Facebook To Remove Adverts From Adult Pages

Facebook will stop advertisements appearing on pages containing sexual or violent content after a number of companies suspended their campaigns. Marks and Spencer and BSkyB, the parent company of Sky News, were among those to pull their adverts from...

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The Sky News Business Look Ahead

Sky's Naomi Kerbel offers a look ahead to what's coming up in the week's business news. :: Monday July 1 Bank of England - Mark Carney's five-year term begins Croatia - European Union accession :: Tuesday July 2 Ocado Group interim results OECD...

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Crown Post Office Staff Stage Strike Action

By Emma Birchley, East of England Correspondent Post Office workers have gone on strike over plans to close 70 state-owned branches and a dispute over pay. The closing Crown branches - which are currently directly managed by Post Office Ltd - would...

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Facebook To Remove Adverts From Adult Pages

Facebook will stop advertisements appearing on pages containing sexual or violent content after a number of companies suspended their campaigns. Marks and Spencer and BSkyB, the parent company of Sky News, were among those to pull their adverts from...

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The Sky News Business Look Ahead

Sky's Naomi Kerbel offers a look ahead to what's coming up in the week's business news. :: Monday July 1 Bank of England - Mark Carney's five-year term begins Croatia - European Union accession :: Tuesday July 2 Ocado Group interim results OECD...

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Crown Post Office Staff Stage Strike Action

By Emma Birchley, East of England Correspondent Post Office workers have gone on strike over plans to close 70 state-owned branches and a dispute over pay. The closing Crown branches - which are currently directly managed by Post Office Ltd - would...

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Payday Loans Firms Face Competition Inquiry

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed it is to refer the payday loans market to the Competition Commission to investigate "deep-rooted" problems. It announced its decision following a period of consultation, having already issued the market's...

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Double-Dip: Recession Never Actually Happened

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says updates to its past calculations on the performance of the UK economy mean Britain was never in a double-dip recession after all. Revised GDP data showed that output was actually flat in the first three...

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Church Of England Backs £1bn RBS Branches Bid

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The Church of England's endowment fund is backing a bid for more than 300 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) branches amid intense pressure on the banking industry to reorient its moral compass. Sky News can exclusively...

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China: US Factory Boss 'Hostage' Speaks Out

An American company boss who is being detained by workers in a Chinese factory has been speaking about his ordeal from behind the metal bars of his office window. Staff at the Beijing medical supply plant co-owned by Chip Starnes have been holding him...

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Italian Football Clubs Raided In Tax Probe

Police have raided 41 Italian football clubs, including 18 of the 20 Serie A sides, as part of a tax and money-laundering investigation. Documents were seized and premises searched in an apparently coordinated operation early on Tuesday as officers...

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Market Mayhem: Europe Volatile Amid Fightback

European stock markets are tentatively putting on some weight after China moved to reassure investors that its credit tightening policy would not damage liquidity. Asian stock markets suffered steep falls during much of Tuesday's session - with the...

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner In Emergency Landing

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet operated by United Airlines has been forced to make an emergency landing due to a problem with its brake system. United said in a statement that the unscheduled landing occurred on a domestic flight in the United States over...

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Vodafone Lines Up £9bn Kabel Deutschland Deal

Mobile phone giant Vodafone is poised to buy Germany's biggest cable operator in a deal worth £9.1bn, it has been confirmed. The addition of Kabel Deutschland's 8.5 million connected households would leave Vodafone with 32.4 million mobile, 5 million...

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Banks Unveil New Mobile Payments Service Zapp

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor A new mobile money system that could broaden ownership of one of the fastest-growing areas of the financial services industry is to be unveiled days after a damning report criticised big banks' stranglehold on Britain's...

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Diesel Drivers 'Get Worse Deal' In Fuel War

The cost of filling up at the pumps has edged up over the last month, with diesel drivers getting a worse deal than those using petrol, according to new figures from the AA. The average price of petrol in the UK has risen from 133.35p a litre in mid-May...

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Football Streaming Website Faces Legal Action

Internet service providers in the UK could be forced to block a Swedish-based website which streams live football matches. The Premier League is in the process of requesting a court order that would make ISPs effectively ban their customers...

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Osborne: Economy 'Leaving Intensive Care'

Chancellor George Osborne will claim the British economy is "moving from rescue to recovery" as he unveils his fresh round of spending cuts for Whitehall. Mr Osborne will deliver his spending review on Wednesday, setting out £11.5bn of cuts in Government...

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Watchdog Urges Faster Energy Tariff Reform

The energy watchdog's proposals for a "simpler and fairer" energy market have drawn a mixed response from consumer groups, as the regulator called on suppliers to adopt them "as quickly as possible". Regulator Ofgem has told suppliers to limit themselves...

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Diesel Drivers 'Get Worse Deal' In Fuel War

The cost of filling up at the pumps has edged up over the last month, with diesel drivers getting a worse deal than those using petrol, according to new figures from the AA. The average price of petrol in the UK has risen from 133.35p a litre in mid-May...

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Viagra 'Price Drop' As Drug Patent Expires

The cost of Viagra could drop dramatically from today as the UK patent for the drug expires. The male erectile dysfunction drug, manufactured by American firm Pfizer in Ireland, must now compete against dozens of generic competitors. There are some...

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Diesel Drivers 'Get Worse Deal' In Fuel War

The cost of filling up at the pumps has edged up over the last month, with diesel drivers getting a worse deal than those using petrol, according to new figures from the AA. The average price of petrol in the UK has risen from 133.35p a litre in mid-May...

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Watchdog Urges Faster Energy Tariff Reform

The energy watchdog's proposals for a "simpler and fairer" energy market have drawn a mixed response from consumer groups, as the regulator called on suppliers to adopt them "as quickly as possible". Regulator Ofgem has told suppliers to limit themselves...

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Google Faces Criminal Action Over Data Theft

Internet giant Google has been threatened with criminal proceedings if it does not destroy personal data collected from wifi networks. The internet giant has been handed an enforcement notice by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after further...

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Regulator Reveals £27.1bn UK Bank Shortfall

A City regulator has revealed the capital holes at UK banks total £27.1bn - with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) facing the biggest shortfall. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said that while the collective 'black hole' was more than the £25bn...

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UK Retail Sales Jump On Discounting

UK retail sales jumped in May as supermarket discounting and online business drove a better-than-expected performance for the sector. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that volumes rose 2.1% in May following a 1.1% fall the previous month...

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Mortgage Lending Surges 21% In A Month

Further evidence has emerged that the housing market is growing at a stronger than expected pace amid fears of a new 'bubble', driven by Government funding schemes. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said that lending soared by 21% in May compared...

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Chancellor Orders RBS To Accelerate US Sale

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor George Osborne is putting pressure on Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to accelerate its exit from the US retail banking market, Sky News understands. People familiar with discussions between the RBS board and the Chancellor...

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Bankers Should Face Jail Terms, Report Says

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor A new criminal offence punishing bankers for "reckless misconduct" while running their institutions is the centrepiece of proposals unveiled by a group of MPs and peers aimed at reforming the industry. The Parliamentary...

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Dreamliner Diverted In Latest Boeing Setback

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner has landed safely after being diverted when pilots were made aware of a potential oil filter problem. In the latest of a series of setbacks for the new model, United Airlines said a Dreamliner on its way to Tokyo from Denver...

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Record Air Fare Rises Push Inflation Higher

The annual rate of inflation was driven higher than expected in May as air fares rose by record levels, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The rebound in the CPI measure of inflation to 2.7% - which followed a surprise dip to 2.4%...

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Libor Scandal: Ex-Trader Faces Eight Charges

A former City trader has been charged in connection with the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the manipulation of the Libor interbank lending rate. Tom Hayes was formally charged with eight offences of conspiracy to defraud when...

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G8: Cameron In Tax Evasion Battle At Meeting

By Ed Conway, Economics Editor Fears are growing that David Cameron's plans to use the G8 to battle tax evasion could end in disappointment, as it emerges that his most ambitious objectives are being opposed by other world leaders. The Prime Minister...

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