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Ceasefire broken in Aleppo amid heavy shelling
Fierce fighting has descended onto the Syrian city of Aleppo once again after a ceasefire which was supposed to allow rebels and civilians to escape was broken on Wednesday.
British Airways cabin crew vote to strike over pay
British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a row over pay.
Comptoir Group buys three Yalla Yalla restaurants
AIM-listed Lebanese restaurant chain Comptoir Group has bought the assets of rival Agushia from administration for £400,000.
Johnson & Johnson ditches talks with Actelion; Sanofi said to be in frame
Shares in Swiss biotech group Actelion tumbled on Wednesday as Johnson & Johnson withdrew from discussions regarding a potential transaction.
SysGroup partners with Epicor on BisTrack software
SysGroup, an AIM listed managed services and cloud integrator, has expanded its partnership with Epicor through its ERP (BisTrack) application software.
Hastings welcomes Rand Merchant as new largest shareholder
Shares in Hastings Group spiked on Wednesday afternoon after the insurer confirmed that Rand Merchant Investment was acquiring a 29. 9% stake.
US retail sales barely rise in November
US retail sales barely rose in November following two months of strong gains, the Commerce Department revealed on Wednesday.
Li Li steps down as China Nonferrous Gold finance chief
Mineral exploration and mining company China Nonferrous Gold announced on Wednesday that Li Li had resigned as its finance director.
Mineral & Financial eyes copper porphyry as Portuguese drilling begins
Mineral & Financial Investments reported that its 49%-owned TH Crestgate has unearthed "unexpectedly high" copper content as it begins drilling at the Lagoa Salgada zinc-copper project in Portugal.
Keller Group appoints Venu Raju as executive director
Ground engineering specialist Keller Group announced the appointment of Dr Venu Raju as executive director with effect from 1 January, replacing Dr Wolfgang Sondermann who will resign from the board at the end of December.
US open: Stocks in the red as Fed rate hike looms
US equity markets were in the red on Wednesday as an expected 25 basis point rate hike from the Federal Reserve looms over investors.
Results round-up
Software product group Micro Focus International announced its unaudited interim results for the six months to 31 October on Wednesday, with revenues of $684. 7m, 14. 2% higher than the prior year's constant currency figures.
AIM newcomer FreeAgent boosts revenue, widens losses
Cloud-based software-as-a-service accounting software provider FreeAgent Holdings announced its unaudited interim results for the six months to 30 September on Wednesday, with revenue up 36% to £3. 6m.
Uber and Tesla CEOs added to Trump team of business advisers
US president-elect Donald Trump has added tech executives Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick to his team of business advisers ahead of his entrance into the Oval Office in January of next year.
Hunters Property confident it will adapt to government's ban on tenant fees
Letting agency Hunters Property said it confident that it could manage and adapt to the government’s plan to ban tenant fees, while its performance has been little changed despite uncertainty arisen since the Brexit vote.
Stobart Group hires former easyJet COO as deputy CEO
Stobart Group, infrastructure and support services business, has hired former chief operating officer at easyJet as its new deputy group chief executive.
Boohoo upgrades guidance, buys majority stake in PrettyLittleThing
Online retailer Boohoo. com upgraded its guidance for full-year 2017 on the back of a strong trading performance, as it announced the acquisition of a majority stake in fashion brand PrettyLittleThing.
Ilika to create thin-film power source after funding from government
AIM-listed materials company Ilika is to team up with McLaren Applied Technologies and Sharp Laboratories of Europe to create an energy harvesting power source, thanks to funding of over £500,000 from Innovate UK, a public body sponsored by the government.
Thursday preview: BoE policy decision, UK retail sales, US inflation
The Bank of England’s policy announcement will be in the spotlight on Thursday, with the central bank widely expected to stand pat on measures.
IBM to hire 25,000 staff across the United States
IBM chief executive Ginni Rometty has said that the tech giant plans to hire 25,000 employees in the next four years, as well as spending $1bn on the training and development of new staff.