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BA strike talks end without deal Talks between British Airways and Unite aimed at averting strike action by cabin crew break down without agreement. more...

Smaller losses at Northern Rock Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses. more...

Banking fraud 'moves to internet' Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, research suggests. more...

Pompey axe 85 jobs to cut costs Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs. more...

Banks face harsher stress tests Further stress-testing of UK banks will take place to ensure they can survive a 'double-dip' recession, regulators say. more...

Warning on packaged bank accounts Bank accounts which charge fees for extra benefits may be being mis-sold, the Financial Services Authority has warned. more...

UK economy 'still growing weakly' The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the December to February period, says the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. more...

EMI names ex-ITV boss as chairman Troubled record company EMI - whose artists include Coldplay - has named former ITV boss Charles Allen as its new chairman. more...

UK industrial output falls back Industrial production in the UK fell unexpectedly in January, dropping by 0.4% form December, official data has shown. more...

Photographer Annie Leibovitz snaps up debt rescue deal Photographer Annie Leibovitz does a deal with Colony Capital to clear huge debts that meant she may have lost her library of famous pictures. more...

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Final call Brendan Barber on pension scheme closures more...

Fuel fighters Boeing wins lucrative mid-air refuelling battle more...

Economic storm not over, says PM Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced. more...

EU rule change 'may cut red tape' Small firms may be exempted from having to draw up and lodge annual accounts, after MEPs approve changes to European Union rules. more...

Airlines offer slots in EU probe British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia offer to give up take off and landing slots in London and New York, say EU watchdogs. more...

China's exports see big increase China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade. more...

Cardiff given tax bill deadline Cardiff City are given eight more weeks by the High Court to settle an outstanding tax bill. more...

British Gas faces strike ballot British Gas workers are to vote in a strike ballot over allegations of bullying by management, and on changes to working conditions. more...

Budget to be held on 24 March This year's Budget will be held on Wednesday 24 March, Chancellor Alistair Darling confirms. more...

Top public servants' pay frozen Thousands of top-earning public sector workers, including judges and NHS managers, will have their pay frozen next year. more...

Standard Life enjoys profit boost Insurance firm Standard Life reports better-than-expected profits and unveils plans for a further cost-cutting. more...

Insurers 'face $7bn Chile bill' The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates. more...

Oil price fall hits Tullow profit Oil firm Tullow says profits for 2009 fell by 93% but it is optimistic after major new discoveries in Uganda and Ghana. more...

Cathay Pacific returns to profit Cathay Pacific reports a return to full-year profit as cost cutting and bets on the price of fuel pay off. more...

Payment protection rules delayed The Financial Services Authority is delaying its plans to combat the mis-selling of payment protection insurance. more...

Npower will cut gas bills by 7% Energy company Npower is to cut domestic gas bills by 7% from 26 March, following price cuts by other suppliers. more...

'Sharp cut' in pensions deficit A sharp cut has been reported in the deficit of final salary pension schemes in the private sector, figures show. more...

'Low morale' hits tax authority Low morale and poor leadership is affecting performance at HM Revenue and Customs, a report by MPs says. more...

German exports fall unexpectedly German exports fell unexpectedly in January, with analysts saying that the cold weather that month was to blame. more...

Obama backs Greece on speculators President Barack Obama has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks. more...

UK trade gap widens in January The UK goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widens in January, causing the pound to dip below $1.50. more...

Aer Lingus to make 670 job cuts Aer Lingus announces plans to lay off 670 staff, including nearly a quarter of its cabin crew, as part of restructuring plans. more...

EU concern over end of tanker bid Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal. more...

BA strike action talks continuing Talks aimed at averting strike action by BA cabin crew are continuing at the TUC, after a deadline was extended. more...

Toyota rejects electronics fears Toyota rejects claims that faulty electronics could be behind its worldwide recall of more than eight million cars. more...

Car sales see continued recovery UK car sales in February were up by 26.4% compared with the same month last year, industry figures show. more...

China denies World Cup sweatshop A Shanghai company denies it used sweatshop labour to produce World Cup mascots, as Fifa suspends its contract. more...

£10m to get students into sport Universities are to be given £10m of National Lottery money to encourage more students to get involved in sport. more...

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Retailers launch initiatives to support industry skills development Research published today by IGD, has found that 80% of food manufacturers and retailers expect to increase their training and development budget per head over the next ten years. The research w..... more...

Target launches scannable mobile coupon program Target is the first national retailer in the US to offer a scannable mobile coupon program that enables customers to receive exclusive offers directly on their mobile phones. Coupons are redeem..... more...

Loblaw pilots solar energy projects Loblaw has announced that it is to install innovative solar technology on the rooftops of four stores in Ontario as pilot projects. Select Loblaw stores in Ajax, Orleans, Toronto and Whitby, wi..... more...

Sam's Club unveils new joint business planning approach Sam’s Club has announced a new joint business planning (JBP) approach to foster collaboration with its suppliers across all categories to increase value for its members, provide profitable grow..... more...

Lower inflation impacts food sector performance Figures from the BRC Retail Sales Monitor for February reveal that UK total retail sales rose 4.5% year-on-year on a total basis, against a 1.2% increase in January when the retail sector..... more...

Schuitema gets conditional approval for acquisition The Dutch Competition Commission (NMa) has conditionally granted approval for Schuitema to acquire 79 former Super de Boer supermarkets, now owned by Jumbo Groep. The announcement forms part of..... more...

Increase in profits for Norwegian retailer Reitangruppen Reitangruppen has announced a strong performance for 2009 with solid sales results and an increase in profits compared with the previous year.Odd Reitan, chairman of Reitangruppen commen..... more...

Margins under pressure at Kroger Kroger has reported that total sales, including fuel, increased 7.2% to $18.6bn in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. Excluding fuel sales, in the fourth quarter total sales increased 2.0% and ..... more...

Lower US gas margins impact Couche-Tard Couche-Tard's third quarter results, covering the 16 weeks to February 1, 2010, reveal that total sales increased by 26.2% year-on-year to $4.9bn. This strong growth is mainly due to incr..... more...

Waitrose outlines growth plans Waitrose's Managing Director Mark Price has reiterated his company's plans to significantly grow the business over the long term. Over the next ten years, the goal is double the size of the bus..... more...

Ex-Cazenove partner found guilty of insider dealing Malcolm Calvert, a former partner at Cazenove, the Queen?s stockbroker, has been convicted of insider dealing and faces up to seven years in prison. more...

Bare essentials raise cheer at Waitrose It was low-key at the time, but today marks the first anniversary of essential Waitrose, one of the most significant developments in the UK grocery sector since the takeover, in 2003, of Safeway by Wm Morrison. more...

Chinese exports surge in reaction to bank policy Chinese trade surged last month following the country?s rise in bank lending, leading economists to predict a strong increase in exports over the course of 2010. more...

Japanese gaming to profit from child subsidies Japan's gambling industry is expected to be an unlikely beneficiary of a national child subsidy scheme, which aims to shower parents with cash and encourage young couples to start families. more...

FSA tells banks to stress-test for two more years of recession British banks and building societies have been ordered by regulators to check that they could withstand another two years of recession, millions more people losing their jobs and a steep fall in house prices. more...

Europe signals go-ahead for BA's US alliance The last barrier to the proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines has been lowered after the European Commission indicated that it would approve the deal. more...

EMI turns to ex-ITV boss to lead turnaround EMI has turned to the former boss of Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster to lead it back to the forefront of modern music. more...

Microsoft launches free rival to BBC iPlayer - the MSN Video Player Microsoft is launching a free online video player - the first serious rival to the BBC?s iPlayer more...

Banks to disclose staff earning over £500,000 The Government is to force banks to reveal how many of their staff earn more than £500,000 a year as part of plans to rein in excessive risk-taking and remuneration. more...

Sterling dives on surprise fall in factory output Sterling plunged further against the dollar today after official figures revealed British manufacturing output unexpectedly fell in January at its sharpest monthly rate since last August. more...

Brown pitches on economy with £3bn pay freeze Gordon Brown today made a controversial pledge to freeze the pay of top civil servants, judges, generals and doctors to save £3 billion, as he made a pitch to British voters over his handling of the economy. more...

Loss-making Northern Rock to give staff £15m bonus Northern Rock, the state-owned bank bailed out with £26 billion in taxpayers? funds, will share a £14.9 million bonus among its staff despite running up a loss over 2009. more...

BAA reports first rise in passengers for a year BAA, the airports operator, has recorded its first increase in domestic passenger numbers in two years as the improving economy has encouraged people to start flying again. more...

Unite union tables last-minute deal to avert crippling BA cabin crew strike British Airways will respond today to a last-minute offer by the Unite union that could prevent a cabin crew strike, according to sources close to the talks. more...

Investigators to look into Toyota incident Federal safety investigators in the US are sending a technical specialist to investigate a Toyota Prius car that reportedly accelerated out of control on a California freeway on Monday. more...

Financial woes of the ultra-secretive Glazers, owners of Manchester United United fans have hated the Glazers since the family bought the club in the teeth of opposition from its supporters in 2005. more...

Red Knights battle for United as Beckham returns to Old Trafford It is a journey that David Beckham has made hundreds of times before. more...

Rob rich bankers and give money to the poor Banking occupies a unique niche in the economy. Both vital and prone to crisis, Wall Street and the City of London are the beating hearts of the economy, pumping liquidity through the arteries of industry nationally and globally. When they suffer a financial arrhythmia, as in the dire crisis of September 2008, the entire world economy risks sudden death. more...

Forget manufacturing, the future is food, says Sainsbury?s boss Sainsbury?s and Asda are setting up landmark schemes to train apprentices and sell the food retail industry as a career choice. more...

Korea unveils the ?future of transport? ? the Online Electric Vehicle Its inventors believe that this is the future of urban transport ? but it was hard not to be underwhelmed as the test vehicle trundled around a circuit on the edge of the South Korean capital. more...

Death by a thousand cuts The coroner was unequivocal. The last four soldiers to be blown up in a Snatch Land Rover in Afghanistan were unlawfully killed. They should not have died, and did so because they were inadequately equipped. By now, this must surprise nobody. It certainly would not have surprised those troops themselves. As the Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner David Masters reminded us yesterday, their commanding officer had requested a different vehicle for the mission, only to be told that none was available. more...

Deutsche Bahn may run London to Frankfurt service Deutsche Bahn could start high-speed train services from London to Frankfurt by December 2012, Eurotunnel has announced. more...

Legoland owner Merlin Entertainments may resurrect flotation plans The company behind Legoland and Madame Tussauds, which pulled its £2 billion stock market flotation last month, hinted yesterday that it could try again by the end of June. more...

Former cab driver convicted of £34m fraud A company director who tricked thousands of people out of their savings by promising them a fivefold return on their investment was convicted yesterday of a £34 million Ponzi fraud. more...

Law firms prepare to float on the stock market City law firms are preparing to raise millions of pounds from external investors as the British legal market braces for its own version of Big Bang. more...

Jihad Jane: American blonde wanted to kill Muhammad cartoonist A blonde, blue-eyed, diminutive American woman using the nom de guerre 'Jihad Jane' has been revealed as an alleged terrorist who plotted to murder the Swedish artist vilified by Muslims because of his drawings of the Prophet Muhammad. more...

Carla Bruni denies affair rumours sparked by Twitter and internet gossip Carla Bruni, the singer-wife of President Sarkozy, vouched for the fidelity of her husband today after some foreign media reported French internet gossip suggesting that their marriage was in difficulty. more...

Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks installs panic room and booby-trapped art A Swedish cartoonist whose controversial image of the Prophet Muhammad led to a series of death threats said today that he had secured his property with a homemade panic room and booby-trapped artwork. more...

Kidnapped boy's father 'has returned to UK' The father of a five-year-old British boy held captive in Pakistan has returned to the UK, sources said today. more...

Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that "the Devil is at work inside the Vatican", according to the Holy See's chief exorcist. more...

Swedish media reprint cartoon that inspired alleged murder plot Three leading Swedish newspapers and the national broadcaster today carried a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body after an alleged plot to murder the artist was unveiled in Ireland. more...

Soldiers kill two as tensions run high in Nigeria massacre city Security forces have shot dead two people in the central Nigerian city of Jos as tensions continue after Sunday's sectarian massacre. more...

Soldiers kill two as tensions run high after Nigeria massacre Security forces have shot dead two people in the central Nigerian city of Jos as tensions continue after Sunday's sectarian massacre. more...

Jihad Jane: American blonde accused of terror plot A blonde American woman who went under the online alias "Jihad Jane" has been accused of plotting to murder a Swedish cartoonist for drawing a picture of the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog, it emerged today. more...

Hundreds held in pre-emptive Tibet crackdown Hundreds of Tibetans were rounded up in Lhasa today and armed paramilitaries patrolled the streets even as Tibetan exiles marked the anniversary of an abortive 1959 uprising against Chinese rule. more...

Gunmen kill five in attack on World Vision office in Pakistan Suspected Islamic militants stormed the offices of a Christian charity in northwestern Pakistan today, killing five local staff in an attack that will further complicate aid work in the volatile region. more...

'Dead' elephant calf born alive at Australian zoo An elephant calf was born at a zoo in Sydney this morning just days after staff were mourning its death in the womb. more...

Sonia Gandhi hails historic vote on women in India After two days of chaotic scenes in India's parliament, its upper house has overwhelmingly approved an historic bill that would reserve one third of seats in the national and state legislatures for women. more...

New law bans Aung San Suu Kyi from elections in Burma Aung San Suu Kyi, the imprisoned Burmese democracy leader, will be forced to quit her political party and banned from taking part in elections, under new laws published today by the country?s military dictatorship. more...

China rejects claims it is behind cyber attacks China has hit back at a report in The Times that it is behind a surge in international cyber attacks, saying that it is as much a victim of such attacks as any other country and opposes internet warfare. more...

American panda explores his surroundings at new home in China After a month in quarantine the American-born panda Tai Shan explored his new home in southwest China when he was put on public display for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival. more...

Japan owns up to Cold War deal that broke nuclear taboo Japan lied for almost half a century about secret agreements to allow visits by nuclear-armed American naval ships, according to a government report. more...

Pope's brother: I hit children while working at boarding school The Pope?s brother gave a rare insight yesterday into a pervasive culture of violence at Roman Catholic institutions, admitting that he hit children while he was choirmaster at a German boarding school. more...

Seven Muslims arrested over 'plot to kill cartoonist' Seven people have been arrested in the Republic of Ireland over a suspected plot to kill a Swedish artist who portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a dog and had a $100,000 ($£66,000) al-Qaeda bounty on his head. more...

Baroness Ashton appeals for end to personal attacks Baroness Ashton of Upholland will today appeal for an end to the infighting and personal attacks which have marred her first 100 days as the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs. more...

Princess Caroline's husband fined for assault on hotel manager 10 years ago Prince Ernst August of Hanover, husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, was fined ?200,000 (£181,000) in Germany yesterday for assaulting a hotel manager a decade ago. more...

'Naked' Rahm Emanuel adds twist to President Obama's health reforms President Obama?s troubled and marathon effort to reform the US health industry took a bizarre twist yesterday after a Democratic congressman said he was lambasted over the issue by a naked White House chief of staff in a men?s locker room. more...

Drivers warned of drunks in road as Romania tries to reduce accidents Road signs warning drivers that drunken people may be in the road have been put up to reduce the number of accidents. more...

Israel announces 1,600 new homes as Joe Biden starts peace talks Israel announced the construction of 1,600 homes in east Jerusalem yesterday, even as Joe Biden, the US Vice-President, spent his second day in the country trying to kick-start the peace process. more...

Britain makes fresh protests to US over stance on Falklands British diplomats have expressed serious concerns to the US State Department at least three times over Washington?s response to the latest dispute over the Falkland Islands, The Times has learnt. more...

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