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It is 'possible' the coalition government could break up before the next general election in 2015, according to Vince Cable.

US hedge funds moved to snap up shares in Lloyds Banking Group overnight as the UK government put its 6% stake up for sale in a move to begin privatising the bank.

The UK government has confirmed it is to begin selling down its stake in Lloyds Banking Group.

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Simon Dale has joined Matthews Asia to direct its business development activities in the UK and Europe.

Hargreaves Lansdown's legal challenge to HMRC's move to tax platform rebates was the story of most interest to Investment Week's readers this week.

Mark Carney yesterday declared the British economy is picking up but warned the recovery may prove to be another ‘false dawn'.

The government is planning to take Royal Mail private in the coming weeks, but would you be rewarded for taking a stake in the business?

Liontrust's Steve Bailey and Jan Luthman have bought into Sainsbury's and a number of other ‘challenger banks' on the view the new entrants to the market will take market share from the ‘big three', particularly in the mortgage sector.