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Decision comes after Islamic scholars criticised bank for having non-Islamic businesses in connection with its float.

Investors from Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi planning to buy Reebok.

The FTSE 100 firm says the move will help ensure it delivers the 'best possible service'

Russia has already closed nine McDonald's restaurants including one at Pushkin Square.

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Move is part of bank's agreement with US regulator to settle money laundering charges.

Amazon says the number of planned Christmas hires are down by 2,000 on last year.

Greene King revised its offer after being rebuffed by Spirit

Sky set to enter the mobile phone market, holding talks with EE, Vodafone and O2 about becoming an MVNO

Lifestyle owns and operates the Sogo department store in Hong Kong.

The Bank of Scotland survey for September found numbers available for work had been falling

The Deputy Prime Minister is expected to say that he wants to 'see this change blaze a trail'.

Bitcoin arbitrage service Bitcoin Trader suffered hacking attack, according to owner John Carley.

35-hour Lufthansa pilots strike to begin at 1200 BST on 21 October.

Coinfloor will also raise money from investors and start new bitcoin fund.

Tesco overstated its profits by £250m and sent shares into a tailspin

Prospects for European long steel sector dim, but TSUKH's flat steel assets doing better, says Moody's.

The delivery company says many of the roles are expected to become permanent.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou said the no-frills stores will offer low-cost food to people on benefits.

Tesco could give an update on progress of its internal investigation into accountancy error .

The ONS says output per hour in the UK was 17% below the average for the rest of the G7 in 2013.

Aviva pensions expert john Lawson talks to us about how pension scams are evolving with reforms.

DLF's stock has lost some 28% this week in Mumbai trading.

UBS gain the most out of any wealth management operation, including Credit Suisse and HSBC.

Virgin Money wants to raise £150m through its planned London IPO.

Fifa says it will not release the World Cup bidding process document.

Exclusive: The firm's head of HR for Europe and Africa says targets are the way forward

Staff pay, benefits and bonuses rise to $4.2bn

Facebook has 1.3 billion monthly active users and yearly revenues close to $3bn, compared to Twitter's $312m revenue and 271 million users.