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Budget supermarket posts lowest annual profit in five years and plans to invest £1bn

Manhattan court rules search engine's 'editorial judgment' similar to that of a newspaper editor.

Research revealed 54% of respondents said their earning potential has been reduced.

Tony Roy, of CareerBuilder, tells IBTimes UK that employment activity across Europe has picked up.

Traders bet Adidas stock may jump 13% to €88 by June from €78 currently.

The Australian business magnate took to Twitter to argue that Cameron's future leadership was under threat.

Lupin acquired Netherlands-based Nanomi in February 2014.

Citi was planning to buy back $6.4bn of shares by the beginning of 2015 and increase dividends by 5%.

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KFC announced menu revamp and enhanced marketing strategy in China.

Scots say Osborne is not being sincere about ruling out a currency union between an independent Scotland and the UK.

Target failed to isolate its most sensitive network assets.

Jiangsu Sheyang Rural Commercial Bank and Rural Commercial Bank of Huanghai suffer bank runs.

Those in London and the Midlands (7%) said that they actually view sales in a more positive light.

FHFA settlement is expected to reduce bank's first-quarter income by approximately $3.7bn.

Nigel Wilson, chief executive of L&G, expects to see more cash being taken out of pension pots after the reforms.

YouGov/Cebrs says there is still an air of caution among older consumers.

Russian businesses and politicians seem confident that Russia has weathered the storm but is their self-assured swagger actually misguided complacency?

Competition and Markets Authority will investigate SSE, Scottish Power, Centrica, npower, E.on and EDF.

Onur Sert and three unnamed traders have allegedly been sent home

Father and son reunited in business a decade after media mogul's eldest son quit

Rothschild accused Indonesian businessman Nirwan Bakrie of being an "evil genius".

The ABI says pension and annuity providers were given no advanced warning of the government's radical reforms.

India's Supreme Court orders unlisted Sahara to deposit $832m in cash.

Company said it is fully cooperating with authorities over probe of its collapse.

Big Six SSE will freeze energy prices until at least 2016

New agreement expands banks' cooperation in Africa and comes amid Chinese bank's plan to expand internationally.

More than six in ten businesses based in Russia said they have no plans to reduce staff numbers.

The ONS says 155,000 people rode to work in 2011, up from 77,000 in 2001.