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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has criticised post-financial crash regulation, saying it has "gone too far" - setting a course for cutting red tape in her first speech to Britain's most important gathering of financiers and business leaders.
CVC Capital Partners is bidding for a stake in the Birmingham Phoenix Hundred cricket franchise in a move which throws the spotlight on its relationship with the chairman of its host county.
The anger caused by Labour scrapping the universal winter fuel payment earlier this year has been well publicised - but a less talked about cut to the benefit has been taking place every year since 2000.
Water company United Utilities has reported hundreds of millions in profit as it seeks to further increase customer bills.
The government is calling on the music industry to introduce a voluntary levy on tickets for concerts at stadiums and arenas to help fund grassroots venues.
Pension "mega funds" will be created under government plans to increase infrastructure investment.
Barclays is edging towards a deal to offload its merchant acquiring arm in the UK that will see it remaining as an investor in the business.
Consumer rights group Which? is suing Apple for £3bn over the way it deploys the iCloud.
The jobs of more than half of the workforce at the DIY chain Homebase are at risk after the retailer's owners called in administrators following a failed attempt at a sale.
The Post Office has announced that more than 100 crown branches - those owned by the company directly - could close, with the possible loss of hundreds of jobs.

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