One of America's biggest banks may sell parts of its business or merge with a rival, according to newspaper reports.

Honda is to cut production in Japan and Europe and close its Swindon plant in the UK in February and March next year.

BBC News website readers share what they would like to see from the pre-Budget report.

Oliver Fisher and Oliver Wilson are among the leaders in Hong Kong, where 14-year-old Jason Hak becomes the youngest player to make the cut at a European Tour event.

What can we expect to hear in Alistair Darling's latest pre-Budget Report?

BBC News looks at what tax and spending measures might be in the pre-Budget report.

Car parking charges look unlikely to be reduced to attract more Christmas shoppers to a Lancashire town.

Singapore downgrades its growth figure, which confirms it was Asia's first country in recession in the current crisis.

Northern Ireland shoppers have been out in force to take advantage of unseasonal price cutting on the high street but other consumers in Belfast remained cautious and prepared to wait in the hope of even bigger reductions.

Paulie Malignaggi urges referee Kenny Bayless to cut out any roughhouse tactics from Ricky Hatton on Saturday.

A solicitor accused of dishonestly taking cuts from miners' compensation says clients were "properly informed".

South Africa's cabinet says it will withhold $28m of aid to Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place.

A Hull boiler company announces it is to cut 30 jobs, months after 73 posts were axed.

A US company that supplies equipment to the construction industry announces 130 job losses at its Scottish site.

The government says it is "right to increase borrowing" as figures show public debt rose by £1.4bn last month.

Defence giant BAE Systems announces that it is cutting 200 jobs in its land systems business across the UK.

Up to 100 jobs will be axed at BVT's shipyard in Portsmouth as part of a wider move to cut 135 UK posts.

Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons?

A scheme to try and halt the decline of juniper berries could be good news for gin lovers.

The States approves new measures to cut the noise from a steel fabrication works near a housing development.