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ALL Business - USA BusinessThe Chancellor is spending the weekend putting the final touches to a package of tax cuts and increases in public spending.
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Permanent Link: Darling fine-tunes recovery plan
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A senior MP says he believes energy companies are increasing customers' direct debit payments by more than is needed.
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Oil prices bounce back from a three-and-a-half year low, tracking Asian stocks higher, but are still below $50 a barrel.
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US shares rise sharply on reports that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his treasury secretary, reassuring investors.
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Shares in Citigroup, one of the biggest banks in the US, fell sharply on Friday amid ongoing uncertainty over the company's future.
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Chancellor Alistair Darling is reportedly planning to force banks to lend to small firms in the pre-Budget report.
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The challenge of a pre-Budget report in hard times
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The eurozone's recession is deepening rapidly, with private sector activity contracting this month at the fastest rate for at least a decade, a closely watched survey has indicated
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Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, surprised investors with the announcement that Lee Scott, chief executive since 2000, would retire in February as the retailer flourishes amid the broad economic downturn
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The slide in European markets continued today as the FTSE 100 Index registered its lowest close for more than five years.
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Permanent Link: Footsie ends week on five-year low
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Mining stocks helped keep the FTSE 100 off its lowest level for the year on Friday, but the benchmark index continued its decline as defensive pharmas and utilities sold off
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Shares continue slump in spite of planned investment of about $250m by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, its largest individual investor
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Permanent Link: Citigroup crisis deepens
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The sale of payment protection insurance alongside goods sold in catalogues should be restricted, says the Competition Commission.
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Permanent Link: Catalogue sales face PPI checks
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A watchdog calls on the Post Office to stamp out lengthy queues for customers and says too many businesses assume customers are happy to queue.
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A collaboration in the US is aiming to create artificial brain circuits that mimic the structure and workings of neurons.
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Stephen Whittaker was in charge of the £343m UK Growth Fund, which has fallen 52.4% over the past two years, compared with an average 31.2% fall among peer funds and a 30.5% drop in the FTSE All-Share index
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Will South Africa's 2010 World Cup be hit by a downturn?
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Meat hygiene inspectors across the UK vote in favour of strike action in a row over work patterns and overtime payments.
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Property sales rose by 8% in October, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs.
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The two leading bankers who had hoped to stop Lloyds TSB taking over HBOS abandon their plan for independence.
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