• A couple who own an electrical firm had a shock when they received a mobile phone bill for £163,000, then fought for months to have the debt cleared.
  • Britvic shares fizzed up 10 per cent today as the City warmed to some decent profits and plans for cost cuts of £30 million that will see the loss of hundreds of jobs.    
  • The community group seeking to save administration-hit Dunfermline target £500,000 to buy the club.
  • Design Up Asia is a hand-made jewellery business with a difference - its products are sold online but many of its staff are women who work from home.
  • Cop killer Dale Cregan has pleaded guilty to the murders of father and son Mark and David Short.
  • Power NI announces that electricity bills for households and small businesses are to increase by 18% from July.
  • Retail sales volumes for the first quarter were significantly worse than expected but data show that state borrowing fell and tax revenues rose
  • The UK tax authority's failure to hit a target of reducing tax credit fraud and error has "cost the taxpayer dear", a committee of MPs says.
  • The government borrowed slightly less than first thought in the 2012-13 financial year, the latest official figures suggest.
  • Prem Sikka, Professor of Accountancy at Essex University, discusses how large companies could alter their tax arrangements.
  • Lloyds Banking Group says it will be able to meet new capital requirements without issuing new shares or securities.
  • UK retail sales in April were 1.3% lower than in March as bad weather continued to dent spending, official figures show.
  • German software company SAP says it hopes to recruit hundreds of people with autism, saying they have a unique talent for information technology.
  • Andrew Harding looks at an example of economic change at a shopping mall in the township of Alexandra.
  • Rising bond yields left the central bank with less room to maneuver as it injects money into the economy, analysts said.    
  • Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth, arrested last week over allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League, insists he is innocent.
  • Japan posts its tenth straight monthly trade deficit as a weaker yen increases the cost of imports more than it helps boost exports.
  • Why Cuba is investing in the sweet stuff
  • A former refugee living on an estate in Tyneside compares life for families living on the poverty line in England and Africa.
  • Warren Buffett is a skilled deal maker, but who will negotiate such favorable deals for Berkshire Hathaway after he is gone?    

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