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House prices end the year 1.8% lower, says Nationwide
The housing market is set to be subdued in 2024 despite hopes of an interest rate cut.
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Françoise Bettencourt Meyer: L’Oréal heiress first woman to amass $100bn fortune
The French beauty empire is on track for its best stock market performance in decades.
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Boeing urges 737 Max inspections for possible loose bolt
The airplane maker is urging airlines to inspect rudder control systems on the planes.
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Google settles $5bn lawsuit for ‘private mode’ tracking
Large technology firms have faced increased scrutiny of their practices in the US and beyond.
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Post Office cash withdrawals reach record high before Christmas
More than £62m was withdrawn on the Friday before Christmas according to the Post Office.
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Recycling electrical goods could be done at kerbside and drop-off points in shops
UK households could put old toasters and hairdryers on the kerbside for pick-up under the proposals.
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Tata Steel: Port Talbot staff fear year of uncertainty
Welder says Tata's Port Talbot plant is gripped by fears of job losses.
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UK vinyl sales at the highest level since 1990
Sales of vinyl LPs continued to rise, with Taylor Swift's 1989 becoming this year's best-selling record.
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Gaston Glock: Inventor of popular handgun dies aged 94
The Glock has been the weapon of choice for armed forces, gun owners and criminals around the world.
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JS: The iconic magazine which ‘invented’ the Indian teenager
Chatty, irreverent and engaged, JS was more than a magazine - it shaped an Indian cosmopolitanism.
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