The United Nations Development Programme says Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity if it is to sustain its economic

A free trade agreement between the US and Colombia takes effect five years after being signed, with Colombian flowers the first goods to be

Fragrance firm Coty withdraws its $10.7bn (£6.6bn) bid for Avon Products, saying the US beauty firm has taken too long to respond to its

The UK’s overall trade gap in March narrowed to £2.7bn, but the deficit for trade in goods alone was unchanged at £8.6bn, official figures

Debt-stricken Greece is set to go to the polls again after parties failed to agree on a new government, says Socialist leader Evangelos

Telecoms giant Bharti Airtel is being investigated for money laundering and violations of foreign exchange rules by Indian authorities, a minister

The head of JPMorgan Chase, the biggest US bank, is backed by shareholders days after it revealed a $2bn (£1.2bn) trading

US retail sales barely grew in April, rising 0.1% compared with a gain of 0.7% the month before, while consumer prices stayed

Facebook raises the price range at which it hopes to sell shares to between $34 and $38, potentially putting its total value above

The eurozone avoids returning to recession after recording zero economic growth in the first three months of the year, figures

Greece agrees to pay off some of the investors who rejected its bond swap earlier this

Sina Corp, China’s largest internet portal and media website, posts a loss in the first three months of the

The European Union agrees strict new rules for banks, intended to make them safer and eliminate the need for future

Shares in Japan’s biggest banks rise after they forecast profits for this financial year that exceed analyst

The euro hits a fresh four-month low against the dollar as political uncertainty in Greece fuels speculation it could leave the single