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McDonald’s, facing pressure from increased competition, says it has found a recipe for success in $1 drinks and a new line of high-end hamburgers.The fast food pioneer had its highest quarterly sales at established stores in five years in the three months to the

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Relations with the United States were always going to be a high priority for British trade policy post-Brexit. So no surprise that Liam Fox has gone to Washington to discuss prospects.The International Trade Secretary is pushing for a bilateral trade liberalisation

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A fully electric version of the Mini will be built at the Cowley plant in Oxford, BMW has said.The carmaker said the model would go into production in 2019, with Oxford the main “production location” for the Mini three-door model.However, the electric

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Donald Trump has said he is working on a “major trade deal” with the UK.The US President tweeted that a bilateral trade agreement with the UK after it leaves the EU in 2019 could be “very big and exciting” for jobs.Mr Trump, who backed Brexit,

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Banks should provide evidence of the quality of service – such as the frequency of security incidents – to allow customers to compare accounts.The time taken to open an account or to replace a lost or stolen card should also be published, the Financial

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General Motors has reported a drop in profits for the three months to June, due to lower vehicle sales and restructuring charges.The car giant saw net income fall to $2.4bn (£1.8bn), down from $2.8bn a year earlier. Revenue fell 1% to $37bn.However, the results were

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Gold miner Acacia has been hit with a demand for $190bn in unpaid taxes to Tanzanian authorities in a row it has called “inaccurate and unexplainable”.The demand follows a finding by government-appointed committees that the firm was operating illegally and

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“Unfair charges” levied on buyers of new-build houses could be banned in England under a proposed crackdown.Leaseholds on new-build houses would be outlawed, while ground rents could be dramatically reduced, under government plans subject to public

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Government support for a new London rail line after scrapping projects in Wales and the north of England has been described as “frankly outrageous”. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said there would be “widespread anger” at the decision to

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