The Serious Fraud Office is carrying out a criminal investigation into accounting irregularities at supermarket giant Tesco.
US Fed ends QE stimulus programme
US Federal Reserve announces an end to the quantitative easing stimulus programme begun in 2008 as economic recovery takes hold.
'Number spoofing' scam nets millions
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Article written by Robert Peston
Robert Peston
Economics editor
29 October 2014
As the Fed Reserve ends quantitative easing, those who prophesied that these trillions of dollars of debt purchases would spark uncontrollable inflation have been proved wrong. But QE could still prove toxic.
Article written by Kamal Ahmed
Kamal Ahmed
Business editor
28 October 2014
In a digital age, face-to-face interaction could be a market-beater for Lloyds Banking Group.
Article written by Linda Yueh
Linda Yueh
Chief business correspondent
27 October 2014
Can China to transform itself from the factory of the world to an innovative centre of creation and design?
Rates can stay low, says Bank exec
Interest rates can be kept at their current record low level for longer than first thought, the Bank of England's deputy governor says.
Singapore 'best place for business'
Singapore is ranked the best country to do business for a ninth consecutive year by the World Bank's annual "Doing Business" report.
The man who built a chocolate empire
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Hearts 'will adopt living wage'
Hearts vow to become the first football club in Scotland - and biggest in the UK - to adopt the living wage.
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