World Business News

Apple Inc's new iPad topped Consumer Reports' list of tablets despite the influential watchdog's having earlier stoked doubts about the latest iteration of the best-selling tablet by saying it threw off more heat when used heavily.

Asian shares kicked off the second quarter with a modest gain on Monday, as surprisingly firm China manufacturing data dispelled fears of a hard landing in the world's second biggest economy, but caution capped prices before U.S. and European factory data.

The administrators of Game Group have announced that the 333 of its UK shops that are still open have been sold to OpCapita.

Air passenger duty (APD) has risen by 8%, as announced by the government in the Autumn Statement last year.