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After the Financial Times' scoop about the dropping of the tax rate plan, there was a notable spike up in the effective borrowing cost for the Government.

Arcement, 14, then traveled to a toy conference and fair in Chicago where she scooped up two awards and held a string of meetings with publishers about licensing her game, Drizzle.

It was the first time that the contest, created by the British-based Guild of Fine Food in 1988, has been staged in cheese-loving Switzerland -- though Gruyere cheeses have scooped the top prize five times before.

Treasure finds in England have hit a record high, with a lamp shaped like a human foot and an earwax scoop among the more unusual items unearthed.

The former three benefit from a strong economic outlook, while large tech companies are eager to scoop up the many smaller players that have capabilities in emerging areas such as artificial intelligence.