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Steel company Tata has formally announced it is to separate its UK pension scheme from the business.It could mean a potential merger between the Indian-owned firm and the German steel producer ThyssenKrupp is more likely to move forward.The £15bn British Steel Pension

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Supermarkets have reported a surge in sales of bag-in-box wine. Is its popularity back for good?It has long been regarded as a cheaper – and not necessarily nicer – alternative to bottled wine.But it seems bag-in-box vino is gradually shedding its image as

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The UK’s stock market ended the week down 1.1% as worries over the situation between the US and North Korea continue to rattle investors.On Friday, Donald Trump said the US military was “locked and loaded” to deal with North Korea,By the close of

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The holiday season is in full swing. And whether you prefer sun, sand and sangria or meze, Metaxa and monuments, it can’t have escaped your notice that the whole getting-away-from-it-all thing is a lot more expensive at the moment.At least, that is, if

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Prices in the US rose by less than expected last month, as inflation in the economy remained tame.The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inched up 0.1% last month, only a slight improvement on a stagnant June figure.Economists polled by Reuters had

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Heathrow Airport has been rated poor for disabled travellers in a report from the UK’s aviation regulator. Some passengers were not treated with “dignity and respect” with waits of one to two hours to get off planes, the Civil Aviation Authority

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Tata Steel has been ordered to pay £1m after it exposed five people to toxic substances at Scunthorpe Steel Works. The firm admitted releasing a quantity of benzole, exposing five workers to risk of death from flammable vapours coming off it, in June 2011.A Health and

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Many people are convinced their babies, toddlers and children can make it in the modelling industry. and child model agencies all over the world receive tens of thousands of applications every week. But do their bundles of joy make bundles of cash? Africa Business

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