British manufacturing successes: technology such as Apple’s iPhone 4 may be made elsewhere but essential chips for it are produced in the UK. Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images At the Bank of England they are scratching their heads. Across town at the Victoria Street offices of Vince Cable’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills there are [...]

Jian-hua “Kenny” Huang is fronting an effort from CIC to buy Liverpool that marks a departure from the norm for the sovereign wealth fund. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP Domestic and American banks; a Canadian mining firm; Coca Cola, Apple and Motorola – the companies in which China Investment Corporation has invested are a diverse bunch. [...]

Many companies now offer to calculate disease risks in exchange for hundreds of pounds and a sample of saliva or blood. Photograph: George Disario/Corbis Companies which sell genetic tests for conditions such as breast cancer and Huntington’s disease are facing a clampdown in a bid to stop customers being given wrong information about their health. [...]

Sex in the City gives a glamorous view of the single life. But being part of a couple is cheaper. Photograph: /Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar Young, free and single is a description that conjures up thoughts of a happy-go-lucky, worry-free lifestyle. But while living alone might come with its advantages – such as exclusive rights to the [...]