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Social networking service Pinterest is to receive $100m in funding, prompting analysts to value the two-year-old firm at up to $1.5bn.

Ratings agency Moody's cuts the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks, as shares in struggling lender Bankia fell another 14%.

A report published by the National Audit Office into the creation and sale of Northern Rock reveals that the government is likely to lose £2bn overall by the time all the assets are wound down. The BBC's business editor Robert Peston has the details.

Vassilios Katsos Pharmathen Pharmaceuticals CEO has told the BBC that he doesn't believe anyone should wish to exit from the euro

A parliamentary committee questions the length and quality of some apprenticeships, saying six month programmes are of no real benefit.

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