After a fourth night of riots in the UK many homes and businesses have been damaged - will insurance cover the costs?

Switzerland and Germany are due to announce an agreement in a long running tax dispute.

More questions for Rupert Murdoch as investors want to know about NewCorp's financial performance.

Christopher Thornberg, founding partner at Beacon Economics in Los Angeles, explains why the Federal Reserve, America's central bank, has said it will keep interest rates near to zero for two more years.

Beijing faces the challenge of boosting domestic demand, to lessen its dependence on export-led growth.

South East Asia nations have to accept US budget problems and eurozone troubles 'as facts of life' says Asean's Surin Pitsuwan.

China's measures to slow growth in its property market are "positive news," says property developer CapitaLand's Liew Mun Leong.

Stock market rally "could be short-lived" as underlying worries about health of US economy remain, says Economist Intelligence Unit's Robin Bew.

There has been more turbulence on the markets as concerns about the European and US economies continue to affect trade.

The chairman of Britain's nuclear industry association Lord Hutton tells Hardtalk that the Fukushima accident has 'changed the game' for nuclear power and safety issues will again have to be looked at very closely.

It has been four years since the credit crunch of 2007 and as the markets are volatile once more, have we learnt anything from the past?

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Leading credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgrades America's top-notch AAA rating for the first time ever, amid concerns over US debt.

Italian and Spanish debt levels are worrying some international investors, despite the EU's insistence that neither economy needs a bailout.

Instability on the stock markets has continued, despite better-than-expected US jobs figures, as investors worry about the European debt crisis.

Amid all the financial turmoil, there has been some criticism that so many European leaders are on holiday rather than addressing the crisis.

The tough economic climate is proving a big boost for Black Country-based retailer Poundland.

US approves a Mexican-made antidote for scorpion stings

Afghan people cannot afford the current food prices during the month of Ramadan.

The US economy created 117,000 jobs in July, better than expected and enough to lower the unemployment rate to 9.1%.