stance on the US budget