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Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will create a state-backed fund to invest in home production to cut dependence on Western imports.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that employers must include commission when they calculate holiday pay.

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Nuisance phone calls are increasingly related to offers of home improvement work, although PPI remains the most common subject, the regulator says.

eBay is facing investigations in the US and the UK over its huge data breach which led it to ask 145 million customers to reset their passwords.

Barclays Bank is fined £26m by UK regulators after one of its traders was discovered attempting to fix the price of gold.