The legend that is Warren Buffett spread in an even wider arc around the globe at the weekend, as the iconic Berkshire-Hathaway annual general meeting streamed live on the internet for the first time.

Europe’s handling of its debt crisis returned to haunt markets today, with stocks down sharply and the euro sinking to its lowest level against the dollar in more than six months after a top European Central Bank official unexpectedly resigned.

Bank of Ireland is to sell its US-based foreign currency business, Foreign Currency Exchange Corporation (FCE) to Wells Fargo Bank.

A US toddler spent two hours trapped in a bank vault in suburban Atlanta.

A suspect was arrested today over the Oregon bank bombing that killed two officers and critically injured the chief of police.