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Blue chips fall to lowest point in seven months (27 November 07:30) |
| US blue-chip stocks fell to their lowest level in seven months yesterday as heightened fears of a US economic slowdown and acute turmoil in world credit markets sapped... |
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China rejects calls by Sarkozy for swifter exchange rate reforms (27 November 07:30) |
| China yesterday waved aside a call from Nicolas Sarkozy for accelerated appreciation of the renminbi against the euro, telling the visiting French president it would... |
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Climb runs risk of exhaustion (27 November 07:30) |
| Fifty-nine year old Wang Shi is the kind of person one might expect to try to climb Cho Oyu, the world's sixth tallest peak, without an oxygen mask. An avid... |
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China rejects Sarkozy call to hasten rise of renminbi (27 November 07:30) |
| China yesterday waved aside a call from Nicolas Sarkozy for accelerated appreciation of the renminbi against the euro, telling the visiting French president it would... |
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'One big country club' (27 November 07:30) |
| When New York City's Michael Bloomberg launched Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a nationwide campaign seeking to stop the flow of illicit weapons in cities and towns... |
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Are you held back by your teeth and glasses? (27 November 07:30) |
| Sandy Dumont is paid by companies to improve how their staff look. The idea is that after a session with the Virginia-based corporate image consultant, they will look... |
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JJB feels England's pain (27 November 07:30) |
| Sports goods retailer JJB Sports fell after Citigroup cut its stance on JJB from "hold" to "sell". Shares in JJB, the UK's second biggest seller of England football... |
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Sanyo to reveal plans for shake-up (27 November 07:30) |
| When Seiichiro Sano, the president of Sanyo, faces an audience today and outlines his long-awaited restructuring plans for the embattled consumer electronics company,... |
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In times of panic, count to Zen (27 November 07:30) |
| In 1985 my dad made $5m. Well, not really. He had a company, Consco Enterprises, which made accounting software for Fortune 100 companies. His company went public... |
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HSBC's revelation further depresses bank sector (27 November 07:30) |
| Wall Street stocks declined yesterday as heightened fears of a US economic slowdown and acute turmoil in world credit markets sapped further confidence from investors... |
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Scepticism as 'safe-as-houses' investments disappear (27 November 07:30) |
| When Taj Nota bought £350 of Northern Rock shares a few months ago he admits it was a punt. "The media were saying Northern Rock was in trouble but when it fell... |
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Philips to firm US role with bid for Genlyte (27 November 07:30) |
| Philips, the Dutch consumer goods and electronics group, has launched a €1.8bn ($2.7bn) agreed bid for Genlyte, the US lighting fixtures maker, as part of an... |
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Why nobody wants to see inflation with no clothes on (27 November 07:30) |
| The Emperor's New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about the fear of challenging mass delusion, is a story with resonance today. Nowhere in economic... |
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Online US retail sales exceed expectations (27 November 01:10) |
| US online retail sales have been growing at better-than-expected rates in the run-up to the holidays, according to Wall Street analysts and internet retailers |
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Dubai fund takes stake in Sony (27 November 12:26) |
| Dubai International Capital continued its thrust into Asia, unveiling a "significant investment" in Sony |
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Galileo clears funding hurdle (26 November 07:30) |
| A long-delayed European Union rival to the US Global Positioning System has cleared a vital hurdle after EU members agreed on how to finance the troubled satellite... |
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Customer relations hit zenith (26 November 07:30) |
| Potent new-generation tools for consumer relationship management (CRM) are redesigning the investment products offered by bancassurers and insurance companies... |
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Any basic spreadsheet program lets you copy and delete (26 November 07:30) |
| From Mr Graham Cox. Sir, If it is indeed the case that HM Revenue and Customs would have had to go back to its IT software provider to strip a few columns out of a... |
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Galileo project clears funds hurdle (26 November 07:30) |
| A long-delayed European Union rival to the US Global Positioning System has cleared a vital hurdle after EU member states agreed on how to finance the troubled... |
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John Lewis eyes Christmas present (26 November 07:30) |
| John Lewis, the high street retailer, is seeing signs promising a better Christmas than last year, as sales last week topped £78m - up 10 per cent year-on-year... |
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Galileo project clears funding hurdle (26 November 07:30) |
| A long-delayed European Union rival to the US Global Positioning System has cleared a vital hurdle after EU member states agreed on how to finance the troubled... |
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Kiala fundraising wraps up €26m (26 November 07:30) |
| Kiala, the Belgian delivery business, has raised €26m ($38.5m) from a capital increase to fund the roll-out of its network that allows customers to collect parcels... |
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Notes of caution accompany wraps (26 November 07:30) |
| In the UK in recent months there has been a huge wave of interest in wrap platforms, which provide online services used by financial intermediaries to administer... |
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Radio eyes gold at end of digital spectrum (26 November 07:30) |
| Is there anything that commercial radio can do to arrest its decline? That must be the question crackling around the airwaves this week as the industry tries to digest... |
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Bird flu deal eludes WHO (26 November 07:30) |
| Rich and poor members of the World Health Organisation failed to cut a deal to grant greater benefits to developing countries that share bird flu virus samples... |
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Vega rises on unsolicited bid approach (24 November 08:35) |
| Shares in the consulting and technology services provider jumped almost 10% after the takeover offer believed to be from Finmeccanica, an Italian defence contractor |
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Trendspotter - Lap it up (24 November 07:30) |
| When laptops were launched they were no doubt hailed as the personal computer you could use anywhere. But the truth is that they are not nearly as flexible and... |
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Same difference (24 November 07:30) |
| The Undercover Economist - Tim Harford Why income inequality hasn't changed much in 2,000 years ''Life's not fair,'' my parents always used to say. Bill Gates and the... |
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Who really needs a watch any more? (24 November 07:30) |
| From Mr Richard Allen. Sir, Having spent a large sum of money it is understandable that the consumer will want to enjoy tinkering with his (or her) watch. It is a... |
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Directors' Deals: Transactions in own companies (24 November 07:30) |
| Most of the board at Aim-listed Freeplay Energy added shares this week under a rights issue. The company, which makes products that create energy from human and... |
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CNP and Postbank ease pain as bourses decline (24 November 07:30) |
| A number of high-profile merger announcements and rumours this week helped keep a lid on losses for European equity markets. Meanwhile, the closure of US markets on... |
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Anglo American worth a dig (24 November 07:30) |
| The current shake-out in the markets is likely to create good opportunities to enter long positions in the bull market's leaders. Miners are among the most obvious... |
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Prehistory Lessons (24 November 07:30) |
| Feature An international team of scientists is working to sequence Neanderthal DNA. But will even that achievement give us reliable answers to questions about our... |
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Tradition versus renewal (24 November 07:30) |
| Apart from great seafood, the century-old Els Pescadors -restaurant serves up a neat microcosm of Poble Nou, on Barcelona's north-eastern flank. Once an unpretentious... |
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Business Systems back in the black (24 November 07:30) |
| A change in business mix enabled Business Systems to move back into profit for the first time in 18 months. The IT services group has been trying to secure stable... |
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Reformer's return raises hopes of change in N Korea (24 November 07:30) |
| Interpreting changes in North Korea's opaque power structure - a pastime that is sometimes referred to as "Kim-inology" - is notoriously difficult. Kim Jong-il and his... |
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BT hopes to export electronic data scheme (23 November 09:55) |
| The company aims to market its expertise in health IT and electronic patient records to the Middle East and Africa on the back of the key role it played in the NHS system |
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VIEW FROM THE TOP (23 November 07:30) |
| Solomon (Sol) Trujillo took the reins at Telstra two years ago with a board mandate to transform the stodgy former state-owned Australian telecoms business and its... |
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Psion hit by fears over US market weakness (23 November 07:30) |
| Shares in Psion tumbled nearly 17 per cent yesterday after the hand-held electronic device maker warned over weakness in the US market. The group said yesterday it... |
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Siemens to keep hold on Areva NP (23 November 07:30) |
| Siemens, the German engineering conglomerate, is determined to retain a role at the heart of the French nuclear engineering industry, in spite of French government... |
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Vizio eclipses bigger rivals in LCD TV sales (23 November 07:30) |
| A small California TV manufacturer will be fighting it out with consumer electronics giants Samsung, Sharp and Sony to be the leading seller of LCD televisions during... |
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Multinationals out of favour (23 November 07:30) |
| Investors are losing their appetite for US multinationals amid mounting worries that the weak dollar and growth in the rest of the world will fail to offset a slowing... |
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Psion 21% off on profit warning (23 November 07:30) |
| Weak demand in North America drove Psion to issue a profits warning, pushing the shares down 21.5 per cent in morning trading yesterday. The group, which makes rugged... |
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Refining hub will be largest in world (23 November 07:30) |
| Reliance Industries and Essar Oil, India's largest private sector oil refiners, are set to create the world's biggest petroleum refining hub as part of plans to expand... |
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Norilsk duo struggle to unwind partnership (23 November 07:30) |
| The chic French ski resort of Courchevel and a grimy mining city in Russia's Arctic circle seem a million miles apart. But the two worlds collided spectacularly a few... |
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Phoenix chief goes part-time (23 November 07:30) |
| Nick Robinson, the founder and chief executive of Phoenix IT Group, the information technology services and business continuity group, is going part-time. Mr Robinson,... |
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Eco-apathy is not the problem in UK (23 November 07:30) |
| From Mr Rod Barthet. Sir, Nick Butler remarks that "in Europe there is a degree of climate fatigue" ("Climate change is the real energy challenge", November 22). In... |
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Kesa warns of sales slowdown (23 November 07:30) |
| Kesa Electricals said it had seen signs of a slowdown in the market for big electrical appliances when it reported flat comparable sales at Comet, the UK retailer, but... |
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View from the top: Sol Trujillo, chief executive of Telstra (23 November 07:30) |
| Solomon (Sol) Trujillo took the reins at Telstra two years ago with a board mandate to transform the stodgy former state-owned Australian telecoms business and its... |
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Kesa warns of slowdown in big-ticket items (23 November 07:30) |
| Kesa Electricals said it had seen signs of a slowdown in the market for big electrical appliances when it reported flat comparable sales at Comet, the UK retailer, but... |
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