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A Bahrain-based company run by the man behind a £300m takeover bid of Blackburn Rovers has been instructed to cease trading by Bahrain authorities.

Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is planning to cut 3,500 jobs as part of its plans to halve its administration centres across the UK. Siobhan Endean of Unite called the job losses ''horrific'' and said union members ''are paying the price for decisions by senior bankers''.

Zara starts selling its clothes online for the first time following similar moves from Gap and Banana Republic last month.

The property market in Brazil is booming, as the country enjoys rapid economic growth - and it has enabled thousands of people to buy their first home.

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After years of building for others, Sergio has bought his own home

Four Greenpeace activists are arrested after giving up their occupation of a Scottish company's drilling rig off Greenland.

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