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Motor Fuel Group-owner plots sale of stake in £7bn petrol retail empire
The private equity backer of Motor Fuel Group (MFG), one of Britain's biggest petrol forecourt empires, is exploring the sale of a stake in a deal that could value it at about £7bn.
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Baby formula prices and branding leading to 'poor outcomes' for parents, watchdog says
Regulators have proposed sweeping changes for the baby formula industry, saying high prices and branding are leading to "poor outcomes" for parents.
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Thames Water launches appeal over bill limits
Crisis-hit Thames Water has launched a bid to charge its customers more over the next five years than the industry regulator will allow, arguing it has been unfairly treated.
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The Bank of England gold rush that's pushing up the price
Deep under the Bank of England, in a network of vaults into which cameras are rarely admitted, sits the world's second biggest known trove of gold.
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First-time buyers up by a fifth - and older than they were 10 years ago, Halifax says
The number of first-time buyers rose by almost a fifth last year, according to data from Halifax.
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Why being single costs thousands more each year - and how it affects all of us
Valentine's Day might be a gift-giving occasion your wallet could do without, but it's thousands of pounds cheaper than being alone.
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TikTok returns to major US app stores after Trump reassures tech giants
TikTok is back on Apple and Google's US app stories after President Trump said the tech giants would not be fined if they reactivated it.
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The rise of unequal inheritance (and what disgruntled children can do about it)
In what sounds like a plot straight out of Succession, there is a rise in parents leaving more in their will for one child than another.
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Donald Trump triggers prospect of global trade war over 'reciprocal' tariff plan - increasing risk of tensions and inflation
The US president has promised to target countries which charge tax on US imports by matching them with a reciprocal tariff.
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Risk of rising US prices could be biggest brake on Donald Trump's tariff plan
Taken at face value Donald Trump's embrace of reciprocal tariffs is a declaration of total trade war, that would amount to perhaps the single biggest peacetime shock to global commerce.