Yahoo is close to investing millions of dollars in mobile messaging service Snapchat, which may value the start-up at about $10bn (£6.2bn), according to reports.

The Channel Island Stock Exchange (CISX) has been fined £190,000 by its regulator for being "seriously at fault" in relation to possible "irregular trading" of the Arch Cru funds.

An accountant has been sentenced to six years in prison after he was found guilty of running a £2.3m ‘Ponzi' scheme.

Investors who put money into failed life bond scheme Catalyst via their Standard Life self-invested personal pension (SIPP) have been told they have longer to wait before finding out if they are eligible for compensation.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has charged the former treasurer and head of tax at supermarket giant Morrisons with insider dealing.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed changes to the way it collects data from advisers in order to simplify the process, including by allowing them to report charging data on either a cash received or accruals accounting basis.

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Prime Minister David Cameron has said there will be "no re-runs" of the Scottish referendum which saw a decisive vote in favour of the country remaining part of the UK in what he said was a demonstration of the "settled will of the Scottish people".

Scotland has voted to remain part of the United Kingdom, as the results of its historic referendum on independence show voters decisively rejected breaking away from the 300 year old union.

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