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The leaders of the G8 group of major economies say they want Greece to remain in the eurozone, and commit to promoting growth.
Facebook shares end a volatile first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing, having initially jumped more than 10%.
European markets suffer a nervous session with investors unsettled by a downgrade for Spanish banks and the political crisis in Greece.
Shares in internet giant Yahoo rise 5% on reports that it is close to selling its valuable stake in Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce company.
JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon will appear before a Senate committee to explain the bank's $2bn trading loss on a failed hedging strategy.
Spanish energy giant Repsol cancels a contract to provide gas to Argentina, in a continuing row after Buenos Aries nationalised one of its subsidiaries.
Chinese property prices continued to fall during April after the government kept policies in place to curb speculation.
Spain's Repsol oil company says a first attempt to find oil off Cuba's northern coast has been unsuccessful.
The EU Commission and European Central Bank are making contingency plans for a possible Greek exit from the euro, an EU commissioner says.
The US says it will impose import tariffs of about 30% on Chinese solar companies, saying China is flooding it with subsidised products.
The London Stock Exchange bucks the economic turmoil to deliver a better-than-expected rise in annual profit.
China, the world's biggest producer of rare earths, will allow more companies to export it, after they met environment standards.
Social networking service Pinterest is to receive $100m in funding, prompting analysts to value the two-year-old firm at up to $1.5bn.
Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port car plant will build a new Astra car in a deal that means huge investment and the creation and support of thousands of jobs.
Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of legendary investor Warren Buffett, invests in 63 local newspapers in the south-eastern US.
France's new finance minister reiterates that the country's new socialist government will not ratify the European Union's fiscal pact.
US retail sales barely grew in April, rising 0.1% compared with a gain of 0.7% the month before, while consumer prices stayed unchanged.
A free trade agreement between the US and Colombia takes effect five years after being signed, with Colombian flowers the first goods to be sent.
The founder of US electronics retailer Best Buy is leaving after it was found he knew the chief executive was having an affair but did not disclose it.
Ratings agency Moody's cuts the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks, as shares in struggling lender Bankia fell another 14%.
The cost of borrowing on the international money markets rise sharply for Spain as investors fear further financial turmoil in Europe.
Greece agrees to pay off some of the investors who rejected its bond swap earlier this year.
The United Nations Development Programme says Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity if it is to sustain its economic boom.
Africa received its largest ever share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, according to an Ernst and Young survey.
India and Russia boycott a major international trade fair in Zimbabwe in protest against the country's policy of taking control of foreign companies.
China Mobile, the main mobile service provider in China and the largest in the world by users, could soon offer its customers Apple's iPhone.
Chinese demand for gold hit a record in the first quarter of 2012 and it remains the world's biggest market for gold, the World Gold Council says.
Shares of Taiwan's HTC fall after US customs officials hold up shipments of its new smartphones over a patent dispute.
Charles Green says administrators at Rangers have told Ticketus they are terminating its contract over future ticket sales.
Glentoran's cash flow crisis is expected to be eased by a loan from the Irish Football Association.
Sierra Leone's football league resumed on Friday, less than a week after suspending operations because of a shortage of funds.
Technology - like social media and internet telephony - has helped the Philippines to overtake India as the world's call centre capital.
The social web and mobile technologies have accelerated the rate at which relationships develop, information is shared and influence takes hold, says Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff
Companies are embracing HTML5 to let them create visually-interesting and interactive websites and apps, says Ian Hardy
Anyone wanting to set up a new business in the country of the moment should be warned that one of the world's worst red tape mountains faces them.
As part of our continuing series looking at starting up and running businesses around the world, Rob Walsh, commissioner of the New York City Department of Small Business Services, explains the situation in his city, and the work of his department.
Ever more academics and scientists in the US are honing their entrepreneurial skills.
A study suggests public sector debt will be pushed up by £100bn over next two decades by higher university fees.
Asking people to reveal financial information to their partners is legal, HM Revenue & Customs says, despite claims it breaks confidentiality rules.
Private rents in England and Wales went up by 0.5% in April, according to letting agency group LSL Property Services.
The Spanish government has announced that the level of bad loans held by the country's banks is at an 18-year high.
EU Economic Commissioner Olli Rehn has said the eurozone is taking "all necessary action in order to overcome" the debt crisis.
The leaders of the G8 group of the world's most powerful economies say they want debt-stricken Greece to remain in the eurozone.
Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38.
Spaniards react to the decision by Moody's to downgrade 16 of theirs banks.
A new report is recommending that the UK builds its own spaceport, to enable tourists to go into space.
Amid recent financial volatility, gold prices have been rising steadily due to the precious metal's safe haven status.
A number of emerging European countries such as Hungary had only just begun to recover from the financial crisis, but are now being hit by fresh fears over the eurozone.
Spain, feeling fragile, looks to Germany for help
Egypt's economic crisis sets major task for country's next leader
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The social networks breaking Asia's stock market traditions
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How an ageing population threatens China's economy
