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Microsoft profits surge days after announcing major job cuts

- Published Technology giant Microsoft says its profits for the three months to the end of September jumped to more than $36.6bn (£27.5bn), just days after announcing plans to cut its workforce by more than a quarter. On Monday, the Windows developer said it would offer voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 of its workers to cut costs as it pours billions of do…

Weil Gotshal, Once a Legal Powerhouse, Plans to Dissolve

The prominent law firm has been rocked by an exodus of high-profile lawyers, a failed succession plan and a scuttled deal to merge with a rival firm.

I earn £30,000. I'm angry there was no fuel duty cut in the Budget

- Published Chancellor John Healey is set to unveil his first Budget on Wednesday. Unlike in previous years there have been very few leaks about what will be in it, though Healey's tax and spending plans will be under close scrutiny at a time when government borrowing costs are at "historic highs". BBC News has been speaking to people on a range of incomes o…

'I live with a ghost': Japan's haunted homes attract bargain hunters

- Published From the moment Ryua first walked into her rental apartment in Tokyo she believed it to be haunted. "When I visited the place for a viewing there was a man standing there, glaring at me," she says. "Since the estate agent couldn't see him, I realised he must be a ghost." While someone more squeamish would probably have quickly left the flat never…

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