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All the latest finance news, including what's happening in the economy, companies, share and money markets and how you can make the most of your personal finances.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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QE central bankers deserve a medal for saving society

Ben Wright

The SFO is as much under the spotlight as Tesco

Jeremy Warner

Jeremy Warner

Good riddance QE, which began well but ended badly

Andrew Lilico

How much of output should go on wages?

Why Morrisons will beat Tesco in supermarket war

Why Morrisons will beat Tesco in supermarket war  

Tesco v Morrisons would lead to victory for Bradford-based supermarket retailer, analysts claim, and here are the facts that explain why

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Above-inflation pay growth has arrived

Millions of workers are already enjoying above-inflation pay growth, according to a new report that showed more than half of UK companies planned to hire more staff over the next 12 months  

Businesses remain optimistic about both growth and pay prospects for their staff, according to British Chambers of Commerce

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US re-opens investigation into Standard Chartered breaking Iran sanctions

An exterior view of the Standard Chartered headquarters is seen in London  

Bank may have withheld full extent of illegal transactions with clients when reaching settlements worth $667m

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Nationwide: House prices rise but so do mortgage rejections

 

UK house prices edge up in October but mortgage approvals plummet

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US re-opens investigation into Standard Chartered breaking Iran sanctions

An exterior view of the Standard Chartered headquarters is seen in London  

Bank may have withheld full extent of illegal transactions with clients when reaching settlements worth $667m

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Shell appoints new chairman and announces better-than-expected quarterly profits

Royal Dutch Shell chief signals fresh focus after first profits warning in 10 years  

The former chief executive of DuPont will take over from Jorma Ollila with effect from the oil major's next annual general meeting

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UK exit is 'priority', says Clydesdale and Yorkshire bank owner

Clydesdale Bank sign and symbol above the high street branch  

National Australia Bank looking at options for UK banks, including floating them on the stock market

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BT superfast broadband dominance continues

Fibre optics  

Gavin Patterson, chief executive, cheers a “solid quarter” and announces a planned 15pc increased in the interim dividend

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Heathrow Airport: We have a 30-strong waiting list

Line of aircraft waiting to take off from London heathrow on a busy morning  

West London hub says it is forced to turn away business to rival airports in France and Germany as it spells out its case for a third runway

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Standard Chartered fall is not buying opportunity

A person is silhouetted in a window in a pedestrian overpass outside the Standard Chartered Plc building in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2007  

Asia-focused bank's shares have fallen by more than 40pc during the past 12 months but it could still get worse

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City Diary»

That's the spirit: Diageo brings back Pimm's No. 6 Vodka Cup

 

It's Vodka Pimm's O'Clock as Diageo announces plans to produce the punch once more due to high demand in the City.

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Companies»

Stelios' easyProperty smashes crowdfunding target

Launching a new airline won't be easy for Sir Stelios  

Online property venture easyProperty raises £1.4m from armchair investors in one month

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Summer orders keep Ricardo motoring

Sodastream pulls out of West Bank

Nottingham to become the videogame capital of the world?

Opec: Everyone needs to stop panicking about the oil price

Tesco to be investigated by Serious Fraud Office

High street could be forced to slash clothing prices before Christmas

Johnson Matthey powers up battery sector with acquisition

Why profits and shares at Twitter and Facebook are heading in opposite directions

Economics»

AEP: QE central bankers deserve a medal for saving society

former head of the Bank Of England Mervyn King in the garden of his home in Kent  

The QE experiment has worked on one level for those countries that did it, but may have destabilized the global financial system yet further and stored up future trouble

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How much of output should go on wages?

Jaguar Land Rover to build Discoverys in Brazil

Fed ends one of the most radical monetary experiments in history

Good riddance QE, which began well but ended badly

Number of jobless families falls to 18-year-low

Housing market continues to cool as mortgage approvals fall again

These seven countries are better for doing business than the UK

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Capita plunges on contract disappointment

A new breakdown from the Ministry of Justice disclosed that more than 2,000 adult offenders committed a violent crime within 12 months of being freed.  

The outsourcer suffered its biggest one-day fall for six years after missing out on probation contracts

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Markets Webchat: Tesco continues to fall

 

Join Questor editor John Ficenec and markets correspondent Ben Martin at 8.30am for early markets coverage

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Personal Finance»

Top 10 popular universities for billionaires

LSE has been based at its current site since 1902. King George V laid the foundation stone of the Old Building in 1920.  

If you were a billionaire, where would you go to university? According to a new study, these are the top ten institutions with the most billionaire alumni

Number spoofing: the crime where conmen hijack banks' phone numbers

New Government-backed Pensioner Bonds: will they run out?

Households pay an extra £1,700 in stealth tax

Yorkshire, like all building societies, is in the last chance saloon

Spare quid? Three-bed house on auction tonight for £1

Britain's other inheritance tax: the poorer you are, the more you pay

Yorkshire Building Society fined £4m for mistreating borrowers

Stealth taxes rise by 50pc in a decade

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That's the spirit: Diageo brings back Pimm's No. 6 Vodka Cup

 

It's Vodka Pimm's O'Clock as Diageo announces plans to produce the punch once more due to high demand in the City.

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AEP: QE central bankers deserve a medal for saving society

Ben Wright: The SFO is as much under the spotlight as Tesco

How much of output should go on wages?

Good riddance QE, which began well but ended badly

Is Jon back on the Hunt for Foxtons after profits slump?

Allister Heath: It’s time the Government adopted proper private sector accounting rules

Jeremy Warner: Another emerging markets crisis looms as Brazil opts for the politics of stagnation

Allister Heath: Forget HS2 or HS3, we need to get back to basics to fix our infrastructure

Your Business»

Stelios' easyProperty smashes crowdfunding target

Nottingham to become the videogame capital of the world?

Richard Reed: from Innocent Smoothies to changing the world

Willy Wonka or Mad Men: What fictitious business would you rather run?

Lego-like internet building blocks create engineers

How to make £40,000 in six months

Zopa muscles in on banking territory

Guide to simplifying tax axed for being too complex

Will King to step back from King of Shaves

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