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Land Registry figures show prices up 1.7% in July, a third consecutive monthly increase
Germany is prepared to give a 4.5bn euros loan to Opel if its favoured suitor - Canada's Magna - is chosen to take over the firm.
Michelle Obama makes her debut in a list of the world's most powerful women - which is again topped by Angela Merkel