Editor's update

From October 2011, it will no longer be possible to force workers to retire at 65, says the government.

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has reported a big boost in quarterly profits, to $4.5 billion from $2.3 billion over the same period last year

Metro Bank, the first new high street bank for over a century, opens its doors today.

 

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