Mark Broad

As the polling day gets ever closer in the US presidential election, the BBC’s Mark Broad visits Janesville, Wisconsin, the home town of Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate.

As the new Bank of England governor attempts to bring some of his Canadian “forward guidance” magic to the UK, how successful a policy was it actually in Canada?

The North East of England has the highest rate of unemployment and the lowest rate of job creation in the country. So how are businesses and workers in the region feeling about the recovery?

After three years of cuts and tax rises, Ireland has emerged from an economic rescue programme put in place during Europe’s debt crisis.

Janet Yellen is expected to replace Ben Bernanke as chair of the Federal Reserve, but who is she and what will she bring?

Alibaba may well be the biggest business you’ve never heard of. But what exactly does it do?

35-year-old Tom Hayes is the first person to be convicted of rigging Libor. What do we know about him?

As the UK anxiously waited for the EU referendum results last month, currency traders were busy making bets on which way the vote would go.

There has long been a consensus that globalisation brings more jobs, higher wages and lower prices - but now many people are voicing their anger against free trade.

Global trade flows are already falling, but could Donald Trump prove to be their final death knell?