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Image copyright Getty Images Inflation growth slowed sharply in August to 1.7% after computer game prices dropped and clothing prices were slow to recover from the summer sales. The Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation fell below 2.1% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics. It is the lowest rate since late 2016. […]

Image copyright Getty Images Lloyd’s of London’s boss has said he was “devastated” by a report detailing evidence of sexual harassment and assault against women at the company. Chief executive John Neal admitted that when he saw an investigation by Bloomberg: “We thought there were signs that it was a reality.” The report showed women

Image copyright Cobham The government is to intervene in a US private equity firm’s takeover of UK defence and aerospace firm Cobham, citing national security concerns. Advent International made a £4bn offer to buy Cobham in July and shareholders approved the deal last month. But Cobham’s founding family raised concerns about the company’s future and

Image copyright Anita Lo Image caption Anita’s holidays are often interrupted by stamps Finding the local stamp dealer may not be everyone’s priority on holiday but for 26-year-old Anita Lo, it’s often the first port of call. What started at the age of five with her grandfather’s old album and £1 bags of assorted stamps

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood in a scene from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Zealand is poised for another Middle-earth-tied economic boost after Amazon Studios picked the country as the location for its much-anticipated Lord of the Rings television series. The

Image copyright Getty Images Millions of people who rely on cash will be left behind without urgent action from the government, Chancellor Sajid Javid has been warned. Consumer association Which? said that free-to-use cash machines were disappearing quicker in deprived areas than in affluent ones. Campaigners want Mr Javid to implement a cash guarantee for

Image copyright Charles Goodall In 2015, residential developer Charles Goodall bought a derelict pub called Bridge Inn in Middleton-in-Teesdale, a small market town in Durham, hoping to turn it into some houses. The pub hadn’t been open for business since 2011, but on TripAdvisor, curiously people posted reviews for three years from 2014 to 2016,

Image copyright Reuters The Federal Reserve, the US central bank, is expected to cut its main interest rates at a meeting in Washington on Wednesday. If it does, the aim will be to stimulate the US economy and get inflation closer to the Fed’s target of 2%. But it will have ramifications far beyond US

Carolyn Aronson has built It’s A 10 into one of the most successful hair care brands in the US. Now she’s launching in Europe. But this hasn’t been the first company she’s formed. The first one collapsed. The reason for that, she says, is that when she was designing the products she tried to solve

General Motors workers will be losing their company-sponsored health care two days into a strike that has shut down more than 50 facilities across the country. The company’s decision will force the United Auto Workers to dip into its strike fund in order to provide health coverage to the nearly 50,000 workers involved in the