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After hitting the highest level this century on Tuesday, the cost of long term UK government borrowing has now hit a fresh 27-year high.

More than a thousand high street jobs will be put at risk this week when Bodycare, the health and beauty retailer, is forced to call in administrators.

The American investors who have agreed to become the new owners of The Daily Telegraph have edged closer to gaining control of the newspaper by formally notifying the government of the deal.

The group of Thames Water lenders aiming to rescue the company have set out plans for £20.5bn of investment to bolster performance.

No chancellor much likes it when the pound takes a tumble. No chancellor much likes it when the yield on their government debt - the interest rate paid by the state - climbs to historic highs.

The value of the pound has sunk - as the cost of 30-year government borrowing reached a high last seen in 1998.

Many of Europe's largest economies have a debt problem, but the ramifications for the UK and France have a greater sense of urgency.

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A US federal judge has ordered a major makeover of Google's search engine in a crackdown aimed at addressing the damaging effects of monopolistic practices.

Production at Jaguar Land Rover has been "severely disrupted" by a cyber attack.