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Kingfisher trading warning

B&Q owner starts second half of year ‘with a bang’ as it shrugs off pandemic

General insurance

Insurance firms’ pricing practices will come under the spotlight on Tuesday

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Nearly half of people whose data was stolen by hackers ‘experienced fraud’

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Cadent calls on Government to allow 200 times more hydrogen in household gas

Women as board members

Women make up third of FTSE 350 board members for first time

Canary Wharf stock

Major leak helps drag HSBC shares to 25-year low

Stock prices fall

FTSE 100 suffers worst trading day since June amid second wave fears

Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media

Microsoft buys Doom maker in £5.9bn deal ahead of new Xbox release

A broken piggy bank

FCA has ‘painful lessons’ to learn, says outgoing boss

One of the concepts for the world's first zero-emission commercial aircraft unveiled by Airbus

Airbus unveils concepts for world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft

Rail station

Rail franchising model scrapped but support continues for private train firms

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NS&I announces rate cuts to Premium Bonds and other savings products

A G4S employee

G4S showed resilient performance in months before £3bn takeover bid

A Rolls-Royce engine

Rolls-Royce shares tumble as it considers £2.5bn fundraiser

A train

Key questions about end of rail franchising

SuperGroup

Superdry’s losses almost double amid Covid-19 lockdown

Rail franchising has been 'ended' by extending measures introduced to keep trains running after the coronavirus outbreak

Rail franchising ‘ended’ to create ‘more effective structure’

Manufacturing firms

Manufacturing forecast to contract by 10% due to virus crisis