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News • British Broadcasting Corporation
It "may be the case" that there will be no High Street payday lenders operating in the UK in a year's time, the Financial Conduct Authority says.
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High Street fashion chain New Look has pulled out of both Russia and Ukraine citing 'political uncertainty'.
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The FTSE 100 rises in early trade, with Vodafone shares boosted after the mobile operator increases its earnings forecast.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping urges Asia-Pacific nations to accelerate economic integration to spur growth, on day two of the Apec summit.
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Plans to build new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick will cost substantially more than the bidders have estimated, the Airports Commission says.
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A cap on interest rates on payday loans from January 2015 is announced by UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority.
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World governments are breaking promises to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels, a report by the Overseas Development Institute says.
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Social networking giant Facebook said its new messaging service now has more than 500 million users - more than doubling since April.
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Springwatch host Chris Packham writes an open letter to Ant and Dec imploring them to end "abuse of animals" in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
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Online retailers in China are gearing up for "Singles' Day" - the biggest online sales day in the world.
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Trading on Asian markets was higher on Tuesday as news of falling oil prices was offset by positive economic data from Japan.
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Kenyan businesswoman's tips on making money from waste
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China's online retail giant Alibaba has sold $2bn (£1.2bn) in goods in the first hour of China's annual "Singles' Day" shopping event.
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With the Rosetta spacecraft in orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, scientists are hoping for a windfall of new information about these strangest of objects.
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How energy tech start-ups are challenging the status quo in Ukraine
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CBI delegates' mixed view of UK leaders
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Ruby Khong describes her transition from socialite to full-time volunteer, running Malaysia's biggest soup kitchen.
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A group of Italian scientists convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict a deadly earthquake in 2009 have had the verdict quashed.
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Socialite becomes a soup kitchen volunteer
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David Cameron has said the thousands of new jobs the supermarket Aldi will create in the UK is a sign the long term economic plan is working.
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A book introducing the importance of materials wins the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize.
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R2-D2 helped out Pinewood Studio's CEO by bringing him the text of his speech at the CBI annual conference.
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European Space Agency officials say all is well ahead of this week's historic bid to try to land a probe on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Bill Gates says "surveillance systems" are needed to spot the signs of a disease outbreak earlier and prevent crises like the Ebola situation in West Africa.
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Hosts Canada refuse to enter talks over reviewing the controversial use of artificial pitches at next year's Women's World Cup.
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