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When former Goldman Sach's economist Jim O'Neill coined the acronym BRIC, someone asked him whether he had included the "B" just to make the name sound good.

Playboy magazine recently launched its first Hebrew language edition in Israel, but is anyone actually reading the articles to notice?

Officials are trying to track down 898,000 bond holders who are owed £44m in premium bond prizes

Where will criminals turn next to launder dirty money online?

Why UK expats are struggling to get a mortgage

Could Coca-Cola put some fizz into Burma's economy?

Coca-Cola has opened a bottling plant in Burma and will invest $200m in the country over the next five years, following the lifting of sanctions.

Chrysler is refusing to heed a US government request to recall 2.7 million Jeeps that it says are at risk of fuel tank fires in collisions.

Erdogan swept into power determined to prove to the world that his moderate Islamist party could transform Turkey's economy. But now protestors are taking to the street in their thousands. CNN's John Defterios explains why.

The European Commission announces it is imposing temporary anti-dumping levies on Chinese solar panel imports.

The government sees off a rebellion by Lib Dem and Conservative MPs over calls for a carbon emissions target for the energy industry.

The gap between France and its European neighbours will widen unless it introduces fresh economic reforms, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.