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One of the world's leading economic authorities has warned the UK that borrowing should remain expensive until the rate of price rises eases further and stays there.

Shell has reported better than expected first quarter profits and moved to woo shareholders as it battles a group of major investors seeking greater action against climate change at the company.

Chinese manufacturers receive nine times more government support than their Western counterparts, according to calculations from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which help explain the country's complete dominance in so many sectors, from solar panels and batteries to steel.

Some of the leading players in Britain's night-time economy are looking to cherry-pick assets from Revolution Bars, the London-listed leisure group.

The US central bank, known as the Fed, has again kept interest rates high - at 5.25% to 5.5%.

Ian King discusses Nationwide's figures showing a surprise fall in UK house prices, which are down for the second month running.

A specialist financial services consultancy has become the latest London-listed company to attract takeover interest from private equity firms.

Shifting expectations for UK interest rate cuts have contributed to a dip in house price growth, according to a closely watched measure.

Tory MPs are threatening to rebel over the government's new housing proposals.

Hotel chain Premier Inn has been banned from advertising rooms "from only £35 a night" by the advertising regulator.

The government has opened a consultation on the disability support system PIP (Personal Independence Payment), meaning eligibility criteria and other aspects of it could change.

As commercial property values fall by less than expected during the last year, Ian King is joined by Grosvenor's chief executive Mark Preston.

A former boss of Camelot, the National Lottery operator, will be named this week as the next chairman of the Post Office as ministers seek to draw a line under the ugly row surrounding the exit of his predecessor.

The former boss of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange has been jailed for four months for allowing money laundering.

Untreated sewage was released into designated shellfish waters for 192,000 hours last year, new research has found.

The Spanish owner of TSB, one of Britain's biggest high street lenders, was on Tuesday at the centre of speculation that it is being targeted for a takeover by the giant banking group BBVA.

UK manufacturing exporters who see leaps in sales to countries friendly with Russia should "raise a red flag", a sanctions expert has told MPs.

The owner of Space NK has picked bankers to handle a sale of the high street beauty chain that is expected to fetch more than £300m.

An Abu Dhabi-backed fund has conceded defeat in its bid to buy The Daily Telegraph after its ownership was effectively blocked by the government.

The telecoms entrepreneur behind Daisy Group is closing in on a merger involving a company majority-owned by the Australian financial behemoth Macquarie.