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The comments came along the lender reporting a 53% jump in underlying profit to £400m.

IRS initially estimated potentially affected accounts at 225,000, including 114,000 successful attempts and 110,000 failed attempts.

Permit allows firm to drill deep beneath the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska.

CEO Jeff Fairburn stated Persimmon makes the most out of the opportunities of the current housing market.

Brent crude is trading down 0.27% at $48.61 per barrel as at 5.48 am GMT, while WTI crude fell 0.14% at $41.81.

In submission to India's Supreme Court, Sahara said it was not selling its hotel assets in London and New York.

Sale is part of Chancellor George Osborne's privatisation programme to reduce public debt.

Employees in the article recall crying at their desk and being pitted against each other to increase productivity.

The falling price of oil is piling pressure on the Saudi economy.

IBTimes asked Fidor Bank chief executive Matthias Kröner about bitcoin, regulators and governments.

IndiGo's order for 250 A320neo aircraft from Airbus has extended the aeroplane maker's lead over rival Boeing in India.

Toyota closes plant for a couple of days, while John Deere stops operations indefinitely.

Average FTSE 100 CEO pay jumped to £4.964m in 2014, compared to £27,195 median pay for full-time employee.

Growth declined at an annualised pace of 1.6% in the second quarter, compared to market forecast of a 1.9% fall.

Monetary Police Committee member says a rate hike takes 1-2 years to take full effect.

US is working hard to address domestic oil glut caused by its shale boom.

Apple officials contacted GoMentum Station, former naval base near San Francisco that is being converted into testing ground for autonomous vehicles.

IMF praises China's recent steps allowing market forces to have greater role in determining exchange rate.

The online tailor is set to create the UK's largest network of bespoke fitters

A Paris summit will see global leaders discuss environmental cost of world's fossil fuel habit.

Hackers could orchestrate a fireworks display magnificent enough for the entire world to see.

US DoJ said Sarao £26m illegally through fraud and manipulation.

Greece is haemorrhaging high-skilled workers.

As part of its 'Rubix' project, Deloitte Canada has been tasked to 'align ourselves with the right groups'.

Reforms Greece promises in exchange for deal include improvement of VAT and pension systems.

GE Capital Bank's US online banking business has $16bn in savings accounts and other deposits.

Iran will discuss its new oil contract models and 45 oil and gas projects including oil and gas exploration with international oil companies at December conference.

CEO Tim Cook says 50% of US recruitment comprises women, Black, Hispanic, or Native American.

Ma dismisses market fears that the yuan will face new downward pressure.