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Rolls sales drive HR Owen profits uplift

Luxury car seller HR Owen announced yesterday that a strong performance by Rolls-Royce and Bentley showrooms towards the end of the year meant 2012 profits will beat forecasts.

Running back Frank Gore #21 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates with head coach Jim Harbaugh

American Football: Sibling showdown as 49ers and Ravens head for the 'Harbaugh Bowl'

Brothers Jim and John will make history when they lead out respective teams at the Super Bowl

JP Morgan chief counts the cost of 'London Whale' loss as bonus is cut by half

Directors say he held 'ultimate responsibility' for trading blunder

Ben Chu: Football fan free zone

Outlook Manchester United scored off the field this week with two Chinese sponsorship deals. The commercial agreements with the Wahaha drinks group and China Construction Bank has sent United's shares on the New York Stock Exchange above last August's $14 float price.

Robert Griffin III played on last week with a serious knee injury

American Football: Robert Griffin III falls foul of the macho culture infecting the NFL

Injury to promising Redskins quarterback even raises questions in the White House

Duchess of Cambridge portrait divides critics

The Duchess of Cambridge seems to like her first official portrait, which is lucky for the artist, since not all the critics agree.

Price of City away tickets is a parable for our age

In football you see some of the worst aspects of the rapacious capitalism that has driven people on to the streets in protest around the world

Toy-maker bids to take over West Coast line

The traditional civil servant, with his bowler hat and rolled umbrella, might not have seen the joke.

Toy train company BigJigs wrote to Department for Transport offering to run the West Coast Mainline.

Toy train company who wrote to Department for Transport offering to run the West Coast Mainline receive reply from private secretary

The traditional civil servant, with his bowler hat and rolled umbrella, might not have seen the joke.

Nintendo announces Pokemon X and Y for 3DS

New 3D Pokemon adventure will arrive worldwide in October 2013

Channel 4 criticised for screening X Men film Wolverine before the watershed

TV watchdog Ofcom has criticised Channel 4 for showing scenes of "violence, aggression and menace" when children were watching by broadcasting X-Men film Wolverine before the watershed.

Screen Talk: Cary's ready to rock and roll

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Sales of album CDs were down by 19 per cent in 2012

First CDs, then DVDs, now even video game makers are inconsolable as physical sales dive

Sales of video games collapsed last year hit by weak big name releases, a decline in shop space and gamers’ boredom with the existing generation of consoles, an industry body has revealed.

Thomas the Tank Engine

From 'Thomas the Tank Engine' to 'King of the Railway': Mattel plans global push for franchise

Marketing push will see a range of new toys created and the release of a one-hour film as it attempts to make inroads in Asia and Latin America

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