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Two houses for me, no jobs for you

06.11.09

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Gunman gave away furniture on morning of shootings

06.11.09

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, is an American citizen, born and raised in Virginia. His parents emigrated to the US from a Palestinian town near Jerusalem. Military officials said he is of Jordanian origin... more

City remains positive despite shockers from BA and RBS

06.11.09

Stock market investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached Ł1.79 billion during the first six months of the year ... more

British Airways announces first ever summer loss

06.11.09

British Airways remained deep in the red after announcing a record pre-tax loss of Ł292 million for the six months to the end of September... more

Tate & Lyle’s new boss makes a sweet start

06.11.09

Former Reckitt Benckiser executive Javed Ahmed oversaw his first results statement as boss of Tate & Lyle today, and reported reasonably sweet figures ... more

Zenyatta can strike a blow for girl power in Classic encounter

06.11.09

In sport's battle of the sexes it's nearly always the men that have the upper hand, but horseracing is the exception to this rule... more

Romance in Paper Heart

06.11.09

You will find cheaply made American independent docudrama Paper Heart, charming or faintly irritating... more

All life through the lens with Taylor Wessing prize

06.11.09

It is hardly surprisingly that the overall winner of this year's Ł12,000 Photographic Portrait Prize is Paul Floyd Blake's image of Rosie Bancroft... more

High school vampire teasing in Jennifer's Body

06.11.09

Jennifer's Body, starring Megan Fox, is no ordinary splatter movie but one written by Diablo Cody, who penned Juno... more

CDs of the week: Robbie Williams has a cracking comeback album

06.11.09

When Robbie Williams's pleasing, pleading voice is coupled with a background orchestra on Superblind he has something he's never previously come close to: gravitas.... more

America offers Burma a deal on sanctions

05.11.09

A senior US diplomat said today Washington will not lift its sanctions on Burma unless its ruling generals make concrete progress toward democratic reform... more

British military tells Obama not to dither as UN evacuates 600 workers

05.11.09

Latest: British military chiefs urged President Obama not to dither over Afghanistan as the allied death toll continues to rise... more

Unilever rules out bid

05.11.09

Consumer goods giant Unilever today ruled itself out as a potential white knight for Cadbury, as the UK chocolate maker battles to fight off an unwanted Ł10 billion-plus takeover bid from Kraft of the US ... more

Impose a deadline on tax losses

05.11.09

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British Airways is tumbling despite Iberia deal hopes

05.11.09

Is the board of British Airways about to buy a one-way ticket to Madrid? That was the story doing the rounds in the Square Mile this morning amid claims that the proposed merger with Spanish carrier Iberia could be completed by the second quarter of next year ... more

Out with oysters as Whole Foods starts stocking ready meals

05.11.09

Organic superstore Whole Foods is to start stocking 'ready meals' from next week, after admitting it misread British shoppers' tastes... more

Stan Kroenke on the move but battle’s not won yet

05.11.09

American tycoon has the support of key figures in the Arsenal boardroom yet hard work lies ahead if he is to take control of club... more

Cost-cutting RBS risking a talent drain in move north of the border

04.11.09

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Flu drug firms Glaxo and AstraZeneca under fire in US for ‘price fixing’

04.11.09

GlaxoSmithKline and fellow British drugmaker AstraZeneca were today accused of price-fixing on their seasonal flu vaccines (SFV) by one of the US's top prosecutors ... more

City traders overjoyed by Marks & Sparkling profits

04.11.09

They threw the switch on the Christmas lights in London’s Regent Street and Oxford Street last night, and, as if on cue, shares of some our major retailers lit up this morning ... more

Glossy mags are still in vogue despite tough times

04.11.09

Media analysis: Newspaper sales are going down. Television audiences are fragmenting. But there is one branch of media that has good reason to be cheerful... more

FirstGroup is savaged by loss at Greyhound

04.11.09

FirstGroup is hoping its dog of an American inter-city coach business picks up over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year after recession-hit Greyhound was found to have eaten into its British parent’s profits ... more

Senior Labour MP calls for pull-out from Afghanistan

04.11.09

Gordon Brown's Afghanistan strategy faces an unprecedented challenge after a senior Labour MP broke rank to call for the phased withdrawal of British troops... more

The Kroes UK’s banks have to bear

04.11.09

The High Street is about to undergo radical change… all thanks to a feisty woman in Brussels ... more

Bloomberg spends $100m to buy third term as NYC mayor

04.11.09

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has narrowly won a third term as New York mayor in a race far closer than many had expected... more

Chelsea barracks developers win race to buy US Embassy

03.11.09

American Embassy building is to be sold to the foreign developers responsible for the Chelsea Barracks scheme... more

Stanley cuts a deal to merge with its rival Black & Decker

03.11.09

Two of the sharpest brands in the toolbox are to merge in a bid to stave off the hammering they have taken at the hands of the US housebuilding recession ... more

Leona Lewis's too small gig sets small stage for big star

03.11.09

Leona Lewis needs to hurry up and take that stadium-sized voice on tour to the venues it deserves. ... more

D1 Oils settles for less in dispute with US rival

02.11.09

Alternative energy company D1 Oils today admitted it only expects to get Ł1 million in settlement for a dispute with an unnamed US rival — a quarter of what it originally trumpeted ... more