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Shareholders back Power merger

A UK power firm has moved to the brink of foreign ownership as shareholders approved a merger between International Power and France's GDF Suez.The...

Online shoppers spur sales growth

Internet shoppers spurred on the retail sector last month after figures showed web business accounted for a record 10.5% of all sales.The online growth...

Upbeat US figures fail to buoy FTSE

Upbeat economic data in the US has failed to cheer FTSE 100 investors as wavering metal prices saw mining stocks take a tumble.Wall Street's...

We don't kill traitors, says Putin

Russia's secret services have abandoned the Soviet-era practice of killing traitors, Vladimir Putin has insisted.Asked in a live phone-in session on state TV and...

Sweden bomber 'may have accomplice'

The suicide bomber who blew himself up in Stockholm may have been helped by others in preparing the botched attack, officials have said.Investigators initially...

Laura Ashley delivers sales boost

Home furnishings chain Laura Ashley has forecast better-than-expected profits despite the impact of Arctic weather and the sluggish economy.The group, which has 221 stores...

Music group predicts album boost

Music group Chrysalis has predicted albums from US rapper Kanye West and British singer Adele should boost business in the current financial year.The company,...

FTSE 100 up despite BP fine fears

BP slid 2% on Thursday as investor fears over the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill resurfaced in the wake of legal...

Turkish officers face coup trial

About 200 serving and retired Turkish military officers have gone on trial accused of plotting to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government in 2003.The trial is...

22 killed in Nepal plane crash

All 22 people on a small plane that went missing on Wednesday died when it crashed in Nepal's mountainous east, searchers have said after...

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