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HSBC shareholders to vote on pay - HSBC will be the latest firm to face a shareholder vote on executive pay later, amid growing concern about rewards for bosses not reflecting company performance.

China firm in 3G patent abuse row - China's Huawei files a complaint against InterDigital, accusing the US firm of abusing its position and charging 'exploitative' fees for mobile patents.

JPMorgan suspends share buy-back - JPMorgan Chase suspends its share buy-back programme to meet stricter bank capital rules, which follows on from a recent $2bn (£1.2bn) trading blunder.

Clinton Cards to close 350 stores - Troubled retailer Clinton Cards, which is in administration, is to close almost half its stores across the UK, leading to the loss of almost 2,800 jobs.

Lonmin first-half profits plunge - Lonmin, the world's third largest platinum producer, sees pre-tax profits plunge nearly 90% in the first half of the year due to higher costs and reduced output.

Aviva boss Andrew Moss steps down - Insurance firm Aviva announces that chief executive Andrew Moss will be leaving with immediate effect following a shareholder revolt over executive pay.

Pressure grows on head of Yahoo - A shareholder who revealed inaccurate claims about the Yahoo chief executive's qualifications, demands the search firm hand over information on his recruitment.

RBS repays £163bn emergency loans - RBS will say on Friday that, as of next week, it will have repaid all the £163bn of emergency loans it received from UK and US taxpayers, the BBC has learned.

Nintendo posts first annual loss - Game giant Nintendo reports its first annual net loss of 43.2bn yen ($533m; £329m) as sales of its Wii games console disappoint and a strong yen hits exports

Boardroom 'coup' at AstraZeneca - The chief executive and chairman of AstraZeneca are both retiring early, encouraged by the non-executive directors, amid growing shareholder discontent.

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