Employers across the US hired fewer than expected people last month, according to new figures that showed a slow, if steady, recovery in the labour market that is likely to factor heavily in the Federal Reserve's calculations as it considers rolling back its stimulus measures.

Those affected include Kuwait, Egypt, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates

Former vice-president found liable after complex subprime mortgage deal that led to $1bn losses

The jury has retired in the fraud case against the former Goldman Sachs trader. But is he a real-life Gordon Gekko or merely a humble employee?

An unusual battle has broken out to decide who replaces Ben Bernanke

Victims ‘relieved’ after Cleveland kidnapper pleads guilty to 937 charges against him

US prosecutors mounted an aggressive legal assault on the giant SAC Capital hedge fund yesterday, alleging in a rare criminal case that insider trading "was substantial, pervasive and on a scale without known precedent in the hedge fund industry".

Fabrice Tourre, the former Goldman Sachs executive currently being tried in New York on allegations of misleading investors about a subprime mortgage-related deal that left them with heavy losses, took the stand for the first time yesterday, saying he was not attempting to “confuse” anyone about the deal, even though he acknowledged relaying inaccurate information to a participant.