Supermarket chain Asda is to stop asking prospective employees to give their date of birth on application forms.
UK telecoms giant BT plans to double its workforce over three years in India and boost revenues.
A 24-hour deadline for two foreign oil firms to leave Chad expires, as three ministers are sacked in a row over tax.
Unilever agrees to sell its European frozen food business, including Bird's Eye, to Permira for £1.1bn.
China passes a new bankruptcy law that will target private companies for the first time.
The number of student loan borrowers in Scotland who declared themselves bankrupt fell last year.
UK record companies demand stronger action on CD piracy, saying 37m pirated CDs were sold in the UK in 2005.
US trade representative Susan Schwab visits China in the hope that Beijing can revive WTO trade talks.
The shadow chancellor says he wants to look at scrapping stamp duty on share trading, to help boost pensions.
Chad's president orders US and Malaysian oil giants to leave the country on Sunday in a surprise move.