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Lord MacLean led a five year inquiry into the bacterial outbreak in Scotland

Markit survey shows optimism at lowest point for five years.

Planned merger reflects a need to consolidate and cut costs in the UK's insurance industry.

Lawmakers worried that a sharp economic slowdown may hit employment and dent public support for reforms.

Regin is sophisticated malware which is likely the work of a nation state targeting Russia and Saudi Arabia

Bank claimed controversial GRG unit was not supposed to make a profit.

Tourists from China, US and Australia boost overall visitor arrivals.

Financial Times reported that Intesa wants to persuade RBS to sell all of Coutts, including its venerated UK business.

Licensed Taxi Drivers Association admits to hiring undercover detectives to gather information about methods used by booking app Uber.

China's central bank has cut interest rates in a bid to boost growth in the world's second-biggest oil consumer.

Brokerage Panmure Gordon downgrades Aviva following announcement.

Traders to track GDP data coming in from the eurozone and from India, alongside 30 November's Swiss gold referendum.

Kelly Yee, Vice President at Penango, discusses why hackers prefer medical records to electronic data.

GDP data from US, UK, Germany, Canada and India will be crucial.

EUR/CAD falls to 13-month low with euro losing momentum on dovish Mario Draghi.

EU Parliament preparing non-binding resolution to split Google's search engine operations in Europe from rest of its business.

PBoC cut one-year lending rates by 40 basis points to 5.6% and reduced one-year deposit rates by 25 basis points to 2.75%.

Crude futures gained after the Bank of China announced the decision

Malmström speaking after first meeting with Foreign Affairs Council.

Moscow will push Opec members to reduce supply in bid to boost oil prices.

Host Leadership takes a look at how leading a team has evolved into taking a step back

However, analysts say the next general election in May 2015 is the most unpredictable in two decades

Anonymous claims to have evidence showing close links between the Ferguson police with the Ku Klux Klan.

People's Bank of China will provide liquidity support through multiple monetary policy tools.

Russia's second-biggest oil company has expanded investment overseas in recent months.

Washington will send Humvees and mortar detection radars as Vice President Joe Biden visits Ukraine.

HSBC's head of global trade and receivables finance details the misleading calculations

India, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan are scheduled to release Q3 GDP data next week.

Influential economist warns on the dangers of Ukraine crisis and sanctions.