| Clash over $700bn bank bail-out | | US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke defend the $700bn bank bail-out plan. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:23:57 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Global gloom depresses oil price | | The price of oil drifts below $55 a barrel, amid increasing worries over falling demand and slowing global growth. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:09:34 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| InBev completes Budweiser merger | | Belgium-based brewer InBev closes its $52bn takeover of the US's Anheuser-Busch to create the world's largest brewer. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:49:10 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| United Airlines win union ruling | | United Airlines wins an injunction against a pilots' trade union stopping it taking industrial action against the airline. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:21:10 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| HP's profits exceed expectations | | The world's biggest PC maker, Hewlett-Packard, has revealed better-than-expected net profit in the fourth quarter. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:35:07 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Sharp fall in US wholesale prices | | US wholesale prices fell by 2.8% in October, the biggest monthly fall for over 60 years. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:13:44 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Ford set to sell 20% Mazda stake | | Troubled US carmaker Ford Motor is selling a 20% stake in Japan's carmaker Mazda Motor, the Japanese company has said. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:24:30 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Jerry Yang to quit as Yahoo boss | | Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo, is to stand down as the internet portal's chief executive officer. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:42:01 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| China moves to stem mass layoffs | | Chinese companies are told they need permission to fire more than 40 workers, in a sign of worry over rising unemployment. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:59:08 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Wolseley to shed 2,300 more jobs | | Building materials firm Wolseley is to cut 2,300 more jobs, the majority in the UK, as the housing downturn continues to bite. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:26:09 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Mitsubishi UFJ profit drops 64% | | Japanese banking giant, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial has posted a 64% drop in its second-quarter profit but reiterated its lowered full-year forecast. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:26:18 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Shop till you prop up the economy, Taiwan residents told | | Taiwan's prime minister announces a cash handout for all residents in a bid to try to stave off economic crisis. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:44:51 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Consumer inflation falls to 4.5% | | Official figures show that UK inflation fell from 5.2% to 4.5% in October, as oil prices and transport costs fell. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:12:18 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Bank hawk defends big rate cut | | Monetary Policy Committee member Tim Besley says the market should not have been so surprised by the recent 1.5% rate cut. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:54:59 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Barclays' board faces re-election | | The board of Barclays bank is to offer itself for re-election at its annual general meeting in April 2009. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:03:18 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Carphone mulls TalkTalk spin-off | | Carphone Warehouse confirms it is considering plans to spin off its TalkTalk broadband internet business. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:26:55 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Clash over $25bn car firm bailout | | Democrats and Republicans clash over funding for a $25bn (£17bn) bailout plan to help the Big Three US car firms. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:04:42 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Macquarie bank profit drops 43% | | Australia's biggest investment bank, Macquarie Group posts a sharp drop in its first-half profit but said it did not need to raise cash. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:33:28 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Burberry shares hit six-year low | | Burberry's shares fall to their lowest level in six years after the luxury brand issues a profit warning. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:34:49 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Carrefour ousts chief executive | | Carrefour, one of the world's larger retailers, announces that it will replace its chief executive in January next year. | | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:37:10 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Citigroup job cull to hit 75,000 | | US bank Citigroup announces plans for about 52,000 new job cuts, on top of 23,000 cuts already made this year. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:56:14 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Oil prices rise on US output data | | Oil prices have risen after surprisingly good US industrial output figures and warnings of cold weather. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:25:58 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| US industrial output bounces back | | US industrial output rebounds with a 1.3% rise after a sharp fall in September, the Federal Reserve says. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:07:51 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Japanese economy now in recession | | Japan's economy falls into its first recession since 2001 after shrinking by 0.1% in the July to September quarter. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:57:30 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Eurozone swings to trade deficit | | The eurozone records a trade deficit in September compared with a surplus for the same month last year. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:47:00 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| 'Close to 3m UK jobless' by 2010 | | The CBI says the UK economy will shrink by 1.7% in 2009, with unemployment rising to nearly 3 million by 2010. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:42:53 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| US economy 'already in recession' | | The US economy is already in recession, according to a panel of forecasters, and is set to shrink by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:08:25 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Hard-up GM to sell Suzuki stake | | Struggling General Motors is selling its 3% stake in the Japanese carmaker Suzuki for $230m (£156m) to raise cash. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:43:07 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| IMF head calls for extra funding | | The head of the IMF says it will need more funding if it is to play a bigger role in aiding a global economic recovery. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:25:32 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Cancel that Ferrari order! Top banks axe bonuses for their executives | | UBS and Goldman Sachs will not pay bonuses to their top executives in 2008, the banking giants reveal. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:52:51 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| London 'worst hit in recession' | | London could be set to bear the brunt of the economic downturn while other cities weather the storm, a report says. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:04:58 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| UK food exports 'eye record high' | | Rising sales to Eastern European nations mean exports of UK food and drink are on track for a record high in 2008, a report suggests. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:35:23 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Boom for online fashion firm ASOS | | Online fashion retailer ASOS sees half-year profits jump 68% and says it is cautiously optimistic despite the economic downturn. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:28:51 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| JP Morgan in Canary Wharf move | | Bank JP Morgan is to move its European HQ to a £237m plot of land at London's Canary Wharf. | | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:55:37 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Leaders welcome G20 action plan | | World leaders welcome the outcome of the G20 summit but some observers say the action plan does not go far enough. | | Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:17:50 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Pakistan asks IMF for rescue loan | | Pakistan has asked the International Monetary Fund for a loan of at least $7.6bn, its top economic adviser says. | | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:43:28 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Iran pushes for further oil cut | | Iran is to urge Opec to agree another cut in production to boost the price of oil, a top Iranian oil official says. | | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:08:48 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Summit pledge to 'restore growth' | | Global leaders at the G20 financial summit in Washington pledge to work together to restore global growth. | | Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:19:13 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Eurozone officially in recession | | The eurozone officially slips into recession after new figures show that the economy contracted 0.2% in the third quarter. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:02:41 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Sun Micro to cut up to 6,000 jobs | | Computer hardware maker Sun Microsystems is to cut up to 6,000 jobs in a bid to reduce costs. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:20:56 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Budweiser takeover is cleared | | Stella Artois brewer Inbev gets approval from regulators to take over Budweiser maker Anheuser Busch in a $52bn deal. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:09:23 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| US stocks fall on weak sales data | | Leading US shares fall on Friday as renewed worries about the economic outlook lead to profit-taking. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:43:23 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| US retail sales in record plunge | | US retail sales fell sharply last month, recording the biggest monthly decline since 1992, as hard-up consumers stayed home. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:53:04 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Bernanke says banks ready to act | | US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke says that the world's central banks are ready to take further action to ease credit market | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:31:25 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| UK in for 'prolonged recession' | | A severe downturn is unavoidable and the recession will be painful and prolonged, the British Chambers of Commerce warns. | | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:01:07 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| World leaders grapple with crisis | | Leaders will discuss plans to combat the global financial crisis in Saturday's G20 talks, but there is little hope of quick solutions. | | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:01:36 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| HBOS sees risk of nationalisation | | HBOS says that it could face nationalisation if its proposed takeover by Lloyds TSB is not approved by shareholders. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:06:55 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| RBS to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide | | Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to cut about 3,000 jobs worldwide in the next few weeks, the BBC has learned. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:28:23 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| US carmakers rescue plan in doubt | | More doubts have been raised about chances of a US car industry rescue plan being approved by Congress soon. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:59:37 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Lehman staff set to get bonuses | | The remaining UK staff at the failed investment bank Lehman Brothers are to receive their annual bonuses despite the firm being in administration. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:14:41 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Hong Kong slides into recession | | Hong Kong's economy falls into recession for the first time in five years amid a global economic slowdown. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:37:06 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Korean Air suffers profits fall | | Seoul-based airline Korean Air posts a second quarterly loss, hit by the weakness in the South Korean currency and high fuel costs. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:49:02 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Air France strike causes chaos | | Severe disruptions to Air France flights are expected after pilots begin a four-day strike against legal changes to the retirement age. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:50:12 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Europe car sales in steep decline | | New car sales in Europe fall 14.5% in October for the sixth month in a row, say Europe's carmakers. | | Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:14:40 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Bush defends free-market system | | US President George W Bush will claim that the global financial crisis is not "a failure of the free-market system" in a speech later. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:17:52 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Pound's fall continues to $1.48 | | Sterling's losses mount as the currency hits its lowest rate in six years against the dollar on fears of a deep recession. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:36:24 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| German economy now in recession | | Europe's largest economy enters recession as falls in exports and slowing demand for goods take their toll.
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| Wal-Mart's profits beat forecast | | The largest US retail chain, Wal-Mart, sees third-quarter profits rise 10%, but says customers are under pressure. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:33:04 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| UBS boss charged over tax evasion | | A senior director of Swiss bank UBS is charged by US authorities with helping US citizens commit tax evasion totalling $20bn. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:28:39 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Tata Group cools expansion plans | | Indian conglomerate Tata Group says it will cut down on acquisitions because of increasing problems in raising capital. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:42:25 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| US firm cuts Macau building jobs | | Up to 11,000 workers in Macau could lose their jobs after gaming giant Las Vegas Sands suspends its building projects. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:15:49 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Russian banker's killers jailed | | A former private bank boss and six others are jailed for murdering Russian central banker Andrei Kozlov in 2006. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:47:07 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| EU seeks to expand energy grids | | The European Commission unveils plans to diversify the EU's energy imports and reduce reliance on Russia. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:04:33 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| EU knocks down Lego's efforts to protect its bricks | | The Danish toy maker Lego loses a European court battle to protect its iconic plastic bricks. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:08:32 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Junk e-mails plummet 70% as gangs leave the internet | | The closure of one suspect web host has reduced the levels of global junk mail by 70%, an anti-spam firm says. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:41:27 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Sterling's woes | | Has the pound's fall put paid to cheap holidays to the US? | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:25:45 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| OECD sees lengthy slowdown | | The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development expects a "protracted slowdown" for the world's economies. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:07:43 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| BT to shed 10,000 jobs by March | | Telecom giant BT says it expects to have cut 10,000 jobs by the end of March, in the latest gloomy news on the economy. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:01:05 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Volatile markets boost LSE profit | | The London Stock Exchange says profits have risen 30%, as trading volumes get a boost from the financial market turmoil. | | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:16:03 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Chinese fund saves Hong Kong arm | | Chinese state-funded investment company Citic Group increases its stake in its Hong Kong subsidiary in order to cover massive losses.
| | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:28:43 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Pay deal averts strike in Germany | | A major strike by Germany's largest industrial trade union is averted after a new 4.2% pay deal with employers. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:25:50 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Paulson says US bail-out working | | The $700bn US bail-out package has "clearly helped stabilise" the financial system, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:24:23 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Oil price slides to 20-month low | | Oil prices fall to their lowest levels since the beginning of 2007 amid worries about weakening energy demand. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:26:56 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Alitalia ordered to pay back loan | | The European Commission told bankrupt Alitalia airline to repay a 300m euro rescue loan to the Italian government. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:57:43 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Pakistan to approach IMF for loan | | A top Pakistani official says Islamabad will approach the International Monetary Fund for a loan in the next 10 to 15 days. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:05:22 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Glass makers hit with huge fine | | Four car glass makers have been hit with the European Commission's highest cartel fine after "cheating" car buyers. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:45:49 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| ING group reports its first loss | | Dutch banking giant ING reports its first quarterly loss - 585m euros - for the three months to the end of September. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:03:23 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| EU gets tough on credit agencies | | The European Commission announces proposals for tougher regulation of credit rating agencies. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:49:53 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Norway tops gender equality list | | Norway tops a league of countries in closing the gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:32:49 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Heavy losses at Hypo Real Estate | | Troubled German lender Hypo Real Estate announces heavy losses of 3.1bn euros for the third quarter. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:04:12 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Shares on the slide | | See how some of the main global stock indexes have fared during the financial turmoil of 2008 | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:30:48 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Unemployment hits 11-year high | | The number of jobless people in the UK jumps by 140,000 in the quarter to September to 1.82 million - the worst in 11 years. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:26:16 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Pre-Budget report date announced | | The pre-Budget report, which is expected to feature tax cut plans, will take place on Monday 24 November. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:01:12 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Sainsbury's half-year profits up | | Supermarket group Sainsbury's reports a 13% rise in half-yearly profits despite the worsening economic conditions. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:15:11 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Energy prices 'could fall soon' | | The UK's second biggest energy company says it is "optimistic" that domestic prices could be cut early in 2009. | | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:06:59 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| GM shares decline to 60-year low | | Shares in US car group General Motors close at a 60-year low after the struggling firm is hit by a broker downgrade. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:09:52 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Amex gains commercial bank status | | Credit card firm American Express gains approval to become a commercial bank, enabling it to take deposits. | | Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:24:38 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| German talks aim to stop strike | | Germany's biggest industrial trade union and some of the country's largest firms are meeting to try to prevent a pay dispute. | | Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:55:29 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Deutsche Post cuts 9,500 DHL jobs | | Deutsche Post says it will cut 9,500 jobs at DHL Express in the US and scale down the operations of the US business. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:03:52 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Fannie Mae loss widens to $29bn | | US mortgage finance firm Fannie Mae reports a third-quarter loss of $29bn in the wake of the slowing housing sector.
| | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:08:41 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Stocks surge after China stimulus | | Stock markets across Asia jump after China announces a $586bn economic and infrastructure stimulus plan. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:46:00 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| HSBC takes $4.3bn hit on US loans | | HSBC's losses relating to the US housing market crisis reach $4.3bn (£2.7bn) in the third quarter. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:14:44 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Circuit City files for bankruptcy | | US electronics firm Circuit City files for bankruptcy protection, one week after saying it would close about 20% of its stores. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:03:15 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Oil up on China investment plan | | Oil prices climb more than $4 a barrel following China's multi-billion dollar stimulus package aimed at boosting its economy. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:59:56 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| AIG wins new $40bn bail-out cash | | Insurance giant AIG gets fresh financial help from the US government, bringing the total aid package for the firm to about $150bn. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:34:06 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Santander unveils new share issue | | Spanish bank Santander unveils a 7.2bn euros share issue to raise new capital. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:42:16 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Emirates profit sinks on oil cost | | Emirates Airline reports a 88% drop in its net profit for half a year to 30 September on higher oil prices. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:50:01 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Spam e-mailers get one response in 12.5 million and still cash in | | Spammers get one response for every 12.5m e-mails they send and still make big profits, suggests a study. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:53:32 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Record fall in UK producer prices | | The cost of goods leaving UK factories fell 1% in October, figures show, the largest amount since records began. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:25:05 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Employers gloomy on job creation | | UK employers are becoming increasingly gloomy about job creation in the current climate, a report shows. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:51:40 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Nationwide warns on house prices | | Britain's biggest building society, the Nationwide, says it expects house prices to continue to fall in 2009/10. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:00:08 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| More lenders to mirror rate cuts | | Two of the UK's larger lenders join the growing group which are passing on interest rate cuts to customers. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:38:43 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Bank of China looking at HBOS bid | | Chinese banking giant Bank of China is looking at a potential bid for UK lender HBOS, BBC business editor Robert Peston reports. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:28:29 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Brakes put on Indian car making | | Slowing demand sees Indian car production cut back, industry figures show. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:49:19 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Pakistani currency dealers held | | Two directors of a Pakistani currency company are remanded in custody over allegations that they illegally transferred millions of dollars abroad. | | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:28:56 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Emerging economies want new role | | World finance chiefs look to give a bigger voice to emerging nations as part of reforms to tackle the current crisis. | | Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:26:31 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Pakistan probes money-change firm | | Pakistan investigates the alleged illegal transfer of foreign currency abroad and arrests two directors of one large firm. | | Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:03:32 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Electric car race | | Bolivia's lithium is needed to drive electric motoring | | Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:07:02 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Tories warn over Brown tax cuts | | The Conservatives say any unfunded Gordon Brown tax cuts would just "pass the debt onto the next generation". | | Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:57:30 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Burt steps up HBOS board attack | | The former banking chief at the centre of calls for a boardroom takeover at HBOS says the bank has been run into the ground. | | Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:11:09 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Travelodge makes £5m price cuts | | Budget hotel chain Travelodge reduces average room rates as the downturn forces the sector to provide greater value. | | Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:36:26 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| US car giants report large losses | | US carmakers GM and Ford report hefty losses and both look to reduce their payrolls in order to cut expenses. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:44:07 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| US jobless rate at 14-year high | | The US jobless rate jumped to 6.5% in October, official figures show, the highest rate since March 1994. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:33:12 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Obama to tackle economy 'head-on' | | US President-elect Barack Obama pledges to confront the economic crisis immediately after taking office in January. | | Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:32:25 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Former Deutsche Post boss charged | | Klaus Zumwinkel, the former head of Deutsche Post, is facing legal charges in connection with an investigation into tax evasion, officials confirmed. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:19:05 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Toymaker Hornby bets on Lewis Hamilton and James Bond | | Toymaker Hornby bets on Lewis Hamilton and James Bond to give its business a boost in the run-up to Christmas. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:39:32 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Lenders heed calls for rate cuts | | The main mortgage lenders have started to respond to the government's demand that they should cut their mortgage rates. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:07:33 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Bank duo oppose Lloyds-HBOS deal | | The ex-chiefs of Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland write to HBOS saying it should remain independent. | | Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:17:16 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Corus to cut steel production 30% | | Europe's second-largest steel company Corus announces plans for a 30% cut in production this winter. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:24:46 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| German production sees sharp fall | | Germany factory output falls sharply in September as the global slowdown hits demand for products from the world's top exporter. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:27:07 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Japan's Daiichi in Ranbaxy deal | | Leading Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo completes its $4.2bn (£2.6bn) takeover of the Indian drugs firm Ranbaxy. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:56:05 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Munich Re profit almost wiped out | | German reinsurance giant Munich Re sees its quarterly profits almost wiped out by the financial crisis and hurricane claims. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:44:16 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Profits plunge at British Airways | | Half-year profits at British Airways fall 91.6% to £52m, with the airline blaming "incredibly difficult trading conditions". | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:04:40 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| European car sales hit the skids | | Car sales in Western Europe fell by 15.5% year-on-year in October, J.D. Power Automotive said. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:19:33 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| EU 'united' on financial reforms | | EU leaders have reached a joint position on financial reforms that they can take to a global summit in Washington, France says. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:37:17 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| IMF and Europe offer Iceland loan | | Iceland is to get a $6bn loan from the International Monetary Fund and some European countries, Poland's finance ministry says. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:30:19 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Disney hit by economic slowdown | | Entertainment company Walt Disney reports lower-than-expected fourth-quarter results as consumer confidence falls. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:19:04 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Panasonic aims to take over Sanyo | | Electronic rivals Panasonic and Sanyo are starting alliance talks, which could result in Panasonic taking over the smaller company. | | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:38:10 GMT | | Click Here For Full Story |
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| Asian markets see mixed trading | | Some stock markets in Asia |
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