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Actavis is buying Botox-maker Allergan for $66bn (£42bn) to create one of the top ten biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Soaring private rents will push future generations into poverty and add billions to the housing benefit bill, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

World leaders pledge to boost growth but the numbers are going in the opposite direction.

The governor of the Bank of England says bankers' overall pay packages - not just bonuses - should be at risk in the event of wrongdoing.

Authorities in Brussels have charged HSBC's private banking arm, which is based in Switzerland, with assisting wealthy Belgians - including diamond dealers - in avoiding taxes.

Chase de Vere Independent Financial Advisers has been fined £560,000 for mis-selling the policies of the now-defunct Keydata investment firm.