Twenty-five of the 27 EU states agree to sign a fiscal pact for stricter rules to try to prevent future debt crises, with the UK and Czech Republic

Facebook will begin the process of becoming a publicly-listed company this week, valuing the social networking site at between $75bn and $100bn, reports

An advertising agency for BMW pays to name Europe’s cold weather “Cooper” in Germany, after the firm’s Mini Cooper car, but the stunt

China’s box office takings surged 29% to $2.1bn in 2011 and are forecast to rise by around 20% this year, new figures

Pakistan’s efforts to revive its exports have received a boost after some of its goods were given duty free access to the

Japanese carmakers report a jump in their US sales in January boosted by new models and the restoration of supply

Premier Wen Jiabao says Beijing is “considering” contributing to European rescue funds, during a visit by German Chancellor Angela

The loss-making parent company of American Airlines says it will shed 13,000 jobs – around 15% of its

Deutsche Bank reports a sharp fall in profits as the eurozone debt crisis takes its toll on the company’s investment banking

The German-UK consortium building the operational spacecraft for Europe’s Galileo sat-nav system wins a contract to provide an additional eight

Burma reveals it owes more than $11bn in foreign debt – a figure much higher than the previous

Royal Dutch Shell has said it will launch a major investment drive in an effort to boost falling