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03/10/2010
Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.

03/10/2010
Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew are due to resume later, after a deadline was extended.

03/09/2010
The UK goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widens in January, causing the pound to dip below $1.50.

03/09/2010
The Financial Services Authority is delaying its plans to combat the mis-selling of payment protection insurance.

03/09/2010
Aer Lingus announces plans to lay off 670 staff, including nearly a quarter of its cabin crew, as part of restructuring plans.

03/09/2010
President Barack Obama has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks.

03/09/2010
Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal.

03/09/2010
Marks and Spencer's chairman and chief executive will reduce his role in the company this year - and says he will take a pay cut.

03/09/2010
Energy company Npower is to cut domestic gas bills by 7% from 26 March, following price cuts by other suppliers.

03/09/2010
Photographer Annie Leibovitz does a deal with Colony Capital to clear huge debts that meant she may have lost her library of famous pictures.

03/08/2010
The £20 note featuring composer Sir Edward Elgar is to be withdrawn from circulation by the Bank of England in June.

03/09/2010
10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst

03/08/2010
Brendan Barber on pension scheme closures

03/09/2010
Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailers

03/09/2010
Boeing wins lucrative mid-air refuelling battle

03/09/2010
Maybe we can't devalue our way out of trouble

03/09/2010
Paying when companies shed pensions liabilities

03/09/2010
Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said.

03/09/2010
The Chevron oil firm is looking for bids for a refinery that directly employs around 1,400 people in Pembrokeshire.

03/09/2010
Retail sales bounced back in February after a tough January on the High Street, the latest figures show.

03/09/2010
Eurotunnel, which manages the Channel Tunnel, makes an annual profit of 1.4m euros despite a "poor economic environment".

03/09/2010
Madam Tussauds, Sea Life and London Eye owners, Merlin, weathers the downturn with visitor growth and expansion plans.

03/09/2010
Greece's prime minister asks the US to crack down on speculators he blames for worsening his country's debt woes.

03/08/2010
A deal is reached in the long-running dispute at Royal Mail over modernising the postal service which led to strikes last year.

03/08/2010
Toyota rejects claims that faulty electronics could be behind its worldwide recall of more than eight million cars.

03/08/2010
The Takeover Panel receives a complaint over assurances given by Kraft that it would save a Cadbury plant it is now closing.

03/08/2010
E.on says it will cut gas bills by 6% from 31 March, saving almost two million customers an average of £42 a year.

03/08/2010
Europe may set up a version of the International Monetary Fund to bolster the eurozone's financial stability.

03/09/2010
A sharp cut has been reported in the deficit of final salary pension schemes in the private sector, figures show.

03/09/2010
Low morale and poor leadership is affecting performance at HM Revenue and Customs, a report by MPs says.

03/08/2010
The number of mortgage deals on offer to borrowers rose by 6% in the past month, according to Moneyfacts.

03/08/2010
The CBI wants the Budget to deliver plans to balance public finances by 2016 - two years earlier than currently planned.

03/08/2010
Almost four in five people worldwide see internet access as a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.

03/08/2010
Portugal announces a series of new austerity measures as it seeks to avoid a debt crisis like the one in Greece.

03/09/2010
Electronics giant Sony says its new 3D television will be on sale in Japan from June, with a cost of £2,600 for a 46-inch screen model.

03/08/2010
AIG sells an insurance group to rival MetLife for $15.5bn, as it continues to raise funds to pay off a federal bail-out.

03/08/2010
Aer Lingus, the Irish airline, has delayed plans to unveil its results Tuesday after cabin crew rejected a cost-cutting proposal.

03/04/2010
UK car sales in February were up by 26.4% compared with the same month last year, industry figures show.

03/02/2010
Ford reports a jump in US sales of 43% last month, selling more cars than its great rival General Motors, as Toyota sales slip.

03/08/2010
The Olympic Delivery Authority says it cannot guarantee all National Lottery money used for London 2012 will be returned.

03/09/2010
West Brom's shirts will feature a "Help Chile" logo for the home game with Sheffield Wednesday.

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