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Japan Financial Markets

Japan’s economy bounces back to grow 22.9% in third quarter

Credit cards

Credit card ‘soft’ searches have jumped by 41%, says Experian

Money

One in four economic abuse survivors ‘has had credit rating negatively impacted’

Christmas tree

One in three ‘more upbeat about finances and jobs amid vaccine announcements’

Pensions report

BAME communities and disabled people ‘have fraction of average pension wealth’

Green number plates to make it easier to identify electric cars launch on Tuesday (Department for Transport/PA)

Green number plates launched to identify electric cars

A lit domestic gas ring

Energy firms ‘keeping customers on hold for longer than an episode of Corrie’

A car park of Uber Autonomous Vehicles

Uber sells its self-driving vehicle division

Ursula von der Leyen and Boris Johnson

Johnson and EC president to meet in last-ditch bid for Brexit trade deal

Ursula von der Leyen and Boris Johnson

PM and European Commission president will meet to try to break Brexit deadlock

UK and Eu flags

Brexit nerves hit markets as pound takes a hit

Brexit

UK says post-Brexit trade talks can continue for ‘as long as we have time’

Furlough study

Companies return more than half a billion furlough cash to HMRC

Ikea

Ikea scraps catalogue amid rise of online shopping

House sold and for sale signs

Average UK house price up by more than £15,000 since June – index

Property taxes

UK tops world rankings for highest property taxes

An anti-Brexit protester

Michel Barnier gives ‘gloomy’ assessment of post-Brexit trade deal progress

A person painting a figurine

Games Workshop and The Hut Group enjoy lockdown boosts