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Bank to reveal inflation forecast
The Bank of England is to give a clearer insight into how deep it expects the current downturn in the economy to sink Comments
Yell dives as print blow outstrips digital leap
Beleaguered Yellow Pages directories publisher Yell has seen its shares plunge as much as a quarter after a worse-than-expected slump in revenues Comments (1)
BHP and Rio bet on copper with mine expansion
The future is looking copper-coloured for BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto after the mining giants announced plans to invest $4.5 billion (£2.9 billion) to expand the world's biggest mine for the metal Comments (1)
Domino's Pizza UK takes a slice of online sales
The UK's biggest pizza delivery firm Domino's Pizza UK reported a 14.6% rise in full-year pretax profit, ahead of expectations Comments
Thorntons profits slump
Chocolatier Thorntons posted a lower first-half profit as it needed to discount heavily and spent more on promotional lines to attract cash-strapped consumers Comments
Hotel giant goes for Olympic gold as profits wow the City
Hotelier InterContinental Hotels is looking to emerging markets and especially China to drive future growth Comments
Bloomsbury takes a new passage to India
Publisher Bloomsbury is to set up a new business in India to take advantage of rapidly growing demand from the country's English-speaking middle class CommentsJohn Micklethwait, The Economist
Interview: John Cridland, CBI
Sports Direct scores with profits boost and strong online sales
The UK's biggest sporting goods retailer, Sports Direct International, has said third-quarter profits rose 10% on strong online sales Comments
Relief for Sir Mervyn as inflation takes a tumble
Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King has gained a major victory in his battle to bring down the spiralling cost of living as inflation in January dropped to its lowest level for more than a year Comments (5)
Thai disaster floods Lloyd's with a bill for £1.4 billion
Thailand's worst flooding in 50 years last October will cost the Lloyd's of London insurance market $2.2 billion (£1.4 billion), it has warned Comments
Bank of Japan increases stimulus to boost growth
Bank of Japan has added 10 trillion yen (£83 billion) to its 20 trillion yen pool of funds set aside for asset purchases in a surprise move Comments
Brammer sees profits jump
Industrial services group Brammer has posted a 41% jump in full-year pretax profit on strong demand Comments
Stamp duty date sparks a rush by first-time buyers
First-time buyers spent £2.3 billion getting on the property ladder in December - a 10% rise on the previous month - in a bid to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday which ends next month Comments
Vodafone bid could rescue CWW from the doldrums
Long-suffering investors in Cable & Wireless Worldwide have seen a light at the end of the tunnel as Vodafone admitted it was weighing up a bid for the bombed-out corporate telecoms supplier Comments (3)
Facing a huge loss, scandal-hit Olympus forced to look at tie-ups
Scandal-hit Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus has said it expects to have lost 32 billion yen (£260 million) in the year which ends next month Comments (1)Japan's tsunami setback
Floods in Thailand and a strong yen did heavy damage to Japan as the world's second-biggest economy floundered in the final quarter of 2011, official figures has shown Comments
Job prospects to worsen
Job prospects are set to worsen in the coming months as firms make workers redundant, but job prospects in London are better than elsewhere, a report has warned Comments
City says timing wrong in Moody's UK rating threat
City economists have raised doubts over the timing of the threat by rating agency Moody's to slash the UK's AAA sovereign credit score, arguing that the economy is showing signs of life this year Comments (2)
Why saving may start to make sense again - just
Long-suffering savers at last had some good news today when inflation fell below 4%, meaning there are now seven standard savings accounts paying out a real rate of return CommentsCarlyle cashes in with £650m ATMs sale to Japanese rival
United States private-equity firm Carlyle is to double its money by selling UK cash systems and automatic teller machines business Talaris to a Japanese rival in a deal worth £650 million Comments
Greeks must quickly implement cuts
The Greek government has been challenged to "sell" its latest austerity deal to the public and end a "spiral of unsustainable finances" Comments (4)
'True' jobless total is 6.3m
Unemployment could be as high as 6.3 million in the UK if a different counting measure was used, highlighting the true scale of joblessness, according to a new report Comments (2)
Heathrow boss warns on China hit
The boss of Heathrow today warned capacity constraints were "damaging the UK economy when the country can least afford it" after the number of passengers flying between the UK and China fell for a fourth consecutive month Comments (12)
Aurum gold jeweller's sale hope
Jewellery group Aurum Holdings has delivered a sparkling jump in operating profits as its owners mull a sale of the company Comments'Zombies' on the brink
Growing numbers of "zombie" companies, corporate walking dead staggering on under unsustainable debt burdens, will be tipped over the edge this year by government cuts and a consumer spending squeeze, a report has warned Comments
Footsie hits six-month high after Greeks agree new cuts
Greece's begrudging approval of swingeing cuts in return for a €130 billion (£109 billion) financial rescue has pushed the FTSE 100 to a six-month high, Comments (1)Is Moody’s correct to threaten a downgrade of Britain’s triple A status?
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Reckitt Benckiser is clearly looking to set a world record at the London Olympics
