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Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled plans for a squeeze on public funding for scientific research.

Formula 1's governing body turns down all the entries from teams hoping to fill the vacant 13th slot in 2011, with former champion Jacques Villeneuve among those to miss out.

UK house prices have stabilised, according to the latest survey from the Halifax.

The country "cannot afford" to write off underpayments of income tax caused by problems with the calculation system, a minister says.

Vodafone pockets $6.5bn in cash following the sale of its 3.2% stake in China's biggest wireless operator, China Mobile.

Phone card firm Lycatel agrees to make its charges much clearer in its adverts for international phone cards

The government gives its backing to a plan to build a £3.6 billion tunnel to stop raw sewage polluting the River Thames.

An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom's Indian phone assets.

President Barack Obama is backing new company tax breaks in an attempt to regain the initiative as mid-term polls loom

UK manufacturing output rises 0.3% in July from the month earlier, thanks to increased output in the machinery sector.

Dana Petroleum tells shareholders independent valuers found Korean oil's bid is too low and should be rejected.

BP is to release an internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst ecological catastrophe in recent US history.

Business Secretary Vince Cable expresses "worry" about the combination of High Street banks with investment banking, after Bob Diamond is named as Barclays' new boss.

Regional Development Agency on its way out

The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has expressed concern about the appointment of the investment banker, Bob Diamond, as the new chief executive of Barclays.

Maurice Saatchi: "We had a romantic belief that it was possible for individuals to change the world by an act of will - a flat refusal to accept the status quo."

Business Secretary Vince Cable says "the bar will have to be raised" on science funding

The Japanese finance minister says there could be market intervention as the yen hits a new 15-year high.

Job appointments grew at their slowest rate in 10 months in August, raising questions about the strength of the UK job market, a survey suggests.

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