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China's BAIC joins fight for Vauxhall parent GM Europe
Formal offer from Chinese takes on Ripplewood and Russian-backed Magna
- BT offers workers more free time for pay cuts
- Tesco suffers hefty protest vote over share options
- UK economic data too ambiguous to call recession end
- Trade credit insurance claims hit record levels
- Business Diary: 04/07/2009
- British Airways plans to cut spending by 20%
- Punch Taverns cash call just scrapes through
Stephen Foley: Put Goldman on a diet of humble pie
US Outlook: Perhaps you have heard by now that Goldman Sachs is "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money".
Return of the bonus
The Chancellor wants bankers to 'get real' over bonuses, but are payouts in the City getting out of hand again, or are executives like Stephen Hester just easy targets? Nick Clark reports
Market Report: Bullish broker comment lifts Reed Elsevier
Reed Elsevier stood out in an otherwise lacklustre market last night, trading higher after a leading broker turned positive on the media sector.
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