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Nissan says it plans to recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide due to a faulty steering wheel.

Ford Motor says it will shut all its Australian manufacturing plants by October 2016, after more

Why so many new firms love awards

Micro-blogging site Twitter says it is bringing in a two-step login for users to beef up security

Hewlett-Packard shares leap in after-hours trading, despite quarterly results showing a seventh

Airbnb tells its members "we are not going anywhere", after a judge in New York ruled a man who

EU leaders say they are committed to tackling tax evasion and will push for global action to curb

Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland have both expressed confidence in their capital

The cold weather helps energy supplier SSE to report a rise in profits, despite disruption from

Venezuela's National Assembly backs plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort

Sony says it will consider a proposal from one of its biggest shareholders that it should spin off

The UK's largest building society, Nationwide, says its share of the mortgage market has reached a

German software company SAP says it hopes to recruit hundreds of people with autism, saying they

Microsoft unveils the third generation of its video games console in an event at its headquarters

JP Morgan chairman and chief executive Jamie Dimon will keep both jobs after shareholders voted in

Apple boss Tim Cook defends its tax strategy at a Senate hearing, after the tech giant is accused

How Apple routed earnings through overseas subsidiaries

Lack of competition in the UK cement market is costing consumers millions of pounds, the

Marks and Spencer reports a big fall in annual profits, as troubles in its clothing division

Three former top executives from car maker Saab Automobile have been arrested in Sweden on

Royal Mail's annual profits more than double, helped by strong growth in parcel deliveries as more

Why foreign comedians love the British comedy business

Will Microsoft's new games machine win the next console war?

Why Yahoo thinks blogging platform Tumblr is worth more than $1bn

Looking through CCTV feeds that should not be public

The company reinvigorating the humble cassette tape

The surprising life of a young multimillionaire

Do ticket exchanges give fans a good deal?