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XML Business NewsThomas Cook confident consumers will still go on holidaypublished about 3 hours ago
Thomas Cook shares jumped 5pc after the travel group said it was confident people will still go on holiday despite the economic slowdown.
Thomas Cook Group full-year profits dip 9 pct (AP)published about 3 hours ago
AP - Travel company Thomas Cook Group PLC on Tuesday said full-year profits fell 9 percent despite higher revenues because of higher costs on both its operations and its finances.
Oil falls to 3-year low on bleak U.S. economic newspublished about 3 hours ago
Oil prices fell to a 3-year low below $48 a barrel Tuesday as more bleak U.S. economic news and plunging stock markets darkened ...
Ex-bad boy China praised at climate talks (AP)published about 3 hours ago
AP - Once global warming's bad boy, China is now winning praise for its upbeat role in climate talks, a turnaround perhaps brought on by the effects of carbon emissions on its choking cities, shrinking water resources and increasingly flooded lowlands.
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Rice urges Pakistan to root out extremistspublished about 13 hours ago
Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, yesterday warned that Pakistan faced a "critical moment" in its recent history, one in which its leading institutions must...
Rice urges Islamabad to root out extremistspublished about 13 hours ago
Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, yesterday warned that Pakistan faced a "critical moment" in its recent history, one in which its leading institutions must...
US presses Pakistan to aid probepublished about 13 hours ago
The US yesterday began to put strong pressure on the Pakistani government to give "absolute and total" co-operation to India in the hunt for the ... more
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Top officer to investigate Green arrestpublished about 3 hours ago
A senior police officer has been drafted to lead an 'urgent review' into the arrest of a Conservative frontbech MP as Scotland Yard conceded there ... more
Construction activity and orders fall offpublished about 3 hours ago
Britain's construction sector suffered a further sharp contraction in November, while new orders also fell off sharply, with a drop in input prices the only ... more
Game Group's growth loses steampublished about 4 hours ago
UK games retailer Game Group reports a rise in sales despite the economic gloom, but says its pace of growth has slowed.
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Norway's central bank warns on stabilitypublished about 4 hours ago
Norway's central bank said that it needed to implement additional measures to enhance the stability of the country's banking system and called for stronger links ... more
Germany attacks Brussels over Commerzbankpublished about 5 hours ago
Germany lashed out at the European Commission for delaying approval of a €8.2bn government capital injection into Commerzbank, Germany's second biggest commercial bank
Banks to swap debt for equity in Metrovacesapublished about 6 hours ago
Creditor banks of Metrovacesa, the struggling Spanish property company, plan to take 54 per cent of the company in exchange for debts owed to them, ... more
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Toyota to cut bonuses by 10%published about 5 hours ago
Toyota Motor is to reduce year-end bonuses for thousands of managers by 10% as part of a cost-cutting drive in response to plummeting sales
India demands Pakistan hand over suspectspublished about 5 hours ago
India appeared to take a military strike in response to the attacks on Mumbai off the table after it served Pakistan with a request to ... more
Toyota to cut bonuses by 10%published about 10 hours ago
The world's largest automaker is cutting bonuses for roughly 5,000 managers as the downturn keeps customers away from showrooms worldwide
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Brazil pledges to slash Amazon deforestationpublished about 13 hours ago
The commitment follows an announcement that 12,000 sq km of forest land has been destroyed in the 12 months to the end of July – ... more
Chávez in poll reform pushpublished about 13 hours ago
Venezuela's ruling government's United Socialist party took the first steps yesterday towards seeking a referendum to enable President Hugo Chávez's re-election...
Brazil pledges to make big cut in Amazon deforestationpublished about 13 hours ago
Brazil vowed yesterday to cut the amount of deforestation in the Amazon over the next decade to less than half the current rate. The pledge ... more
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French courts tighten iPod tax loopholepublished about 2 hours ago
Un peu A French court has ruled that foreign retailers must warn consumers to pay the country's so-called "iPod tax" copyright levy on MP3 players ... more
Nokia seeks Control Center croniespublished about 3 hours ago
No place like home hub Nokia wants applications for its smart home box, but it's also sniffing around for companies interested in selling the Linux-based ... more
Video: A toast to online winepublished about 15 hours ago
With old-fashioned liquor laws and complicated shipping procedures, selling or buying wine online has never been easy. But as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explains, it no ... more
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No Quick Exit From Instability For Thailandpublished about 3 hours ago
The country's government was ousted Tuesday by the Constitutional Court, but following elections it may be back in a different form, sparking protests.
FTSE higher after BA enters bid talkspublished about 3 hours ago
London equities recovered on Tuesday, after British Airways said it was in bid talks with the Australian airline Qantas.
Auto Jobs On The Line In Europepublished about 3 hours ago
Aston Martin is the latest - expect more cuts to come carmakers' way.
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Bank plans for overdraft refundspublished about 6 hours ago
The RBS NatWest bank is planning to refund overdraft fees to customers "pro-actively" if it loses the current test case.
Car finance next to feel the freeze, says new reportpublished about 12 hours ago
Finance company collapses over the last year have hit the property development industry, but it is vehicle dealerships that will suffer in the future with ... more
Big-ticket items see cut in VATpublished about 22 hours ago
Shoppers are likely to get the benefit of lower VAT rates when buying big-ticket items, BBC research suggests.
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