Housing Market Recovering 'Beyond London'

The UK's biggest housebuilder says it is seeing recovery in the market beyond London and southeast England, with demand back at pre-financial crisis levels. Barratt Developments said it now expected to deliver an estimated 45,000 new properties over...

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OFT Verdict Paves Way For Osborne Banks Sale

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Competition regulators are expected to deliver a massive boost to George Osborne on Wednesday when they rule that branch disposals by Britain's two big state-backed banks are broadly sufficient to enhance competition....

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Koreas: Kaesong Industrial Complex To Reopen

North and South Korea have agreed to reopen an industrial park after it was closed by Pyongyang in April amid military tensions. The South's Unification Ministry said the Kaesong complex, which lies six miles (10km) over the border in North Korea, would...

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Google: Street View Lawsuit To Go Ahead

A federal appeals court has said a lawsuit accusing Google of illegal wiretapping can go ahead. The court said Google wrongly collected people's personal correspondence and online activities from unsecured wi-fi systems as it collected photos for its...

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Apple iPhone 5C Launched In California

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent Apple has revamped the iPhone by launching two new handsets at its California headquarters - including one that has a fingerprint reader. The California launch was streamed to a parallel event in Berlin last night...

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Economy: UK Jobless Rate Falls To 7.7%

The UK's unemployment rate has dipped to 7.7% for the first time since late 2012 amid improving signs for the labour market. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate fell in the three months to July from 7.8% as the number of people out...

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China Billionaires: Sharp Rise In Richest

There has been a big rise in the number of billionaires in China, with a developer who bought one of the biggest US cinema chains being named the country's wealthiest tycoon. The number of Chinese people worth at least $1bn (£633m) has risen by...

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HS2 Rail Link 'Will Boost Economy By £15bn'

The Transport Secretary has indicated changes could be made to the £42.6bn HS2 project as the Government launched a fightback over its plans. Patrick McLoughlin admitted the high-speed rail scheme was not perfect and promised to "adapt and improve"...

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Vince Cable Raises Help-To-Buy Doubts

Vince Cable has called for the Government's flagship help-to-buy property scheme to be reconsidered in comments likely to anger George Osborne. The Business Secretary told Sky News there was a risk of a "new housing bubble" because of recent changes...

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Investors And Banks Row Over Share Lock-Ups

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Some of the City's most powerful investors are at loggerheads with leading investment banks over the apparent flouting of guidelines which restrict the sale of large company shareholdings within a specified period....

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