Business News

One of the world's largest investment firms has waded into the fight over the future of Thames Water, the water utility which is racing to stay afloat.
The cost of government borrowing has jumped, while UK stocks and the pound are up, as markets digest the news of billions in borrowing and tax rises announced in the budget.
The football financier Keith Harris is spearheading a bid to buy a 45% stake in the Premier League football club Crystal Palace in a deal that could be worth close to £200m.
Halloween isn't the only thing giving UK farmers a scare this week.
The pound has fallen sharply after the chancellor announced the biggest tax rises in a generation.
Rachel Reeves' changes to agricultural inheritance tax could lead to food price rises and will have a "catastrophic" impact on family farms, farmers have warned.
Rachel Reeves will end up reversing her decision to charge more inheritance tax on farms, Ruth Davidson has predicted.
Reaction Engines, the British hypersonic aviation pioneer, has crashed into administration after weeks of talks with potential backers failed to result in a rescue deal.
A decision on whether to proceed with the controversial sale of The Observer, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, will be made by Christmas, its current owner's boss has told disgruntled staff.

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