Almost a dozen staff in London and Asia have been fired or put on leave by their employers as a multinational probe
Greek leaders ready to back austerity deal
Lucas Papademos holds critical meeting with leaders of national unity government to approve a further €3bn of extra savings
Groupon debuts results with surprise loss
The daily deals company disappointed investors with its first quarterly financial results since it went public
Debt investors regain appetite for Europe’s periphery
A €489bn cash injection by the ECB to eurozone banks in December has helped to thaw corporate bond markets
Stocks hit fresh six-month highs
Hopes for the global economic recovery outweigh the sentiment-sapping impact of the lingering eurozone fiscal crisis
Diamond Foods ousts chief executive
P&G’s pending sale of Pringles has been cast into doubt after the snack maker seeking to acquire the chip business said it would restate accounts
US eases stringent taxation reporting rules
Treasury allows banks in some European countries to submit information on US account holders to their own governments
Putin gives clue to veto of Syria sanctions
Russian PM warned that Moscow must not let the uprisings of Libya and Syria be repeated in Russia
Japan lines up national chip champion
Three semiconductor manufacturers are in talks to merge their operations into a government-backed group
Facebook rolls out Timeline-linked ads
The company will repackage what people ‘listen’ to, ’watch’, and ’read’ into ads and deliver them to their friends