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The local business directory that helped JR Hartley find his book on fly fishing is set to go out of print.The Yellow Pages will no longer be published on paper from next year onwards, more than five decades after it launched in the UK.Its owner, Yell, has announced

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Renault-Nissan and Kia are the latest car companies to launch car trade-in schemes, aimed at persuading UK customers to swap older, more polluting, car models for new ones.Earlier Volkswagen and Toyota announced diesel scrappage schemes, joining BMW, Ford, Hyundai,

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The US economy added 156,000 jobs in August, less than the previous month and below expectations. Analysts had expected US non-farm payrolls to rise by between 175,000 and 185,000 last month.Data released by the US Department of Labor also showed that employment

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The price of unleaded petrol could surpass that of diesel in the coming days as a result of the disruption caused by Hurricane Harvey in the US, the RAC has warned. The drivers’ association said the price of a litre of unleaded in the UK could rise by up to 4p,

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Media playback is not supported on this device Premier League clubs took their transfer deadline day spending to a record £210m with a late flurry of deals but some of the highest-profile moves of the window failed to materialise.Despite top-flight clubs’ total

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Growth in the UK’s manufacturing sector accelerated last month, according to a closely watched survey, with output, orders and employment all picking up.The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for manufacturing rose to 56.9 in August from 55.3 in

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US petrol prices have risen after a key network of pipelines was shut in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, sparking fears of a squeeze on fuel supplies to major US cities.The hurricane has already forced the closure of nearly a quarter of US oil refining capacity.Colonial

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For David Bradford, his gambling addiction had got as bad as it possibly could.The 57 year-old was in prison for fraud after stealing £50,000. His habit had cost his family their home and left them buried under £500,000 of debt.For 888.com, however, there was more to

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US bank Wells Fargo says as many as 3.5 million accounts may have been created for customers without permission over about eight years, even more than previously acknowledged.The 1.4 million additional accounts were identified as part of a review the bank commissioned

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India’s economy grew at its slowest pace for three years in the April-to-June quarter, official figures show.The economy grew by 5.7% compared with a year earlier, down from a rate of 6.1% in the previous quarter.Many analysts had expected the economy to bounce

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