Business
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BP oil spill engineer obstructed justice by deleting text messages
Former employee warned in one message Macondo well could be leaking at three times the rate BP estimated -
EU ministers seal banking agreement on eve of Brussels summit
Finance ministers say they have reached deal after lengthy negotiations on how to deal with failing banks in the eurozone -
Bitcoin plummets as China's largest exchange blocks new deposits
Digital cryptocurrency has lost almost 50% of its value overnight after BTC China said it could no longer accept deposits in the Chinese currency -
SEC seeks $1.1m from disgraced former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre
Judge asked to impose stiff penalties on 'Fabulous Fab', who was found liable in 2007 mortgage deal that lost investors $1bn -
Google buys robot firm Boston Dynamics
Google's new robotics division now owns BigDog, an all-terrain, four-legged robot developed for the US military
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City issues interest rates warning as unemployment falls to 7.4%
David Cameron claims drop in jobless rate to four-and-a-half-year low shows that coalition's economic plan is working
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Marks & Spencer and Debenhams suffer slump in share price
Analysts mark down stock due to widespread high street discounting and caution by shoppers -
Federal Reserve to taper economic stimulus on heels of strong jobs growth
Outgoing chairman Ben Bernanke announces plan to scale back bond-buying program by $10bn a month -
Solutions old and new to the housing crisis
Letters: More imaginative approaches to the problem might come from recognising that 90% of annual housing transactions are within the existing stock -
UK unemployment rate tumbles to four and a half-year low - as it happened
New labour market statistics show jobless rate falls to just 7.4%, but real wages are still shrinking as pay lags inflation -
Co-op Bank rescue may prove bondholder 'bail-ins' are the future
Jill Treanor: Approval of £1.5bn injection clears the way for Co-op Group to cede control of 70% of the bank to bondholders -
Bali summit invigorated World Trade Organisation, says Roberto Azevêdo
Director-general of World Trade Organisation suggests Bali is springboard to complete Doha round of trade liberalisation talks -
Pleased, frustrated or angry? The many faces of Ben Bernanke
Fed chief will give his final press conference on Wednesday. But how will he react? The clue's in his previous appearances -
FTSE edges higher as investors await Fed meeting, while Centrica climbs on sale news
Nervousness ahead of US central bank meeting limits rise on leading index -
Can fracking shatter stagnation?
From asset bubbles to dotcom booms, economies find ways to mask dwindling real capital returns. Now shale gas is cast as the seventh cavalry riding over, or under, the hill to save the west -
Banknote figures must reflect diversity, say Bank of England guidelines
Governor Mark Carney announces the Bank's new principles for selection of historical figures depicted on banknotes -
Bank of England's economic forecasts prove spectacularly wrong – again
When Mark Carney issued forward guidance on interest rates the Bank did not expect unemployment to fall below 7% until 2016 – now early 2014 looks more likely -
Hinkley Point C nuclear subsidy plan queried by European commission
Officials promise to investigate, saying they doubt claims of market failure and fear UK will start a 'subsidy race' -
Ferrexpo's top investors to trim stakes to meet FTSE listing rules
Shares slip on news chief executive and investment group BXR will reduce shareholdings -
Bwin boosted by World Cup betting hopes and move into US market
Company shares rise on prospects for next year after a challenging 2013 -
Bank of England switches to plastic pound notes with Churchill fiver
Introduction of polymer £5 note in 2016 and Jane Austen £10 note in 2017 will end 320 years of paper money -
BP makes first major Gulf of Mexico oil discovery since Deepwater Horizon
Find at Gila prospect marks first big oil discovery since US regulators lifted ban on deepwater drilling -
Marks & Spencer falls after downgrade, as FTSE awaits Federal Reserve
Retailers under pressure as UBS and HSBC trim target prices on consumer weakness