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October UK retail sales fall 0.1%
Sales on the UK's high streets fell by 0.1% in October down for a second month in a row, Office for National Statistics' data showed.
Peugeot Citroen cuts 2,700 jobs
French car company Peugeot Citroen announces plans to shed 2,700 jobs because of falling demand in Europe.
Recession fears hit stock markets
European and Asian markets fall sharply amid growing concerns that the world economy will enter a protracted slump.
Robert Peston
HBOS: Burt and Mathewson to withdraw
Microsoft ends Yahoo buyout talks
Microsoft's boss tells the firm's annual general meeting that it is no longer looking to buy Yahoo.
Rolls-Royce plans 2,000 job cuts
Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce says it plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs in 2009, including 140 in the UK.
IMF approves $2.1bn Iceland loan
The International Monetary Fund approves a $2.1bn (£1.4bn) loan for Iceland, after its banking system collapsed in October.
British teenagers remain optimistic about jobs in face of downturn
Most young people are confident of finding a job despite the economic downturn, a survey finds.
RBS shareholders vote on bail-out
Shareholders of the Royal Bank of Scotland will vote later on Thursday on whether to accept a £20bn government bail-out.
Broke, not dim
Some carmakers struggle while others grow
US shares plunge to five-year low
Wall Street plunges more than 5% on Wednesday to its lowest level in over five years on rising economic worries.
US consumer prices in record fall
US consumer prices dropped by a record 1% in October, sending Wall Street and European markets lower on renewed recession fears.
US car bail-out compromise sought
US politicians are looking for a compromise plan to aid the country's crisis-ridden car industry.
Government agrees Alitalia sale
The Italian government agrees to sell the bankrupt airline Alitalia to a business consortium, paving the way for a relaunch.
Migrants' work stocked stores
The migrant workers taken into care following a human trafficking raid in Lincolnshire were harvesting vegetables for a supplier to Tesco and Waitrose, it has emerged.
Falling demand hits BASF profit
The world's largest chemicals firm, BASF, reduces its profit forecast and says it will cut production because of a huge fall in demand.
Lloyds TSB approves HBOS deal
Lloyds TSB shareholders vote in favour of taking over HBOS as well as taking bail-out money from the government.
Clegg plans 'government bank'
The Lib Dems say the government has been 'supine' with banks and should consider lending directly to business and homeowners.
Spain 'to slide into recession'
Spain is likely to slip into recession in the fourth quarter and stay there into 2009, the Bank of Spain governor says.
Woolworths in stores sale talks
Struggling High Street chain Woolworths confirms that it is in talks about the possible sale of its retail business.
House sales rise as prices fall
Property sales rose slightly in October, for the second month in a row, estate agents say.
Sheffield-based SIG cuts 900 jobs
A leading supplier to the construction industry, SIG, says it will shed 900 jobs and close 65 trading sites.
Daewoo leases African plantation
South Korean firm Daewoo says it is leasing a vast tract of land in Madagascar, which will produce half of its corn supply by 2023.
M&S in one-day sale move
Retailer Marks & Spencer is to hold its first one-day sale in four years in a bid to revive its pre-Christmas trading.
Bank hints at further rate cuts
Expectations of another rate cut rise after the release of minutes from the Bank of England meeting which slashed rates to 3%.
Premium Bond prize fund is cut
The number of Premium Bond prizes is being reduced following the recent cut in the Bank rate to 3%.
Opec 'lost $700bn on cheaper oil'
Opec members have lost about $700bn (£467bn) because of falling crude prices, the oil cartel's president is quoted as saying.
Detroit chill
The carmakers' problems are spreading
Mazda in share deal with Ford
Japan's Mazda Motor spends 17.8bn yen to buy back almost 7% of its shares from troubled US carmaker Ford Motor.
Global liquidity crisis 'is over'
The head of Japan's leading brokerage, Nomura Holdings, suggests that the global liquidity crisis is over.
Downturn survival
Martha Lane Fox tells entrepreneurs how to survive
Syrian business
Long-isolated Syria warms to tourism in Damascus
Bank hawk defends big rate cut
Monetary Policy Committee member Tim Besley says markets should not have been so surprised by the 1.5% rate cut.
HP's profits exceed expectations
The world's biggest PC maker, Hewlett-Packard, has revealed better-than-expected net profit in the fourth quarter.
Clash over $700bn bank bail-out
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke defend the $700bn bank bail-out plan.
Hugh Pym
Why deflation, not inflation, is the new economic danger
InBev completes Budweiser deal
Belgium-based brewer InBev closes its $52bn takeover of the US's Anheuser-Busch to create the world's largest brewer.
Shop till you prop up the economy, Taiwan residents told
Taiwan's prime minister announces a cash handout for all residents in a bid to try to stave off economic crisis.
Sharp fall in US wholesale prices
US wholesale prices fell by 2.8% in October, the biggest monthly fall for over 60 years.
Rock arrears due to 125% loans
Arrears on controversial home loans of up to 125% of the value of a property are driving Northern Rock's repossession rate.
Consumer inflation falls to 4.5%
Official figures show that UK inflation fell from 5.2% to 4.5% in October, as oil prices and transport costs fell.
Fraudulent broker banned
A mortgage broker who tried to defraud insurance firms of more than £250,000 has been banned by the Financial Services Authority.
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