The merger of two major Latin American airlines is approved, creating the largest carrier in the region, LATAM.

The closure of final-salary pension schemes to existing staff in the private sector has continued in 2011, a report says.

The eurozone is facing a "bleak" winter including a recession in the first half of 2012, according to audit firm Ernst & Young.

Financial difficulties will force NHS services in England to undergo major reorganisations which could hit the poorest the hardest, MPs say.

Japanese manufacturers' sentiment has turned pessimistic due to a strong yen and Europe's debt crisis, the latest Tankan survey finds.

Linwood in Renfrewshire is named as Scotland's most dismal town in the annual Carbuncle awards.

The Indian Olympic Association is to ask London 2012 to drop Dow Chemical as a sponsor.

A tiny manuscript by Charlotte Bronte - which reveals a precursor to a Jane Eyre scene - is expected to fetch £200,000 to £300,000 at Sotheby's.