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Clothing retailer Gap reports a rise in quarterly profits even though its sales fell on the year previously.

Wholesale gas prices in the UK jump by 15% after a gas pipeline leak in the North Sea.

Global temperatures recorded so far this year suggest is likely to emerge as the coolest this century, scientists say.

China's largest bank reports a 57% jump in first half profits and says its earnings have outstripped any of its rivals.

A controversial drug is boosting the success of smokers in England in kicking the habit, NHS figures suggest.

Oil prices rise on the back of geopolitical worries after the US signs a missile shield deal with Poland.

More needs to be done to encourage children not to choose chips, pizzas or sweets for lunch, it is warned.

Dentists working under the new contract are more likely to pull teeth out or fit false ones than before, NHS figures show.

US private equity firm Lone Star is to buy German lender IKB Deutsche Industriebank, according to IKB's biggest shareholder.

Tyre maker Continental agrees that suitor Schaeffler can buy up to half the company after it ups its offer.