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HSBC’s underlying profits rise despite money laundering fine

By Gerald Heneghan HSBC has seen its underlying profits rise in 2012, despite the financier being hit by a $1.9 billion (£1.26 million) fine for money laundering.

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Beef

NFU: More British food sought by UK consumers

By Gerald Heneghan Shoppers in the UK want to see more British foods in supermarkets and served in restaurants.

David Cameron in India

Cameron leads massive trade delegation to India

By Lauren Grice David Cameron has led the largest ever prime ministerial trade delegation from the UK to India today (February 18th).

Bank of England

Bank of England: Recovery in sight

By Lauren Grice The Bank of England has claimed an economic recovery for the UK is "in sight" today (February 13th).

Unpaid work scheme ruled unlawful

By Laura Moulden The government's unpaid work schemes have been ruled unlawful following an appeal by a university student who was ordered to work for free at a Poundland

Barclays

Barclays to cut 3,700 jobs in strategic review

By Gerald Heneghan Barclays has announced it is to cut 3,700 jobs in an effort to reduce its running costs by £1.7 billion.

UK prime minister David Cameron

Cameron brands EU budget ‘too high’

By Lauren Grice David Cameron has described the European Union's (EU's) long-term budget as "too high" and called Britain's place in the federation into question.

FSA reveals scale of interest rate swap scandal

By Laura Moulden The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed the scale of the scandal facing British banks over interest rate swap mis-selling.

Tesco

Tesco issues apology over horsemeat burger scandal

By Laura Moulden Tesco has issued an apology to their customers following the revelation that three beef burger products retailing in their stores were found to contain horsemeat.

Horsemeat found in UK supermarket beef burgers

By Laura Moulden Investigations are underway to determine why traces of horsemeat have been identified in a number of UK supermarket beef burgers.

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