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Bet365 continues its winning streak as wagers rise by 58%

Online bookmaker reports £91m profit despite shouldering losses from Stoke City FCThe huge popularity of betting on sporting events while they are taking place has helped boost the takings of Britain's biggest online bookmaker, bet365, making the Stok...

Bank shares get a splitting headache

Bank profitability after Vickers reforms proves a deeper worry on the markets than the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-ilThree of the big four UK retail banking stocks were in retreat after George Osborne confirmed he would back almost all the re...

SABMiller’s fat cheques brought disgrace upon world cricket in 1982

The English rebels who toured South Africa to widespread condemnation earned up to £60,000 each from the brewer

The South African cricket tour embarked upon by Graham Gooch, Geoffrey Boycott and a band of fellow English cricketers in 1982 was one of the most controversial in the sport's history.

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SABMiller spends £16m to boost beer sales during World Cup

SABMiller has selling rights at Fifa's official "fan fests" where 50,000 spectators are expected to watch on outdoor screens

SABMiller, the brewer behind Peroni and Grolsch, and the controversial backers of the first boycott-busting rebel cricket tour of apartheid South Africa 28 years ago, will this month spend millions...

Redknapp ads boost Thomas Cook sales

Tour operator says TV campaign featuring former footballer and his ex-pop star wife has lifted bookings in the crucial January period

Television advertising featuring ex-Liverpool and Tottenham footballer Jamie Redknapp and his wife Louise, the former pop star, frolicking at a sun-drenched resort...