BUSINESS

HSBC China Manufacturing PMI drops to six-month low in January 2014.

Hollywood boxing night is first professional sporting event to accept bitcoin ticket payments.

CareerBuilder UK says the growth in employment over the next three years will be in a variety of industries.

O'Neill, who coined 'Brics' acronym, given honorary doctorate for contribution to global finance.

Bank of England figures show acceleration in mortgage approvals amid Help to Buy and UK recovery.

China urges people to ring in the Year of the Horse without fireworks.

Move would result in 168 job cuts and end research on tuberculosis and malaria.

Amazon plans Kindle Fire-based store checkout system and peer-to-peer cloud payment service.

But the UKCES says the number of job vacancies in England has returned to pre-recession levels.

The @N Twitter account of Naoki Hiroshima was lost because a hacker socially-engineered details from a GoDaddy employee.

The British Chambers of Commerce says educational qualifications need to be clearer.

DoJ says BP failed to demonstrate it is a "responsible federal contractor."

Bill Gross-founded Pimco takes deputy CIO total to six as management restructured post El-Erian.

HSBC's Hong Kong chief executive outlines the growth of one of the world's most lucrative markets

PBOC launched probe into abuses of credit card pre-authorisations earlier in January.

ICBC agreed to buy 60% stake in Johannesburg-based Standard Bank's global markets business.

Lawrence Tomlinson unveils dossier of complaints over RBS's controversial unit

Lloyds said it will cut another 1,080 jobs as part of its Strategic Review

Wealth Dragons' John Lee and Vincent Wong offer top investment tips in relation to the year of the horse

Western Union urges businesses to settle Renminbi invoices before the Year of the Horse holiday

Residents of Muchelney on flooded Somerset Levels have been isolated for nearly a month.

Exclusive: Caffe Nero's chief recruiter told IBTimes UK that the chain is building an army of mini-entrepreneurs

Across China and Asia, people get ready to welcome the Year of the Horse.

Barclays says it has no plans to announce significant reductions to its UK branch network.

SNP leader Alex Salmond pushing for currency union if he wins Scottish independence referendum.

China's NDRC probing Qualcomm for probable violation of anti-monopoly law.

Vodafone and Verizon investors approve $130bn Verizon Wireless deal.

Following revelations that data collected by apps is being used by the NSAv to track users, security experts say the gatekeepers be doing more.

Official figures show north east of England only area to see house prices fall on average in 2013.