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Dominic Laurie and Mickey Clark with news and insight from the business world.

We look at the Government's new business growth fund, why UK rail passengers typically pay up to 30 per cent more than their European counterparts and the flotation of LinkedIn.

A £2.5 billion fund, The Business Growth Fund, is being launched to help small and medium sized companies that want to expand. Stephen Welton, chief executive of the Business Growth Fund joins us.

UK rail passengers pay 30% more than rail passengers in other European countries. That's according to a Whitehall commissioned review being published by Sir Roy McNulty, about the UK rail industry. We speak to Sim Harris, managing editor of Railnews.

The business networking site 'Linked In' is about to float on the New York Stock Exchange. It expects to be valued at just over £2.5billion. Julie Meyer, chief executive of Ariadne Capital tells us more.

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