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XML Business NewsUK retail sales grow at fastest rate since start of recessionpublished 2 days ago
UK retail sales volumes grew are growing at the fastest annual rate since the start of the recession the Office for National Statistics said.
Vivendi eyes NBC Universal exit: CFO (Reuters)published 2 days ago
Reuters - Vivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part of the future joint venture being discussed by Comcast and General Electric, its chief financial officer said on Thursday.
'This time it's different' are still the four most dangerous words in investingpublished 2 days ago
Since markets bottomed in March most newspapers - apart from The Daily Telegraph - have been full of commentary warning the general public against investing in shares.
Moody’s and S&P Scale Back Business in Australiapublished 2 days ago
Standard & Poor’s has joined Moody’s in withdrawing its application to supply ratings of corporate bonds and other debt-based securities to retail investors after new rules were announced this month.
Sears loss narrows as Kmart shows improvement (Reuters)published 2 days ago
Reuters - Sears Holdings Corp posted a narrower quarterly loss on Thursday as comparable-store sales at its Kmart discount chain rose for the first time in several quarters.
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Lewis to Consider Postponing Retirementpublished about 12 hours ago
BofA CEO Kenneth Lewis said he would consider postponing his retirement if directors need more time to find a successor or smooth the transition to ... more
AMD to Pare Debt With Intel Fundspublished 2 days ago
Advanced Micro Devices said it would use its $1.25 billion settlement from Intel to reduce its debt coming due in 2012 by up to $1.4 ... more
ITV Names New Chairmanpublished Wed, Nov 18 2009 02:33 GMT
ITV named former Asda head Archie Norman as its new chairman, ending a lengthy search beset with problems, and enabling the company to now focus ... more
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Growth outlook at 12-year highpublished 2 days ago
The Bank of England's outlook for medium-term growth is now the strongest of any forecast it has made since it was granted independence in 1997, ... more
Queen fires general election starting gunpublished Wed, Nov 18 2009 05:31 GMT
The Queen has signalled the start of a protracted general election campaign by announcing a nakedly political government legislative programme at the state opening of ... more
Archie Norman to be new ITV chairmanpublished Tue, Nov 17 2009 19:13 GMT
Decision brings to an end an embarrassing seven-month succession process for the UK broadcaster
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Govt rules out auctioning rights to tap ECBspublished 2 days ago
Capital inflows have reached record levels as investors borrow cheap from advanced countries and invest in high-yielding assets in developing countries.
No cure in sight for India-EU drug seizure issuepublished Mon, Nov 16 2009 01:30 GMT
India and the European Union (EU) have begun discussions to resolve the ongoing dispute over the seizure of Indian generic drugs consignments in transit at ... more
Nano has huge potential, says Tata honchopublished Thu, Nov 12 2009 07:39 GMT
The tiny Nano car made by India's Tata Motors has been described by company director Jamshed J. Irani as having huge potential.
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Ireland demands replay in soccer controversypublished 1 day ago
In spite of embarrassment over the nature of the French team's win, the appeal by Brian Cowen, Irish prime minister, for the French government to ... more
Irish industrial harmony faces pay talk testpublished 1 day ago
Ireland's reputation for industrial harmony faces its biggest test in more than 20 years this week as government and trade unions struggle to agree a ... more
Merkel holds coalition talks on tax reformpublished Tue, Nov 17 2009 20:02 GMT
Germany's centre-right government meets to defuse an internal dispute over its tax reform plans, only three weeks after the new partners agreed their four-year policy ... more
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US missile strike kills eight in Pakistanpublished 1 day ago
Security and Taliban officials said a suspected US drone aircraft fired two missiles at a militant stronghold near a town in the North Waziristan region, ... more
Panel gives US Govt right to dismantle big financial firmspublished 2 days ago
WASHINGTON: A House committee voted Wednesday to give the government the right to dismantle financial firms that are so big, interconnected and leveraged that they ... more
Malaysia warned on longstanding goalpublished 2 days ago
Malaysia will remain in a 'middle-income trap' and fail in its longstanding goal of joining the developed world by 2020 unless it can add value ... more
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Taiwan firm uses recycled paper in shoemakingpublished 1 day ago
Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and ... more
To lower interest rates, Citi customers must spendpublished 1 day ago
For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to escape the bank's rate hikes currently under way: Meet a monthly spending requirement. Those who ... more
Customs agents seize 316,000 bongs in LApublished 1 day ago
Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor. U.S. Customs and ... more
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Investors Sue Lawyer in Fraud Probepublished about 20 hours ago
A high-profile attorney under federal investigation for allegedly running a huge fraud scheme has been sued for $100 million by a group of investors.
Bargain Hunting to Boost European Sharespublished 1 day ago
European stocks were expected to open higher, with investors looking to snap up some quick bargains following Thursday's selloff.
Treasury Bill Demand Seen Pushing 3-Month Yield Negativepublished 1 day ago
Demand for the three-month Treasury bill is ramping up as investors seeking protection toward end of the year stock up on the safest securities. At ... more
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Number of employees working past retirement age to doublepublished Mon, Nov 09 2009 11:36 GMT
Nearly a quarter of UK businesses predict that their staff will be working beyond the national retirement age within the next decade
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