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Britain's third largest energy group confirmed Statoil's boss Helge Lund will join the company

Two directors have expressed concerns over new rules which will jail individual bankers for financial misconduct.

Neither company has provided support to the Internet Watch Foundation

Amazon predicts busiest shopping day ever - but firms have to tailor their approach to thrive.

Acquisition move adds to hectic M&A activity involving British restaurants following Prezzo and Pizza Express deals.

S&P cuts its long-term issuer credit rating on Standard Chartered to 'A' from 'A+'.

Brands that may be sold include Clairol and Vidal Sassoon and potential buyers are Unilever and Henkel.

Liberty Global owns cable networks capable of carrying very high-speed broadband traffic to many European homes and businesses.

Union warns of strikes at Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and German Wings.

Black Friday has been busiest US shopping day in US in terms of sales and traffic since 2005.

Exclusive: Patrick Lewis speaks to IBTimes UK about the future of the employee-ownership business model.

How to manage a team where various kinds of people treat and use the 'future' differently

Complaints dropped by 7% in third quarter of 2014.

Medtronic has also received conditional US FTC approval for the buy.

An HSBC conference call also highlighted opportunities for infrastructure build-out down under.

IBTimes UK takes a look at how people have reacted to the shopping spree on Twitter and Facebook.

India is home to 175 million Muslims, the largest Muslim minority population in a country around the world

InterGen has also been handed an £11m fine.

Millions of Brits will be searching for Christmas gifts from Black Friday through to Cyber Monday.

Reports show around 100 protesters initially congregated in the basement of a St. Louis church

GSK SA fired the executive after he failed to attend a performance review.

No supermarkets are meeting end-of-production target for reducing campylobacter in chicken, says FSA.

Stake sale could help New Delhi rake in a little over $14bn.

He was one out of the eight executives that was suspended following the £250m profit overstatement.

Two motions have been confirmed, as IBTimes UK reported earlier this month.

ELAS warns that the event could create lost productivity as employees rush to grab bargains.

It has pinpointed 16 December as the peak of the Christmas season.

Shop Direct has offered a peek inside its huge Manchester warehouse to show how the online retailer is gearing up for the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday.

US jets could use the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier before British planes use it for full strike operations.