Mortgage lending falls in October
25 Nov 2013 2:28:10
The number of people taking out mortgages with UK banks has fallen slightly, according to the British Bankers Association.
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Diageo in Whyte & Mackay sale offer
25 Nov 2013 2:27:28
Diageo, the world's biggest Scotch whisky distiller, offers to sell the Whyte & Mackay business to appease competition authorities.
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VIDEO: 'Terms of loans are not changing'
25 Nov 2013 2:22:38
Universities Minister David Willetts has said that graduates whose student loans have been sold to a debt firm have, "no reason to be concerned".
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VIDEO: What's changed from FSA to FCA?
25 Nov 2013 2:10:59
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) was swept away by the coalition government earlier this year in a supposed revolution in regulation. It was replaced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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SpaceX aims for telecoms market
25 Nov 2013 1:52:26
The US SpaceX company will make its play on Monday to grab a big slice of the market for launching the world's TV and telecoms satellites.
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Kiribati island: Sinking into the sea?
25 Nov 2013 1:09:00
What's it really like on Kiribati - poster island for climate change?
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VIDEO: Heathrow creates e-cigarette zone
25 Nov 2013 0:12:12
Heathrow Airport is to open a licensed electronic-cigarette zone, despite a ban on smoking and e-cigarettes in the rest of the airport.
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Cable sends RBS report to regulators
25 Nov 2013 9:44:10
A report claiming RBS put some "good and viable" businesses into default for profit has been referred to City regulators by the business secretary.
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Baby owls recognise siblings' calls
25 Nov 2013 9:24:36
Barn owl nestlings recognise their siblings' calls, according to researchers.
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VIDEO: New law to cap payday loans
25 Nov 2013 9:23:22
The cost of pay day loans is to be limited by law.
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Student loan book sold for £160m
25 Nov 2013 7:52:49
The government sells a tranche of student loans to a private sector consortium for £160m, leaving the Student Loans Company free to concentrate on newer loans.
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VIDEO: Tiny satellite aims to inspire children
25 Nov 2013 7:47:07
A team of amateur radio enthusiasts launch a tiny satellite into space to try to inspire schoolchildren to become the scientists and engineers of the future.
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Wave power hope 'requires patience'
25 Nov 2013 7:44:07
The race to commercialise marine renewable energy
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Red squirrels show pox resistance
25 Nov 2013 7:37:47
Red squirrels at a National Trust reserve in Formby, Merseyside, have shown signs of resistance to the pox that has blighted the species, say scientists.
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VIDEO: Testing red squirrels for pox resistance
25 Nov 2013 7:34:37
Researchers studying the pox virus that is blighting red squirrels demonstrate how they take blood samples from the wild animals.
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New law to cap payday loan interest
25 Nov 2013 7:32:58
The government is to introduce a new law to cap the cost of payday loans, with the level to be set by the new Financial Conduct Authority.
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VIDEO: Coral spawning on Great Barrier Reef
25 Nov 2013 7:16:29
For a few days each year, a vast area off the Australian east coast becomes an underwater city of coral spawning.
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Indonesia raises volcano alert
25 Nov 2013 6:53:34
Indonesian officials raise the alert status for the Mount Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra to the highest level, as it rumbles on.
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VIDEO: How should UK produce its energy?
25 Nov 2013 4:49:22
For The Editors, a programme that sets out to ask challenging questions, the BBC' science editor David Shukman set out to find out why everyone was so angry about energy.
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Apple buys motion sensor-making firm
25 Nov 2013 4:19:25
Apple purchases PrimeSense, an Israeli firm that specialises in making 3D motion detection technology.
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Amazon workers face ‘illness risk’
25 Nov 2013 2:17:42
A BBC investigation finds working conditions at an Amazon warehouse in the UK that an expert in stress says could cause "mental and physical illness".
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Energy: What's the least worst option?
25 Nov 2013 1:58:59
Why is everyone so angry about electricity?
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VIDEO: India looks abroad for investment
25 Nov 2013 1:47:53
India needs help from foreign companies to finance infrastructure projects and help build better roads and ports. But what's the appetite for investing in India?
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Oil prices fall on Iran nuclear deal
25 Nov 2013 1:35:16
Oil prices fall after Iran agrees a deal to curb some of its nuclear activities in return for easing of international sanctions against it.
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Co-op 'favoured over Lloyds deal'
25 Nov 2013 0:30:21
The government is accused of favouring Co-op Bank in the doomed sale of part of Lloyds TSB by the former head of one of its rival bidder.
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