Debenhams Says Customers 'More Optimistic'

Debenhams has reported first half sales and profits growth, declaring that its customers are feeling "a little more optimistic." The high street fashion to electricals chain said it was on track to achieve its full year expectations despite a "difficult"...

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Protester Attacks Draghi At News Conference

The president of the European Central Bank has been interrupted at a news conference by a protester shouting "end ECB dictatorship". Mario Draghi was outlining the bank's latest monetary policy thinking when a lone woman jumped onto the desk above...

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Eurostar: Paris Attacks Hit Passenger Numbers

Eurostar has reported passenger numbers have been hit in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris in January. The cross-Channel rail service said sales revenues in its first quarter were 6% down on the same period a year ago. It blamed not...

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Google Warns Staff On EU Competition Probe

Google has told its staff that EU competition regulators are set to step up their investigation into the company following a five-year inquiry, with charges reportedly imminent. Kent Walker, Google's general counsel, wrote in the memo that a "statement...

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Oil Find Near Gatwick 'Clarified' By Owner

The company which reported a massive upgrade to an oil find near Gatwick Airport has conceded it was not in a position to properly size it up. Last week's announcement that up to 100 billion barrels, a potentially "world-class" discovery, had been...

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Nokia To Buy Alcatel-Lucent In €16.5bn Deal

Nokia is to buy Alcatel-Lucent in a €16.5bn euro deal in an apparent bid to take on Ericsson and become the world's leading telecoms equipment firm. The all-share transaction, which has the support of the French government, will create a combined...

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Green Manifesto To Pledge 'Peaceful Revolution'

By Joey Jones, Deputy Political Editor The Green Party will launch its manifesto vowing to combat austerity which it says has "failed" and should be ended by a "peaceful political revolution". The party has been more prominent than ever before in...

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Inflation Steady At 0% Annual Rate In March

The annual rate of inflation has remained steady at 0% for the second consecutive month. The Office for National Statistics said the consumer price index (CPI) measure remained at its lowest level since comparable records began in 1989 as transport...

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Tories Put Right To Buy At Heart Of Manifesto

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent David Cameron will say he leads the "party of working people" as he unveils a Conservative policy to extend the Right-to-Buy scheme to a further 1.3 million families. The promise will be one of two big...

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Conservatives Promise To Cut Inheritance Tax

The Conservatives have said they will take family homes out of inheritance tax by introducing a new allowance which effectively increases the threshold for tax to £1m. David Cameron said that if his party wins the 7 May election, parents will be offered...

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