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By Paul LewisMoney Box presenter Gift cards are a popular choice when people are unsure what to buy as a gift People in the UK waste 250m per year on store gift cards they do not use, according to industry figures. Annual sales of the cards are worth more than 4bn. About half are given as personal gifts, the rest by business. But 6% of the value on the cards is...

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Viacom has accused Google of "massive intentional copyright infringement" A lawsuit by media giant Viacom against Google over copyrighted videos on YouTube can be heard in court again. Viacom has accused Google of "massive intentional copyright infringement". In 2010, a lower court dismissed Viacom's $1bn (630m) case against Google, which owns...

The Bank expects the economy to "zig zag" this year The Bank of England has continued to hold UK interest rates at 0.5% and announced no change to its quantitative easing (QE) programme. QE is the Bank's scheme to boost the economy by buying bonds. In February, the Bank's monetary policy committee (MPC) boosted the stimulus to 325bn. Rates have been...

Economists had predicted a rise in output UK manufacturing output fell by 1% in February, suffering its biggest monthly fall for 10 months, casting doubt on the country's economic recovery. Factory output was also down 1.4% compared with a year ago, the Office for National Statistics said. The figures were much worse than expected. Economists had forecast a 0.1%...

Mr Osborne says his measures are designed to help working people while cutting the deficit Tax and benefit changes announced by Chancellor George Osborne over the past 18 months are set to come into force on Friday, affecting millions of people. The amount of income that is tax free is to rise by 630 to 8,105. The value of some benefits will rise by 5.2%, linked to inflation...

Jaguar's F-type will be based on the C-X16 concept car and be the heir to its iconic sports cars of the past Jaguar Land Rover is to build a successor to its previous sports cars called the F-type at its factory in Birmingham. It will launch as a two-seater convertible with petrol engines made at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich plant with the design to be unveiled...

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David Cameron has staked much of his political legacy on the Big Society A new financial institution set up by the UK government to finance charities and community groups has been launched. Big Society Capital has 600m, of which the majority comes from cash in unused dormant bank accounts. The new lender will back social enterprises that prove they can repay an investment...

Opening up of China's financial markets is considered key to a more international role for the yuan China, the world's second-largest economy, is looking to increase investment and competition in its financial and banking sectors. On Tuesday, it almost tripled the amount that international fund managers can invest in China to $80bn (50bn). At the same time, Premier...