en 60 /businessandcommerce/news/story/43661.html?rss=1 UK consumer inflation has reached its highest level since 1997, on the back of soaring food and energy prices, official figures show. /businessandcommerce/news/story/42921.html?rss=1 The Bank of England has kept UK interest rates on hold at 5 per cent. /businessandcommerce/news/story/41541.html?rss=1 HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, has written off $3.2bn in the first quarter of 2008 as a result of the US sub-prime mortgage crisis and credit turmoil. /businessandcommerce/news/story/41411.html?rss=1 UK interest rates have been left on hold at 5 per cent, following May's meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). /businessandcommerce/news/story/41281.html?rss=1 Oil prices could reach $200 a barrel within the next two years, a Goldman Sachs report has found. /businessandcommerce/news/story/41251.html?rss=1 Swiss financial giant UBS has announced plans to slash up to 5,500 jobs - about 7 per cent of its total workforce. /businessandcommerce/news/story/40962.html?rss=1 A proposal to resolve the bitter row over pensions at the Grangemouth oil refinery has been drawn up following peace talks between leaders of the Unite union and bosses from Ineos, which owns the giant refinery in Scotland. /businessandcommerce/news/story/40542.html?rss=1 Internet search giant Google is the world's most valuable brand, a survey has revealed. /businessandcommerce/news/story/40452.html?rss=1 Banking giant Citigroup has posted huge losses as the global credit crisis continues to hit US banks. /businessandcommerce/news/story/40132.html?rss=1 The World Bank estimates the combined output of the world's economies was $59 trillion in 2006. /businessandcommerce/news/story/40122.html?rss=1 The US economic downturn is expected to slowdown growth throughout the Western Hemisphere, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). /businessandcommerce/news/story/39902.html?rss=1 The Bank of England has cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 5 per cent. /businessandcommerce/news/story/39892.html?rss=1 The global economy will grow at a much slower pace in the next two years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. /businessandcommerce/news/story/39432.html?rss=1 First Direct has closed its doors to new customers after the bank admitted being swamped by an unprecedented number of applications for its home loans. /businessandcommerce/news/story/39302.html?rss=1 Swiss financial giant UBS says it will make a first-quarter net loss of $12.1bn as a result of the recent credit market turmoil. /businessandcommerce/news/story/39202.html?rss=1 Newly-nationalised UK bank Northern Rock made a £168.7m loss last year as a result of the global credit crisis. /businessandcommerce/news/story/37842.html?rss=1 China could overtake the United States by 2025 to become the world's largest economy, a survey has predicted. /businessandcommerce/news/story/37692.html?rss=1 HSBC, the UK's largest bank, has unveiled a 10 per cent rise in annual pre-tax profits despite huge losses linked to the global credit crisis. /businessandcommerce/news/story/37402.html?rss=1 UK banking giant Lloyds TSB has seen its annual profits drop by 6 per cent. /businessandcommerce/news/story/37252.html?rss=1 Energy giant British Gas has reported annual profits of £571m at its residential arm - more than six times the £95m it made in 2006. /businessandcommerce/news/story/36762.html?rss=1 The Bank of England has cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.25 per cent. /businessandcommerce/news/story/36342.html?rss=1 With the price of gold continuing to break records, the future of this unique precious metal is looking bright, says Joanne Stapley. /businessandcommerce/news/story/34902.html?rss=1 International mergers and acquisitions are becoming an increasingly important area in IT expertise /businessandcommerce/news/story/34862.html?rss=1 The number of UK companies becoming insolvent will rise this year to its highest level since 2003, a study suggests. /businessandcommerce/news/story/33762.html?rss=1 It was another year of record revenues for the world's largest corporations, but which firms are the most profitable?