General Motors' executives fly in to settle Vauxhall’s way forward
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USwitch looks cheap by comparison with previous price as sale approaches
USwitch, the price comparison website, is close to a sale, but the price tag is thought to be less than half the ?210 million that its owner paid for it three years ago.
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Flawed theories that have brought disastrous results
Last month’s creation of the Institute for New Economic Thinking should provoke some serious soul-searching among professional economists, as well as the policymakers and financiers who have relied on their models.
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Tories plan a voice for business in Europe
George Osborne is planning to assign one of his own Treasury team a specific role in Brussels if the Conservatives win the general election next year.
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Indian Leader, Past Crisis, Sees Path to Growth
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Sunday to spend more on health care and education and make it easier for foreign investors to take part in India’s $1.2 trillion economy.
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Axa insurance prepares launch of ?1.8bn rights issue
Insurance giant Axa Group is readying a €2bn ?1.8bn rights issue that could be launched as early as Monday.
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Fairfax director resigns from board
FAIRFAX Media director David Evans has been forced to resign from the board after a ruling from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the company said.
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Orica unveils growing profits
EXPLOSIVES, paint and chemicals manufacturer Orica Ltd is expecting continued growth in 2010, after posting annual net profit up half a per cent in fiscal 2009.
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WalMart 'sells' Asda for ?6.9bn in group restructuring
WalMart has sold Asda for ?6.9bn to a Leedsbased investment vehicle called Corinth Services Limited which is also owned by the US giant.
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CBA says quarterly cash earnings $1.4bn
COMMONWEALTH Bank of Australia says cash earnings for the September quarter totalled $1.4 billion, following good income growth and continued costs management.
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Lloyds dependency on loans at ?165bn
Lloyds Banking Group's dependency on loans and guarantees from the world's central banks now stands at ?165bn.
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Law chief demands curb on cautions
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Northrop to Sell Consulting Unit in $1.65 Billion L.B.O.
Northrop Grumman agreed on Sunday to sell its TASC government consulting unit to the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and General Atlantic for $1.65 billion in cash, in another sign that private equity firms are back to their core business...
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AXA rejects takeover offer from AMP
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH) has rejected a takeover proposal from AMP working with AXA's French parent, AXA SA.
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MONDAY VIEW: Banks are now a threat to the capitalist system itself
Call it the tax that never was. Gordon Brown's suggestion of a levy on financial transactions in St Andrews was a piece of political grandstanding that unraveled within hours.
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Dollar breaks through 92 US cents
THE dollar opened almost a cent higher as it broke through the 92 US cent mark to a weekly high after five consecutive positive sessions.
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Ministers urged to keep promise on live music
• Small venues seeking licensing law exemption • Musicians see no sign of promised consultation Government inaction over the exemption of small, live music venues from overbearing licensing laws is putting the future of the live music scene in jeopardy,...
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We're not too powerful, says Woolworths
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Goldman boss says banks do 'God's work'
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More women executives taking up golf
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Barclays to publish its 'best ever' profits
Barclays will spark fresh controversy over pay and bonuses when it unveils bumper results that show it is on track to generate its biggest yearly profits.
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Banks may face 'supertax' on all their assets
British banks could face a "supertax" on their balance sheets to fund future bailouts under plans being investigated by the Conservatives and the IMF.
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Kraft recruits banks in hostile bid for Cadbury
More than 10 banks have been marshalled to provide the firepower for Kraft's ?10.2bn hostile bid for Cadbury.
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Unpaid fine by Threshers puts OFT in creditors' line
The Office of Fair Trading could be left with a shortfall of tens of millions of pounds following the collapse of Threshers making it one of the biggest losers from the collapse of the high street wine retailer.
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Hedge funds do battle for Lehman Brothers cash
A multibillion pound legal battle pitching top hedge funds against each other and the collapsed Lehman Brothers is to commence in the High Court.
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Grievance redressal procedure gets more restricted
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Brazil model to tax foreign capital may not work in India
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BAE seeks international warship orders to remain buoyant
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Kraft facing 5pm deadline in battle for Cadbury
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Ed Miliband to deliver nuclear site assessment reports
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Fragile recovery is more in the air than in the economy so far
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Anne Summers: The Gold standards of cheek and chic
Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold tells James Hall why the pursuit of pleasure is no longer taboo and talks of the challenges of being a working mother.
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India Focuses on Education and Health
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Lloyds pledges help to 300000 business startups
Lloyds Banking Group is promising to help 300000 new businesses get off the ground in the next three years and match rivals on charges and fees.
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Vacuum cleaner tycoon Sir James Dyson doles out ?45m among children
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When the Movement for Democratic Change took over Zimbabwe's economy earlier this year there was not much left to run. Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF regime had carried out the most comprehensive destruction of a productive system seen in modern times short...
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Mirror closes final salary pension plan to existing members
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Britons to take top jobs at Jaguar Land Rover and Vauxhall
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Glitnir recruits Kroll to probe fresh ?670m hole in accounts
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Alistair Darling backs Brown's Tobin tax despite cold shoulder from US
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Supermarkets face struggle to meet Competition Commission's deadline on suppliers' code
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Richer Sounds warns of squeeze on margins
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Northern Foods suspends closure of biscuit factory
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High street retailers gloomy about possible 20% VAT rate
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House, Senate health care bills detailed
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Lumberjack eyes 8.5 mln dlr world poker jackpot
The unlikely duo, Joe Cada and Darvin Moon, outlasted seven other competitors in a marathon 17-hour session that took 276 hands of poker.
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Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks grow
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Barclays board discusses new cuts to bonuses
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China's energy-saving, environmental protection industry has bright prospect: official
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FTSE 250 executive pay cuts outstrip bluechip index
Four in every five FTSE 250 companies have frozen directors' salaries this year and chief executives have seen their wages fall more than 7pc as British business reacts to the longestrunning recession on record.
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Tough time for smoothie maker Innocent
Innocent the smoothie maker slumped to a ?9.1m loss last year as the economic downturn European expansion and oneoff accounting charges took their toll.
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The economic week ahead beginning Monday November 9
The economic week ahead beginning Monday November 9
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China Offers Big Aid Package to Africa
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China offered Africa $10 billion in loans over the next three years, saying China was a “true and trusted friend” of the continent.
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Plan to create fund for bailouts hits hurdles
Key players in the Group of 20 refused to support a plan create an insurance fund to pay for bailouts if governments have to step in again to save giant businesses on the brink of collapse.
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Publisher in Portugal Picks a Fine Time to Start a Newspaper
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Shanks profits are highly geared to any recovery
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Green Inc. Column: Balancing Energy Needs and Material Hazards
Companies that make ultrathin solar panels using a toxic compound are watching nervously as the European Union considers expanding a ban on such materials in electrical components.
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G-20: Bailout fund plan hits hurdles
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Richard Branson may bid for national lottery
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Brompton Bicycle: crafted for cult appeal
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Aussie food prices rising at a rapid rate
Cost of feeding family has risen 40 per cent Quicker than Britain, France and Germany Supermarket duopoly the main reason Economic slowdown 'bad for your health'
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Cashless society? Nah, we're in the money
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Aussie food prices rising at a rapid rate
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Drop in job ads raise doubts for recovery
TREASURER Wayne Swan warns the global recovery has a long way to go as job ads fall.
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Cashless society? Nah, we're in the money
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Mickey gets mischievous in Disney makeover
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A beginner's guide to commercial property
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Time to stretch the boundaries
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Emissions plan a meal unfit for human consumption
Instead of denouncing a conspiracy of deniers, the PM should fix the CPRS, writes Mitch Hooke.
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Companies wary of RiskMetrics
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Grape growers crushed
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Man fired for swearing wins apology
A FIREFIGHTER sacked for swearing on emergency radio has won an apology from the Country Fire Authority.
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Analysis: Death to the deficit
The UK has a big public spending deficit. Frances Cairncross of Radio 4's Analysis programme argues that profound cuts in public spending are the only way to balance the books.
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Cadbury awaits latest Kraft move
UK confectioner Cadbury will soon find out if it will be the target of a hostile bid by would-be US suitor Kraft Foods.
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UK confectioner Cadbury will soon find out if it will be the target of a hostile bid by would-be US suitor Kraft Foods.
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Buffett firm sees profits triple
US billionaire Warren Buffett's investment company reports that profits have almost tripled in the third quarter.
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US-POLITICS Summary
House approves bill to overhaul healthcare WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives narrowly endorsed on Saturday the biggest healthcare overhaul in decades, giving President Barack Obama a crucial victory in a battle that now moves to the...
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