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Bottle of Corona

Brewer AB InBev scraps shareholder payout despite jump in beer sales

Canadian tar sands controversy

Big banks still funding tar sands despite net zero goals, campaigners say

Housing

Home buyer mortgage approvals hit 13-year high in September

Gas hob

Utilita Energy to pay £500,000 compensation after overcharging customers

BT

BT lifts profit target after ‘strong’ half-year in face of pandemic

Car production line

Car production hit lowest September level since 1995, figures show

Shell

Shell raises dividend months after first cut since Second World War

Lloyds Banking Group financials

Lloyds swings back to profit in third quarter

IFS report

Coronavirus crisis ‘exacerbating inequalities as richer build savings faster’

Current account switches

More current account customers ditching and switching as banks offer cash perks

Someone walks in front of a closed restaurant

More than half a million UK firms ‘significantly distressed’ amid pandemic

For sale signs

Stamp duty holiday must be extended to prevent ‘cliff edge’, warns industry

A man wearing a face mask walks past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index

Global markets plunge as virus fears drag FTSE to six-month low

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank’s return to financial health persists into Q3

Nicola Sturgeon visit to GlaxoSmithKline

Profits slide at GSK as pandemic disrupts vaccinations rates

Boeing

Boeing makes deeper job cuts as aircraft business slows

Fiat

Fiat Chrysler posts record Q3 profit ahead of Peugeot merger

Heineken

UK jobs safe for now as Heineken vows to slash office staff costs by a fifth