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Vehicles regularly fail MOTs owing to faults that drivers could fix themselves at low costs, a consumer website claims.

US technology giant Apple is welcoming its new retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, with a pay package which includes $68m in shares.

* Dollar drops to 6-1/2 month low as data fails to budge Fed rates view* Gold firm on safe-haven bid, wheat at 13-month high on Ukraine, Russia tension* China yuan firms, talk of central bank intervention helps* Shares driftBy Marc JonesLONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - The dollar fell to a 6 1/2-month low on Tuesday as investors looked past signs the U.S. economy is emerging from a winter-induced slowdow

Jobseekers could be stripped of their benefits for turning down certain zero-hours contracts without good reason, the government says.

Germany's Bayer agrees to pay $14.2bn (£8.4bn) to buy US rival Merck's consumer care business, which owns the Coppertone and Dr Scholl's brands.

State-owned fund Investment Corporation of Dubai has mandated banks for a potential US dollar bond, according to a source.