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The Royal Navy selects South Korean firm Daewoo for a £452m deal to build four new fuel tankers.

Fashion retailer Peacocks is sold out of administration to Edinburgh Woollen Mill, saving 6,000 jobs, but 3,100 staff will be made redundant.

As Budget day looms Steph McGovern asks Peter Taylor the Managing Director of Hotter Shoes, what he would like to see the Chancellor do to help UK PLC.

A gas-fuelled fire, with flames as high as 5m, may burn for months in waters off the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria, a Chevron spokesperson tells the BBC.

Estelle Cooch from the Right To Work protest group says the government's work experience scheme is 'slave labour'.

US President Barack Obama is to propose a cut in corporate tax and an end to tax loopholes, as part of his election-year strategy on the economy.

China and US in spat over solar subsidies

Intercontinental hotels, which owns the Holiday Inn and Crown Plaza hotel brands, says it will create 3,000 jobs in the UK.

Malaysian budget airline Air Asia reports a 56% fall in fourth-quarter profit, hurt by higher fuel costs.

Indian call centres were used to swindle millions of dollars out of Americans in a debt collection fraud, say US federal officials.

Travis Perkins, the owner of Wickes, reports a jump in profits thanks to a strong performance in the building trade, but warned that the retail DIY market remains tough.

A controversial anti-piracy agreement is to be referred to the EU's highest court due to concerns surrounding internet freedoms.

The European Commission plans to freeze 495m euros of funding for Hungary, lamenting the country's excessive budget deficit.

The Financial Services Authority has revealed that compensation to borrowers who were mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance reached nearly £2bn last year.

The CBI is calling on the government to give a £500m boost to business in the Budget through a series of "targeted and modest" tax cuts.

Tax inspectors will target the motor trade, market stallholders and clothing sellers as they extend their campaign against tax dodgers.

England & Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke and media giant IMG have settled their legal dispute out of court.

Two members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee wanted more money pumped into the economy, meeting notes reveal.

Economist Geoffrey Dicks speaks to the Today programme's Lesley Curwen about the positive indicators of the UK's "real economy".

The eurozone's service sector shrinks unexpectedly in February, a survey suggests, increasing fears of a recession.