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Higher prices boost BG profits

Gas exploration firm BG has reported a better-than-expected rise in fourth quarter profits despite a surprise drop in production.The former British Gas firm said...

Slow recovery hits bank's bad debts

The owner of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks has seen a deterioration in bad debts after the UK's economic recovery faltered at the end...

FTSE shakes off bank levy move

Chancellor George Osborne's move to increase the levy on banks to £2.5 billion this year has had little impact on leading shares in the...

Prosecutor seeks Berlusconi trial

Prosecutors want to put Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi on trial over accusations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and then used his...

Change in Tunisia 'must be swift'

Foreign Secretary William Hague used a visit to Tunisia to declare that change in the country where protests sparked flare-ups across the region must...

Cambridge 'to charge maximum fees'

Cambridge University is proposing to charge students the maximum £9,000 in tuition fees from next year, it has been revealed. Poorer students would be...

Assange case 'hidden agenda' fears

The Swedish lawyer representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said his client faces one of the "weakest" cases he has ever seen in his...

Bank tax increased by extra £800m

Britain's bank tax has been increased by an extra £800 million to raise £2.5 billion this year and will be made permanent to ensure...

McBride dented by higher costs

A major supplier of household goods to supermarkets has said it is braced for more price pressure after seeing profits hurt by higher commodity...

WH Smith steps in to buy bookshops

WH Smith has bolstered its high street estate with the acquisition of 22 stores from the administrator of British Bookshops and Stationers.The retailer said...

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