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David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, will be the latest Silicon Valley tycoon

A match made in cyberspace? Yahoo! set to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn

Not quite a year after arriving at Yahoo! from Google, chief executive Marissa Mayer has apparently persuaded her board to approve the purchase of Tumblr – the go-to website for legions of young bloggers and internet sharers – for $1.1bn in cash, despite it making just $13m in sales last year.

Commuters on a First Capital Connect Service as FirstGroup announced a £615 million fundraising and cancelled its dividend after plans to turn around the business were derailed by the West coast mainline fiasco

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Chairman steps down after 27 years in the driving seat

Jose Mourinho’s future appears to be back at Stamford Bridge

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Real directors to hold meeting today on Mourinho's future

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Yo! Sushi owner in bidding for burger chain

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Whitworths snacks owner mulls sale

A 127-year-old British maker of snacks and baking products has hired advisers to explore strategic options that could see it sold for more than £100m.

British business: We need to stay in the European Union - or risk losing up to £92bn a year

Richard Branson and Martin Sorrell among signatories to a letter to ‘The Independent’ that takes aim at Eurosceptics

The glorious Wormsley cricket ground in beautiful Bucks

Amol Rajan: The loveliest place to play the game

Rajan's Wrong 'Un

Tyrrells crisps are up for grabs at £100m

Tyrrells, the maker of crisps loved by Middle England, has whetted the appetite of private-equity firms to buy the business for about £100m.

Opposition in the post for Royal Mail sale

Ministers are pressing on with a privatisation challenge that even Thatcher steered clear of. Lucy Tobin reports

Bidding war for burger chain Byron

The owner of Yo Sushi is battling rival private equity firms to acquire Byron, the upmarket burger chain, for £100m.

Are insurers the City's new fat cats?

Soaring executive pay packages have investors asking if they are really getting the best deal, writes Jamie Dunkley

Investment Insider: UK firms to prosper from Japan's revival

Abenomics is aiming to turn around the country's fortunes

Tough property market causes rent price hike

Rents are rising throughout England and Wales for the first time since November 2011, according to LSL Property Services.

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