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Party leaders in Greece's governing coalition are to resume crisis talks on backing a 130bn-euro rescue plan needed to avoid a debt default.

UK firms plan to cut back on capital investment and hiring as the UK economic outlook remains gloomy, a report suggests.

China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.

Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company's annual general meeting.

Olympus shareholders will get the chance to question management about the accounting scandal as the firm calls an emergency meeting.

More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.

The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.

The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Around 20% of unemployed people who have been on the government's main welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, for at least 6 months have been found a job, the BBC has learnt.

The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.