Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.

A British journalist held captive by suspected militants in north-west Pakistan since March is released.

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Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £17.5m by the UK's financial watchdog.

Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.

Music, computer games and book retailer HMV says that its sales were disrupted this summer by the football World Cup.

Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.

The United States has been overtaken by Sweden and Singapore in the World Economic Forum's competitiveness survey.

South Korea's central bank surprises markets by keeping interest rates on hold in the face of "global uncertainties".

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