The British economy just managed to achieve growth in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

Warren Buffett fans hoping to hear the Sage of Omaha sing to celebrate the Chinese New Year will be disappointed.

Prime minister David Cameron has promised shareholders a binding vote on executive pay to try curbing excessive salaries.

US shareholders in Lloyds at the time of its takeover of HBOS have launched lawsuits against the bank, its former chairman, Sir Victor Blank, and ex-chief executive Eric Daniels.

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Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world's richest men, has invested $300m in social microblogging site Twitter.

Britain has not joined with other European countries to provide 150bn euros (£125bn; $194bn) to the International Monetary Fund(IMF).

As 2011 draws to a close, it would be nice to report on some sort of conclusion to the eurozone crisis.

Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS) nearly collapsed in 2008 because of poor management, inadequate regulation and a flawed supervisory system, a Financial Services Authority report published today says.

The employment tribunal that had the whole of the fund management industry fascinated ended with a whimper last week.