London’s main share index trades higher, boosted by miners and banks.
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A spate of car fires involving Vauxhall models leads to calls for a national database.
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Drugs giant Pfizer has been fined a record £84.2m by the regulator for overcharging the NHS.
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The music service was ahead of its time when it started in 1999 – but the right business model wasn’t easy to find. This year, it finally turned a profit

Dhiraj Mukherjee, co-founder of Shazam, knows better than most that it’s not always helpful to be ahead of the curve.

“People even now say, ‘Oh, it’s a great idea.’ It was way ahead of its time,” he says. “In the end, that was not necessarily an advantage [for me]. Being ahead of the market has consequences as well.”

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A regulator has ordered two pharmaceutical firms to pay a record penalty, accusing them of overcharging the NHS through a 2,600% overnight drug price hike.
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A regulator has ordered two pharmaceutical firms to pay a record penalty, accusing them of overcharging the NHS through a 2,600% overnight drug price hike.
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Apple Music says it will continue to pursue artist exclusives, as it tops 20 million paid subscribers for the first time.
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The number of workers living in poverty has hit a record high, according to a report pointing to a triple whammy of financial barriers to greater prosperity.
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Australia’s economy shrinks for the first time since 2011 due to subdued spending.
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President-elect Donald Trump says Japanese tech firm Softbank will invest $50bn in US businesses.
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