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Shares in bookmakers tumble on reports the maximum stake on betting terminals will be cut to £2.

In Singapore, senior citizens are learning how to code computer programs on training courses designed to modernise skills and keep older brains sharp.

The bank’s IT chaos is set to continue into a fifth day despite an apology from the chief executive.

The mobile phone giant is ranked lowest for the seventh year in a row by consumer body Which?.

Founder Vernon Hill is re-elected chairman despite controversy over huge payments made to his wife’s company.

Government borrowing fell by more than expected to £42.6bn for the past financial year.

The meat industry, a major contributor to CO2 emissions and deforestation, is facing competition.

Almost 650 shops and restaurants have shut their doors since the start of the year, BBC analysis reveals.

Net earnings jump almost 73% in the first quarter as revenues from internet advertising climb.

Some adverts offered “men only” jobs while others wanted “trim” women applicants, Human Rights Watch found.

Government considers an investigation of Trinity Mirror’s deal to buy the Express and Star newspapers.

Seven countries asked the European Commission to review the purchase of the music identification app.

Martin Lewis is taking Facebook to court because of fake adverts showing his face.

Will the new royal baby encourage people to loosen their purse strings?

The experiment in paying a basic income to 2,000 jobless Finns will not be expanded.

Details from the Paradise Papers show millions were secretly invested in the UK via offshore firms.

Safestyle UK, based in West Yorkshire, blamed “aggressive” new competition in the market.

Manchester-based Supreme will raise £10m to build a new factory to make vaping liquid.

Five steps to understanding it, ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week.

The outsourcing firm is undergoing a major overhaul but its boss says it is not the same as Carillion.

Australian entrepreneurship Jo Horgan turned a love of makeup into 87-strong chain of cosmetics stores.

The EY Item Club predicts two rises this year and two next year, despite sluggish economic growth.

Computer chaos for customers continues as one man gets access to someone else’s accounts.

The airline boss’s daughters have lost their tempers in separate incidents that hit the headlines.

Free trade with the EU post-Brexit is “crucial” for UK food and drink firms, says a committee of MPs.

Meet “Plastic King” Robert Bezeau and his four-storey castle made out of recycled bottles in Panama.

The health secretary wants action from the sites on underage use, bullying and screen-time limits.

Brazil’s Odebrecht scandal is one of the biggest corporate corruption cases in history.

Rachel Barrie is a rarity in the world of Scotch whisky – a female master blender.

A whisky master blender explains how she detects an orchestra of flavours and aromas in Scotland’s national drink.