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Gold price hits six-year high as investors await US interest rate cut
One troy ounce reaches $1,452.60 amid increased US-Iran tensions
Read more » | Desktop version »Waitrose to axe seven more stores putting 700 jobs at risk
Supermarket to sell off or close unprofitable sites in England as cost-cutting continues
Read more » | Desktop version »Debenhams seeks £50m to ease Christmas trading period
Retailer has £200m lifeline from rescue package and is close to announcing new chief
Read more » | Desktop version »Slug & Lettuce owner to snap up UK's biggest pub chain for £3bn
Takeover likely to interest competition watchdog with creation of company owning nearly 5,000 pubs
Read more » | Desktop version »Charity shop and antique purchases drive up UK retail sales
Quantity of goods bought in June rose 1% from May, says ONS
Read more » | Desktop version »No-deal Brexit would plunge Britain into a recession, says OBR
Office for Budget Responsibility believes economy would shrink by 2% by end of 2020
Read more » | Desktop version »Asos issues second profit warning in seven months as shares fall
Online fashion retailer blames glitch in rollout of European and US automated warehouses
Read more » | Desktop version »City watchdog admits investment rules too complex for staff
Angry investors at public meeting demand answers from FCA over financial scandals that have lost their money
Read more » | Desktop version »Pound could fall to parity with dollar on hard Brexit concerns
Fear of ‘hardline’ Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt could push sterling down to mid-80s levels, says Morgan Stanley
Read more » | Desktop version »KLM tells breastfeeding women they may be asked to cover up
Airline provokes outcry with response after woman says she was asked to cover herself with a blanket
Read more » | Desktop version »Man whose family died in 737 Max crash accuses Boeing of ‘utter disrespect’
Paul Njoroge warned at congressional hearing there will be more deaths unless action is taken
Read more » | Desktop version »Northern rail could lose franchise after year of passenger misery
Chris Grayling says company must improve after months of delays and cancellations
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