Cost cuts help lift Gap's profits

Cost cuts help lift Gap's profits
Clothing retailer Gap reports a 40% profit rise as stock control and fewer discounts help offset falling sales.

Norway tops gender equality list
Norway tops a league of countries in closing the gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum

Munich Re profit almost wiped out
German reinsurance giant Munich Re sees its quarterly profits almost wiped out by the financial crisis and hurricane claims.

Toyota slashes profits forecast
Japanese car firm Toyota shocks analysts by announcing much lower than expected quarterly profits.

Bad debt charge hits BNP profits
French bank BNP Paribas sees quarterly profits more than halve after it takes a 1.992bn-euro charge to cover bad debts.