The Liberal Democrat and Conservative negotiating teams will meet at the Cabinet Office in Whitehall at 10am to resume talks over the composition of the next government.

One of the firms at the forefront of fighting the swine flu pandemic is today expected to give an update on its anti H1N1 drugs.

Drugs giant Glaxosmithkline is set to axe thousands of jobs when it announces its full-year results this week, it was reported today.

Drugs giant AstraZeneca today upped its earnings guidance for the year after reporting a better-than-expected hike in third quarter profits.

World stock markets were mixed today as banking stocks on both sides of the Atlantic took another pounding.