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UK house prices

Blame stamp duty holiday for lost tax, not rising house prices – think tank

London's Gherkin building

Fewer investment funds underperforming

Shops stock

Markets rise as M&S leads retail boom

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Ofgem investigates Stoke Council-linked solar power scheme

Work-from-home employee

Recruiter Hays set to lay out strong jobs prospects as vacancies soar

The Arm and Nvidia logos

Competition regulator raises concerns over Nvidia purchase of Arm

Joaquin Duato

Joaquin Duato to take over as J&J chief executive

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Borrowing eases in July as furlough scheme costs fall

Supermarket bags

Morrisons takeover: Who wants to buy the supermarket and why?

A Lloyds Bank branch

More than 200 bank branches are ‘last in town’, MPs reveal

Morrisons buy-out

Morrisons shares jump as bidding war heats up with £7bn offer

Two shoppers wearing face masks in a supermarket

Retail sales fall in July for first time since shops reopened

A Marks & Spencer store

M&S says turnaround plan working as it upgrades profit targets

Customers look at cars

Car dealer Vertu hails soaring used car market in profit upgrade

A car dealership

Consumers sceptical on major purchases but savings continue to grow – index

JD Sports store

JD Sports among worst online retailers for customer service, says Which?

Coronavirus – Wed Jan 6, 2020

Bidding war heats up at Morrisons with new £7bn bid by US private equity firm

G20 meeting – Germany

Chinese crackdown and falling metal prices make markets see red