Haythornthwaite Warmed Up For Centrica Chair

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The owner of British Gas is lining up a former head of Network Rail to become its new chairman as it heads towards the next general election braced for a political row over its freedom to set energy prices. Sky News...

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HTC One Smartphone Wins At T3 Gadget Awards

By Stuart Duggan, at the T3 Awards HTC was the big winner at the T3 Gadget Awards, with the company's HTC One smartphone picking up three prizes. The Android handset beat both Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S4 to win Phone of the Year -...

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Carpetright Boss Quits Amid Profit Warning

High street furnishing chain Carpetright has issued a profit warning and parted company with its chief executive. The firm said Darren Shapland will step down from his role with immediate effect, replaced by chairman and founder, Lord Harris of Peckham....

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New Car Sales Accelerate In September

More cars were sold in Britain during September than any month in the last five years, new statistics have revealed. More than 400,000 new cars were registered, an increase of 12.1% on the same period last year. The September 63 plate boosted sales...

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Samsung Set For Record Quarterly Profit

Electronics giant Samsung is expected to post a record operating profit of 10.1trn won (£5.8bn) in the third quarter of this year. The estimate represents a 25% increase from a revised operating profit of 8.06trn (£4.62bn) won a year earlier for the...

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Swiss Watchdog Investigates Foreign Exchanges

The Swiss financial watchdog has launched an investigation into possible manipulation of foreign currency exchange rates by banks in Switzerland and other countries. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority - Finma - announced the probe in a...

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Twitter IPO: Company Hopes To Raise $1bn

Twitter has unsealed the documents for its initial public offering of stock, saying it hopes to raise up to $1bn. It generated $317m (£200m) in revenue in 2012, driven largely by advertising. Twitter had more than 215 million active users as of the...

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The Sky News Business Round-Up And Look Ahead

Sky's Naomi Kerbel offers a round-up of what's coming up in the week's business news. :: Monday October 7 The Help-to-Buy mortgage guarantee scheme launches this week, three months earlier than planned following David Cameron's announcement at the...

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Help To Buy: Doubts Over Success Of Scheme

By Poppy Trowbridge, Business and Economics Correspondent The second phase of the government mortgage guarantee scheme Help to Buy is due to launch next week, three months earlier than expected - but experts are sceptical the initiative will help...

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Goldman Fund Wins £720m Battle For Hastings

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor A fund managed by the Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs will next week emerge as the biggest shareholder in Hastings, one of Britain's fastest-growing insurance companies. Sky News understands that GS Capital...

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