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Aviva to cut 1,800 jobs as it strives to cut costs
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Aviva to cut 1,800 jobs as it strives to cut costs

Aviva's new boss is striving to cut costs and complexity at the company, resulting in job losses acr...

Crisis-hit Boeing warns airlines on 737 wing part
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Crisis-hit Boeing warns airlines on 737 wing part

The company says it is taking action after a batch of slat tracks used on wings were found to be pot...

Amey close to ending £300m Birmingham road crisis
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Amey close to ending £300m Birmingham road crisis

The outsourcer agreed the terms of a deal at a meeting with lenders and the government this week, Sk...

Stock markets fall as ECB adds to warnings on trade war – as it happened
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Stock markets fall as ECB adds to warnings on trade war – as it happened

Central bank says that growth slowdown threatens financial stabilityClosing summary: Investors in re...

Trade war escalation 'to cost households £656 a year'
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Trade war escalation 'to cost households £656 a year'

Economists put a figure on the financial sacrifices to be felt by US households after the country ra...

Markets slide as Panasonic joins list of firms walking away from Huawei
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Markets slide as Panasonic joins list of firms walking away from Huawei

Panasonic joins Google, Intel and Qualcomm following US ban in what is beginning to shape up as a te...

Prime Minister Farage? Passionate final Brexit speech has Leave voters ROARING for change
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Prime Minister Farage? Passionate final Brexit speech has Leave voters ROARING for change

NIGEL FARAGE gave a rousing speech to a crowd of 3000 supporters on Tuesday night in which he lambas...

Marks and Spencer store closures: M&S SPEEDING UP shut down of 100 shops – yours at risk?
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Marks and Spencer store closures: M&S SPEEDING UP shut down of 100 shops – yours at risk?

MARKS and Spencer could be about to shut 100 branches by the end of 2020, accelerating its store clo...

Ren Zhengfei says US government 'underestimates' Huawei
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Ren Zhengfei says US government 'underestimates' Huawei

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has remained defiant towards US moves against his company, saying the US...

Google blocks Huawei access to Android updates after blacklisting
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Google blocks Huawei access to Android updates after blacklisting

Reported move could hit Huawei Technologies’ ability to run phone operating systemGoogle has suspend...

Boeing completes software update on 737 Max planes
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Boeing completes software update on 737 Max planes

Jets have been grounded since March after being involved in two fatal crashesBoeing has completed a...

Huawei hits back after Trump declares national emergency on telecoms 'threat'
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Huawei hits back after Trump declares national emergency on telecoms 'threat'

Huawei has hit back at the Trump administration after it declared a national emergency to ban techno...

Britain risks heading to US levels of inequality, warns top economist
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Britain risks heading to US levels of inequality, warns top economist

Rising inequality in Britain risks putting the country on the same path as the US to become one of t...

Metro Bank: why are customers worried, and are they covered?
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Metro Bank: why are customers worried, and are they covered?

Metro Bank was forced over the weekend to reassure customers about its financial health following wh...

Hinduja brothers take back top spot in annual Rich List
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Hinduja brothers take back top spot in annual Rich List

The Hinduja brothers, Gopichand and Srichand, have reclaimed their crown as the UK’s wealthiest peop...

Super rich buying up Italy's mansions under new tax regime
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Super rich buying up Italy's mansions under new tax regime

Luxury Tuscan estate agent Ian Heath is developing a taste for private jets. “It’s not that unusual...

Blue Origin: Bezos company aims to take people to moon by 2024
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Blue Origin: Bezos company aims to take people to moon by 2024

The tech billionaires’ space race is heating up.Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company, Blue Origin, aims to...

Calls for mandatory tax on gambling industry to treat addiction in UK
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Calls for mandatory tax on gambling industry to treat addiction in UK

Gambling laws should be radically overhauled, including a mandatory tax on the industry to fund addi...

Uber drivers in UK cities strike over pay and conditions
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Uber drivers in UK cities strike over pay and conditions

Hundreds of Uber drivers in Britain are to go on strike as part of an international protest against...

'They treat us like crap': Uber drivers feel poor and powerless on eve of IPO
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'They treat us like crap': Uber drivers feel poor and powerless on eve of IPO

Wage cuts and inadequate bonuses mean drivers are left behind as ride-hailing firm prepares for stoc...