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The private equity barons gambling with your retirement
Profit-hungry financiers are eying insurance funds as they hunt for untapped pools of capital
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Lakeland family to relinquish control of retailer in rescue deal
Three sons of founder to hand over homeware chain ending six decades of history
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Barclay family pile pressure on Very with loan from parrot fancier
Debt deal with hedge fund wunderkind Hamza Lemssouguer staves off cash crunch at online retailer
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The Bank of England must step in to stop market meltdown
Investors are looking desperately to central bankers to save the global economy from collapse
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BBC gave Thames Water bosses a free hit. They’ve used it to punch themselves in the face
Behind-the-scenes documentary of the water giant’s poo-fest is car-crash TV at its finest
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Reeves’s job-killing Budget is to blame for wrecking growth – not regulators
Businesses are more concerned about the threat of higher taxes than excessive bureaucracy
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Democracy’s billionaire warriors sense defeat in Ukraine
Pledges to aid the war-torn country’s recovery are being undermined by plans for a ‘bad peace deal’
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The £8bn plan to break BT’s broadband grip that struggled to connect
CityFibre led the challenge against Britain’s internet monopoly – now it’s running out of money
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Carney’s tough guy act will be a red rag to Trump
Facing down the US president may be smart domestic politics – but it’s short-sighted geopolitics
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Thames Water nationalisation puts £20bn pipe and sewage upgrade at risk
Government intervention in utility company ‘could trigger a supply chain crisis’
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Pound shops are vanishing from the high street – good riddance
Sale of Poundland could signal the end of the bargain-basement boom
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Thames Water faces nationalisation just two days before Reeves Statement
A government takeover of the utility would disrupt Chancellor’s already-tight spending plans
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We can no longer trust American predators with our defence champions
In this dangerous new world, offering up Britain’s defence companies to foreign buyers is no longer an option
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National Lottery facing £2bn charity shortfall
Allwyn, the new owner of the lottery, has been accused of making ‘fanciful’ pledges on donations
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Ed Miliband’s net zero obsession threatens Britain’s car industry with ruin
Ministers must reverse course before irreparable damage is inflicted on manufacturers
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BP faces ‘existential crisis’ after ruinous attempt to go green
The British energy giant faces humiliation as the oil industry’s biggest loser on net zero
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