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The American wife of London financier Sir Chris Hohn, Jamie Cooper-Hohn, is awarded £337m by a High Court judge in a divorce case.

The Scottish Parliament should have the power to set income tax rates and bands, the body on strengthening devolution recommends.

* Oil hits $70 a barrel as OPEC shuns cut* European shares buoyed by ECB bond-buying hopes* French 10-yr govt bond yield hits 1 percent for first time* Asian shares edge up, helped by stimulus around the worldBy Marc JonesLONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Oil hit four-year lows around $70 a barrel on Thursday and commodity currencies were sent tumbling, as OPEC resisted the temptation to cut back product

Germany's unemployment rate has hit a record low of 6.6%, but falling inflation has raised eurozone deflation fears.

Stimulus moves and lack of oversight blamed as abandoned projects and ‘ghost cities’ mar landscape

The European Parliament has voted to break up Google and weaken its dominance across the region.