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Japan's Sharp issues a warning about its future saying that it has found it tough to raise money amid mounting losses.
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The ornithologists of Warburg PoW camp
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Chancellor says UK 'will veto any deal that is not good for the British taxpayer.
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Lloyds Banking Group sets aside a further £1bn to pay for the cost of compensating customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance.
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Barclays is threatened with fines of $470m (£291m) by US regulators to settle accusations it sought to manipulate the California energy markets from 2006-2008.
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Remains of a prehistoric enclosure, possibly dating back to 3800 BC, are discovered by archaeologists in Truro.
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Royal Dutch Shell's quarterly profits fall on lower oil and gas prices in what it calls a "difficult industry environment".
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The housing market will take time to gain momentum despite a rise in prices in October compared with the previous month, the Nationwide says.
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A Greek journalist goes on trial today after publishing a list of over 2,000 Greeks said to hold bank accounts in Switzerland, some of whom are suspected of tax evasion.
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China Investment Corporation, the country's sovereign wealth fund, buys a 10% stake in the firm that runs London's Heathrow airport.
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Japan's biggest brokerage, Nomura Holdings, is fined $2.5m (£1.5m) for insider trading, the largest penalty handed down by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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Shares of Japan's electronics giant Panasonic fall as investors worry about the firm's long-term future and its ability to turn around its business.
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Japan's electronics giants, Sony, Sharp and Panasonic used to stand tallest in the global sector, now they face a range of problems.
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Manufacturing activity in China expands for the first time in three months, a sign that the country could be recovering from its slowest pace of growth in three years.
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What mark will our cities leave in Earth's future rocks?
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South Korean exports have risen for the first time in four months, raising hope that the economy could be starting to recover.
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The Environment Agency says a new taskforce has led to a sharp increase in identifying illegal waste sites.
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Asia is seeing people living for longer and a large number of them don't have enough money to survive after retirement.
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In India, the government spends heavily on subsidies, but will it have to start cutting back as economic growth slows?
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Slowing economic growth is making it harder for many Asian countries to solve the wealth gap.
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The families who say doctors secretly tried out drugs on them
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Russia has adopted a law that aims to protect children from harmful internet content.
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New tyre labelling could save both money and lives
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Should state subsidies be used to help South Africa's young unemployed find work?
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Can Mitt Romney's China attack stack up?
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