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US retail sales rose unexpectedly in April, after falling back in the previous month.
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Eating insects could help fight world hunger, improve nutrition and reduce pollution, according to a new UN report.
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A BAE Systems aircraft flies without a pilot in UK airspace shared with passenger flights for the first time.
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A look back at the remarkable photos and videos posted from the International Space Station by outgoing Commander Chris Hadfield, who is due to return to Earth.
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Can you be part-time and powerful?
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Gas finds off east Mediterranean bring tensions and hopes
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An age cap on accessing taxpayer-funded loans to set up a business should be removed, says the prime minister's enterprise adviser, Lord Young.
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Ticket prices are announced for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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The Confederation of British Industry, the CBI, is predicting 1% growth for 2013.
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Airline Flybe is in talks about selling its landing and takeoff slots slots at London's Gatwick Airport.
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Consumer group Which? warns that a monthly charge could discourage people from opening bank accounts at the Post Office.
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Lloyds Banking Group, which is 39%-owned by the UK taxpayer, says its chairman, Sir Win Bischoff, will retire before May 2014.
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The Chancellor announced that the Treasury would underwrite mortgages for people who can find a 5% deposit to help them get on the property ladder.
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Attempts to rebalance China's economy by getting domestic consumer demand to drive growth appear to be paying off.
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Conservation organisations call for the regulations to be tightened on the use of a shipping chemical that has killed or injured thousands of seabirds.
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Bloomberg says it has corrected a "mistake" in its newsgathering policy that allowed reporters to monitor the activities of clients on its terminals, including Goldman Sachs.
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Has the Shard's technology kept pace with other skyscrapers?
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Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is to sponsor the British Bloodhound project to drive a car beyond 1,000mph.
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Cuba golf gets multi-million dollar boost as golf village is approved
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Industrial production in China recorded a smaller-than-expected rise in April, underlining worries that the economy may be losing steam.
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The EJ200 jet engine for the Bloodhound supercar is test fired at Rolls-Royce in Bristol.
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A European shrub is disrupting ecosystems in the US Midwest and threatening amphibian populations, say US researchers.
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Centrica, which owns British Gas, says gas use in the first four months of this year was almost a fifth higher than last year because of the cold weather.
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Our business editor asks why didn't the regulators and Treasury spot the hole in the Co-op, and why did the Chancellor welcome the Co-op's abortive plan to treble in size?
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China launches an investigation into senior economic policymaker Liu Tienan for corruption, state media report.
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