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The problem is worst in areas of the UK still recovering from the economic slump

Half a million UK homes in negative equity

New figures show that almost 500,000 properties are worth less than the mortgages on them
Exclusive: Citigroup profits hit by major Mexican fraud as chief executive Michael Corbat admits 'impact to our credibility is harder to calculate'
Defence chiefs face Commons inquiry over ‘wasted’ money
Co-op memo: Lloyds deal will never work unless we engineer the figures
Exclusive: ‘Ukrainian assets owned or used by ousted President Viktor Yanukovych hidden behind trail of firms with links to UK’
Britain will not freeze Yanukovych's Ukrainian assets ‘until EU agrees’
Mt.Gox files for bankruptcy protection
US businesswoman apologises after the 'rude' rejection she sent a young jobseeker on LinkedIn goes viral
Pearson shares plunge as restructuring hits profits
IAG returns to profitability on Iberia overhaul
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Anthony Hilton: The most unethical business sectors are revealed in a survey of the press

Breakfast on Tuesday with the Institute of Business Ethics, an organisation founded in 1986 to help spread good practice and assist firms in establishing and embedding a culture of ethical behaviour.
Anthony Hilton: Economists brave enough to debunk our cherished beliefs
Anthony Hilton: The fraud that took eight years to discover
OUTLOOK: Surely floods will force MPs to wake up to the dangers of a greater catastrophe
OUTLOOK: Standard warning underlines the stark choice for Scotland
Vladislav Inozemtsev: How the EU could wake up from its economic coma and restore Europe's influence in the world
OUTLOOK: RBS makes the worst excesses of a Turner Prize look pretty
Jim Armitage: The hysteria's started again – AO World has been hugely overhyped
Jim Armitage: An iron will is needed to back the steel makers
OUTLOOK: Co-operative is suffering from betrayal of a legacy
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A mobile-connected toothbrush on show in Barcelona

The ‘internet of things’ is almost here

This is the year wireless technology connects everyday objects and appliances to the web
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A fine and a slap on the wrist for the City crooks

New system means firms guilty of bribery or fraud will be able to do deals to avoid prosecution, Nick Kochan reports
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Strong checks are needed to stop the City attracting fraudsters

Where are the guardians of the City?

Amid all its wealth, the City has become a global haven for hiding ill-gotten gains
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Merkel will be welcomed with full honours and for good reason: our two countries need each other

Germany exemplifies economic virtue and we exemplify economic vice, says Hamish McRae
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Das Capital:

Political repression is generating a dangerously high democracy deficit, says Satyajit Das
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Two Nations:

The North is still not feeling this recovery – and the Conservatives are likely to pay for that at the polls, says David Blanchflower
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Jan Koum chose to sign the Facebook deal near the Social Services office where he used to collect food stamps

From poverty to billions in Silicon Valley:

The co-founder of WhatsApp is suddenly worth $6.8bn
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Why is Facebook paying a fortune for WhatsApp?

It is hard not to conclude that the $19bn price is from another planet. That planet is called Silicon Valley, says Mark McSherry
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Ravi Ruia (pictured) and his brother Shashi’s empire spans steel to shipping and energy and employs 73,000 worldwide

Ruia brothers under fire for move to delist Essar

The backlash over the move has shone the spotlight on brothers who, despite their billionaire lifestyles, still share an office. Andrew Buncombe reports
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Language learning, above, is part of the student visa process – and ETS was accused of fraud in its testing

Watch your language: The Tories' u-turn on testers

In opposition, they attacked the failures of US giant ETS- but in Government, they kept faith with disastrous consequences, says Jim Armitage
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Alex Salmond said the Chancellor's refusal to sharing the pound has backfired as a 'campaign tactic'

Should Scotland want the pound?

An independent Scotland may find it hard to enter the European Union and the pound but wouldn't it be better off without them? says Mitch Feierstein
Arts & Entertainment
Bill Nighy in spoof video in support of the Robin Hood tax. The actor plays British banking CEO 'John Bostock'

A taxing role for Bill Nighy and Andrew Lincoln

Actors star in satirical video supporting Robin Hood tax
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A Co-op in east London in 1929: it wants to know how it can best serve its communities now

150 years on, the Co-op asks where its future lies

Bruised by an annus horribilis, the Co-op is polling customers and members to help it to get back on course, Nick Goodway
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Das Capital:

German court's ruling could trigger a legal crisis in the eurozone, says Satyajit Das
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Biotech boom: Cambridge Science Park

Why Cambridge is at the heart of Britain's economic recovery

New investment and a unique relationship between business and academia is transforming the Silicon Fen
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Still looking for work?

The Bank of England is wrong to assume that falling unemployment signals rising wages, says David Blanchflower
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Tenants of the Burj Khalifa fear they will be denied access to lifts in the world’s tallest building if landlords don’t pay maintenance fees

Trouble at the £1bn tower

Burj Khalifa is turning into a huge let-down as spiralling service costs see landlords falling behind on their bills, Jim Armitage reports
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The over-budget decontamination of Sellafield by the NMP consortium has been the subject of repeated criticism

Westminster view:

To find someone ready to clean up Sellafield's mess, turn to the Lords, says Mark Leftly
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Bud Konheim tells 99%: Stop moaning

...You're better off than the Chinese
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