Top business stories
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Eurozone interest rates cut to 0.5%
ECB's governing council makes a quarter-point cut in interest rates to boost recession-hit economies
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Sony senior staff give up bonuses
Forty executives face pay cuts of up to 40% to atone financially for the firm's poor performance
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Shell chief to leave amid profit rise
Peter Voser announces plan to leave Anglo-Dutch oil giant next year, alongside small rise in first-quarter profits to $8bn
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Fed blames sequester for slump
Federal Reserve committee says 'fiscal policy is restraining economic growth' as sequestration bites
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Facebook profits up despite user drop
Number of unique visitors falls in US and remains static in UK, but social media site's profits show healthy growth