Catherine Boyle

Ukraine Prime Minister Yatsenyuk told CNBC his country is not prepared to make concessions over Crimea, the region at the center of tensions between Russia and the West.

Turkey's central bank raised its overnight lending rate to 12 percent from 7.75 percent, in a strong move to defend the country's embattled currency.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, has “zero confidence” in Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s ability to seal a nuclear deal.

Facebook reveals the ten most-talked about events of 2013 as the social network becomes an increasingly important tool for media sites.

The Russian billionaire who is one of Facebook's biggest investors believes that the social networking company's potential is "not fully understood" – even by the company itself.

The mounting bill U.K. banks face for payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling is now around 12.3 billion pounds ($19.8 billion), making it the costliest bank mis-selling scandal ever in the UK, according to consumer group Which?.

A high-profile job with a hefty salary, travel, and an almost guaranteed knighthood (unless you really mess up) will be advertised in The Economist this week.

Chinese men buying gifts for their “second wives” may be among the best customers for global luxury goods companies, although they may not want to admit it. But that trend could be changing.

Antony Jenkins, the new chief executive of Barclays, is to announce a shake-up of the business early next year which will shrink investment banking division Barclays Capital (BarCap) and bankers’ paydays.

AstraZeneca has appointed Pascal Soriot, former chief executive of Genentech, as its new chief executive following the departure of David Brennan earlier this year.