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Renting: Bidding wars driving up prices for tenants
Intense competition for places to live is driving rents up and up, but is there hope for change?
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Forest City: Inside Malaysia’s Chinese-built ‘ghost city’
Built during the Chinese property boom, Forest City is a stark reminder of the crisis in the sector today.
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Gold price hits record high as bets on interest rates shift
Investors now see a rising chance of rate cuts, leading to renewed interest in gold as well as Bitcoin.
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Benefits falling behind rising cost of living
New data suggests that the cost of living has been rising faster than official inflation figures.
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Irish chain Omniplex acquires under-threat British cinemas
Omniplex Cinema Group invests £22.5m into a UK expansion.
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Tougher visa rules unveiled in plan to cut migration
The UK government says its five-point plan will curb legal migration, which has hit record levels.
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Ryanair denies passengers must pay to download boarding pass
It says reports of passengers having to pay for a seat before they can download a boarding pass are false.
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Booking.com users angry at firm’s response to hacks
Customers say they have been failed and feel let down after losing hundreds of pounds to fraudsters.
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Spotify to axe 1,500 workers to cut costs
The music-streaming company says it is making people redundant to "rightsize" the firm.
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Smart meters: Almost three million still not working
Customers face incorrect bills as 2.7 million smart meters fail to send automatic readings.
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