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Jaguar Land Rover profits up to £842m, up from £404m in Q4 2013

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Jaguar Land Rover profits surged by over 100% from £404 million ($662m) to £842 million ($1,380m) in the fourth quarter of 2013 on revenues...

Will stock decline halt Fed taper? Not likely

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The stock decline will not derail the Federal Reserve’s plan to further trim the bond-buying stimulus package, two Federal Reserve district bank presidents -...

Weight Watchers 47% profit fall

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Weight Watchers announced a 47% fall in profits to $30.8 million in 2013, the biggest decline on record, sending shares down by 25% during...

Samsung profits fell in fourth quarter 2013

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Samsung profits fell in the fourth quarter of 2013, the world’s largest mobile phone and TV maker reported. The company made a net profit of...
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The 20 richest football (soccer) clubs in the world

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This article contains a list of the richest football (soccer) clubs in the world (in terms of revenue), according to data gathered by Deloitte. According...

Russian economy growing but still needs further reforms, OECD says

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The Russian economy is growing, says the OECD, but it needs further reforms in order to encourage future growth, stimulate innovation and improve the...

Sickness absence costs UK economy £100 billion a year as 650,000 phone in sick...

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In the UK, 650,000 workers phone in sick every week, costing the economy £100 billion a year, says a leading charity. This rate of sickness...
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Glaxo to stop paying doctors for promoting its drugs

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Glaxo (GlaxoSmithKline) announced that it is to stop paying doctors for promoting its medications. After a bribery scandal in China in which the company was...

FIAT to buy rest of Chrysler

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Italian car company FIAT, which already owns a majority stake in the American automobile maker Chrysler, says it plans to buy the remaining 41%....
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Rising seas will destroy nearly 7,000 properties within 100 years, UK

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Up to 7,000 houses in the UK worth more than £1bn will be destroyed within the next 100 years due to rising seas, says a...