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Britain's economic recovery in doubt after fall in January retail sales

Britain’s economic recovery was put in doubt today after the British Retail Consortium published figures showing a drop in like for like retail sales of 0.7 per cent in January. Read More
Customers leave a Mothercare shop in London

Mothercare, Boots in children's clothing deal

Mothercare and Alliance Boots have agreed to design, source and supply a new children's clothing an...
A red traffic light is seen behind an Opel logo as trade union members blocked access for car parts to be delivered to the Opel assembly plant of Antwerp

GM seeks state aid for Opel - Germany

General Motors has made an application to Germany for state aid under which the federal and regional...
 

Barclays Chief Executive John Varley defends curbs on 'proprietary trading'

Barclays' Chief Executive, John Varley has refuted suggestions today that curbs on 'proprietary trading' announced by Obama's administration would help banks avoid another crisis.

Lloyds and RBS "unlikely" to meet lending targets despite government baliout promise

Part-nationalised banks Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group have been criticised by MPs for not lending enough to home...

Reckitt Benckiser shares a "buy" ahead of full year trading update

Reckitt Benckiser shares were down ahead of tomorrow’s full year trading update and have been rated a “buy” by an analyst at Harg...

TUI trebles loss in Q1, shares flat along with FTSE 100

Shares in TUI Travel were broadly flat today after the company said it had more than trebled its underlying operating loss in the ...

Nikkei closes down; Japan Airlines flat; Toyota, Panasonic down

Japan's Nikkei 225 closed down Monday to a two month low. Toyota shares fell despite the President Akio Toyoda apologising on Fr...

Market concerned over 'hung parliament' say Nomura

The market is concerned over the latest opinion polls putting the Conservative government with only a narrow lead over Labour in t...

British Land shares rise after Q3 news, boosting Lloyds, RBS and FTSE 100

Property companies and banks, including Lloyds and RBS, have seen their shares rise and have boosted the FTSE 100 after British La...

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Customers leave a Mothercare shop in London
COMPANIES
Mothercare, Boots in children's clothing deal
Mothercare and Alliance Boots have agreed to design, source and supply a ne...
A worker secures Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid vehicles on a trailer in Toyota, central Japan
COMPANIES
Toyota recalls Prius, other hybrids over brakes
Defeated candidate Yulia Tymoshenko "will never recognise" the victory of...
The logo of Swiss bank UBS is pictured in front of the Swiss Federal Palace in Bern
COMPANIES
UBS back to profit in fourth quarter
Swiss bank UBS posted its first quarterly net profit since...
Customers leave a Mothercare shop in London
COMPANIES
Mothercare, Boots in children's clothing deal
Mothercare and Alliance Boots have agreed to design, source and supply a ne...
A worker secures Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid vehicles on a trailer in Toyota, central Japan
COMPANIES
Toyota recalls Prius, other hybrids over brakes
Defeated candidate Yulia Tymoshenko "will never recognise" the victory of...
The logo of Swiss bank UBS is pictured in front of the Swiss Federal Palace in Bern
COMPANIES
UBS back to profit in fourth quarter
Swiss bank UBS posted its first quarterly net profit since...
Companies
UBS's Gruebel needs more time as clients pull money

UBS <UBSN.VX> <UBS.N> will need to stay profitable in futu... Full Story

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Markets
Immunodiagnostic Systems options exercised

Diagnostic testing kit producer Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings has ... Full Story

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Finance
Job market recovers further in January

The labour market is slowly starting to recover, with the biggest incr... Full Story

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Technology
Apple iPad launch marks birth of media tablet segment, will spur market growth: ABI Research

The £600 million tablet computer industry, which has enjoyed lim... Full Story

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World
Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament, calls poll

Sri Lanka's newly re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolved par... Full Story

UK
Crystal Palace FC advertised in the FT by administrators

Crystal Palace Football Club, the South London team with £30 mil... Full Story

 
 
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