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Barclays cashes in on rate rises and deposits 

Barclays cashes in on rate rises and deposits as customers switch accounts amid the global banking crisis By John-Paul Ford Rojas For The Daily Mail Published: ... read more

Microsoft blasts Britain over decision to block £60bn Call of Duty deal 

Furious row as Microsoft blasts Britain over decision to block £60bn Call of Duty deal By Leah Montebello For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 27 April 202... read more

Vodafone makes Margherita Della Valle its first permanent female chief exec

Vodafone makes Margherita Della Valle its first permanent female chief exec after a five month search By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST,... read more

Unilever is NOT profiteering, insists departing boss Alan Jope

Unilever is NOT profiteering, insists departing boss Alan Jope as rising prices boost business By Jai Singh For The Daily Mail Published: 22:14 BST, 27 April 20... read more

‘Very unattractive’ Britain leaves drugmaker AstraZeneca eyeing China as the next big growth region

‘Very unattractive’ Britain leaves drugmaker AstraZeneca eyeing China as the next big growth region By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: ... read more

Car makers hail strong start to year as semiconductor shortage eases

UK car makers hail strong start to the year as crippling semiconductor shortage begins to ease By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:13 BST, 2... read more

Gambling firms hit the jackpot after Government review

Gambling firms hit jackpot in shake-up: Government review introduces less drastic changes than feared By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:13... read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Microsoft boss Brad Smith jumps in the deep end

The attack by Microsoft boss Brad Smith on Britain’s independent competition enforcer and an alleged lack of openness in our economy is offensive and wrong. I... read more

MARKET REPORT: Airlines take off after bumper summer forecast

Airline stocks cruised higher as analysts predicted the industry was set for a ‘great summer of profitability’. Investment bank JP Morgan said European airl... read more

Setback for CBI chief as top female exec weighs in on rape allegations scandal

Setback for CBI chief as top female City exec claims rape allegations could damage the progress of women in business By John-Paul Ford Rojas For The Daily Mail ... read more

Amazon soars after £102bn first quarter sales bonanza

Amazon soars after £102bn sales bonanza: Online giant smashes Wall Street forecasts as it posts bumper first quarter results By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Ma... read more

Victory for mums after five-year This is Money child benefit campaign

Victory for mums after five-year This is Money campaign! Government FINALLY agrees to fix child benefit fiasco denying parents valuable state pension credits By... read more

Worst broadband, landline and mobile firms named by Ofcom

Most complained about broadband, mobile and landline firms revealed: See how yours compares… and why Ofcom is ‘concerned’ about one firm Ofcom... read more

Wealth manager St James’s Place sees modest growth in net inflows

St James’s Place shares sink after wealth manager’s inflows slow as Schroders’ assets fall by £8.8bn St James’s Place reported net infl... read more

From wrecked to restored: Car SOS saves Ford Mustang from a scrapyard

There are car restorations and there are car salvages… and this is certainly a case of the latter. Set to star in tonight’s episode of popular motor... read more

Five areas where rents have fallen in the past year

Only five pockets of Britain have seen rents fall in the past year as typical new tenant now faces paying £1,200 more annually for a home Rents across Britain ... read more

Long probate delays causing stress to grieving families, lawyers warn

Probate delays are causing stress, disruption and emotional anguish to bereaved families trying to unlock loved ones’ finances, warn lawyers. Applying for... read more

Universal chief Sir Lucian Grainge faces the music over £80m pay

One of the most influential men in music turns out to be one of the best paid too. Sir Lucian Grainge, the British boss of Universal Music, could land as much a... read more

Unilever sales beat expectations amid sustained price rises

Unilever’s double-digit price hikes see FTSE 100 Dove and Domestos maker’s revenues beat expectations at £13.1bn Unilever revealed underlying sales... read more

Taylor Wimpey flags recovery in demand

Taylor Wimpey flags recovery in demand from home buyers as mortgage rates begin to soften Taylor Wimpey said completions will pick up further in the second half... read more

Homes near Clarkson’s Farm have seen price reductions

Searches for Chadlington homes for sale have climbed 373 per cent compared to a year ago following the latest series of Clarkson’s Farm. The increased int... read more

How long is the wait at your local driving test centre?

The driving centre where learners still have to wait nearly HALF A YEAR for a test: Our interactive tool reveals average waiting times at Britain’s 243 te... read more

Mortgage products rebound with second highest monthly increase taking total to over 5,000

Mortgage mayhem subsides: Surge in new home loan launches means number available to borrowers is more than DOUBLE that of last October There are more than doubl... read more

Reviving the lifetime allowance hurts those aspiring to good pensions

A bung for the rich and just another example of the Tories pandering to older, wealthier voters. This was the gist of the reaction in some quarters to the Budge... read more