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G4S accuses hostile suitor of ‘misleading’ claims in £3bn takeover tussle

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Frasers calls on shareholders to back £100m staff bonus

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Average UK house price reached record £238,000 in July

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Tesco profits soar despite £500m Covid-19 costs as new boss takes charge

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Tesco ups shareholder payouts as profit soars in face of Covid-19

Houses

Burglary warning as one in four leave doors unlocked while at home

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos addresses the House sub-committee

Democrats call for Congress to rein in and break up Big Tech

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39% of people diagnosed with cancer ‘are severely financially affected’

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‘Silver splitters’ urged to check if they could receive a state pension boost

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Rules around ‘thuggish’ debt letters to be overhauled

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Banks paid more than £1bn in taxpayer money for Covid loans – report

Virgin Money

Up to 400 jobs to go at Virgin Money

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Trump health progress tips FTSE 100 into green at end of trading

Demand for new airliners will be cut by more than 10% over the next decade due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Boeing (Steve Parsons/PA)

Covid-19 will wipe 11% off demand for new planes over next decade – Boeing

Cryptocurrency

City watchdog bans crypto-derivatives to save investors from £53m in losses

An aerial drone view of the new HMP Five Wells mega-jail in Wellingborough

G4S awarded £300m contract to run new mega-jail

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Bipolar drug probe launched by UK competition watchdog

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Job losses: Major cuts since the start of the pandemic