Business
State pension payments warning
About 250,000 people making voluntary National Insurance contributions should think again, the government says.
Court freezes Lord Black's assets
A Canadian court freezes the worldwide personal assets of media tycoon Lord Conrad Black.
ECB holds interest rates steady
The European Central Bank holds interest rates at 3%, amid signs of easing eurozone inflation.
German retail sales wilt in heat
German retail sales drop in July, while unemployment rises in August, official figures show.
Manhattan housing in $5bn sale
A string of bidders are vying to pay around $5bn (£2.6bn) for a chunk of prime real estate in Lower Manhattan.
Poland eases rules to fill jobs
Poland eases restrictions on workers from Eastern Europe and Turkey to fill jobs after a Polish exodus to the West.
Diageo to keep pouring Guinness
Drinks giant Diageo says it has no plans to dispose of Guinness, despite falling sales in the Irish Republic.
Jade rush 'harms Chinese river'
Hundreds of thousands of jade prospectors are putting one of China's rivers in peril, state media says.
Investors say L'Oreal's worth it
Shares in L'Oreal rise by more than 3% after it posts a 20% jump in first-half operating profits.
GM stops sponsoring US TV show
General Motors pulls its sponsorship of US reality show Survivor, but says it has nothing to do with recent controversy.