Business

The World Bank is to offer immediate financial help to countries worst hit by the sharp rise in food prices.

British Airways is to increase its fuel surcharges on all tickets issued from Tuesday 3 June.

Shareholders of the stricken US finance giant Bear Stearns approve its $2.2bn sale to JP Morgan Chase.

The US economy grew faster in the first part of 2008 than initially thought, the Commerce Department says.

Pakistan shares suffer a volatile day of trading after rumours that President Pervez Musharraf had resigned.

Barclays is to cut the charge of going beyond an agreed overdraft limit as court cases on the subject continue.

House prices have recorded their largest monthly fall since 1991, says the Nationwide building society.