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BP appoints first female boss to lead fresh profits push
BP is parting ways with the chief executive who was initially charged with leading its oil and gas-led profits drive under investor pressure for greater urgency.
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Sharp inflation slowdown leaves door to interest rate cut wide open
The rate of inflation hit a much lower than expected 3.2% last month, according to official figures which should lock in an interest rate cut by the Bank of England on Thursday.
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Fujitsu chief to face MPs grilling over Post Office compensation
The boss of Fujitsu's British operations will face a fresh grilling from MPs next month amid pressure on the Japanese software company to fork out hundreds of millions of pounds as part of the vast Horizon IT scandal compensation bill.
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Paddy Power Betfair to pay £2m for failing to protect gamblers
Paddy Power Betfair is to pay £2m for acting too slowly on concerning customer behaviours, including one player who staked £86,000 over 16 days and another who placed 300 bets in eight hours.
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Christmas cheer for Britain's biggest chemical plant, but there are two distinct problems
You've doubtless heard of the National Grid, the network of pylons and electricity infrastructure ensuring the country is supplied with power. You're probably aware that there is a similar national network of gas pipelines sending methane into millions of our boilers.
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Whitakers' real-life Willy Wonka on shrinkflation and the rise of chocolate-flavour bars
Britain loves chocolate.
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Permira enlists ex-PA Consulting chief for Interpath bid
The private equity firm Permira is working with a professional services veteran as it plots a takeover of the firm drafted in to oversee a controversial costs purge at Manchester United Football Club.
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Warner Bros set to rebuff hostile takeover bid - as major backer pulls out of deal
Warner Bros is reportedly set to reject a hostile $108bn (£81bn) takeover bid from Paramount, with one of the prospective buyer's financing partners confirming it's pulled out of the offer.
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Second Horizon victim Janet Skinner 'forced' to sue Post Office as she seeks full redress for wrongful conviction
A victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is taking legal action against the government-owned organisation as she seeks full redress for her wrongful conviction.
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Out of a job and on benefits: Why Britain isn't working
Winter is closing in on the Bidston Rise housing estate in Birkenhead, but there's one front garden that hasn't given in yet.




