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Royal Mail faces threat of VAT charges on business contracts
Ruling in European Court of Justice will force postal service to increase prices
- JP Morgan on the verge of acquiring Cazenove
- Few firms plan to give pay rises above inflation next year
- Pension funds lost £18bn in value in October alone
- Last-gasp cash keeps airline flying – for now
- Kenmore's failure blamed on the troubles of German lender
- BA hopes rise on £3bn-plus pension deal
- Cosmen battles National Express over board seat
Small businesses, recession-busters
Being adaptable and agile, and avoiding dependency on a small number of corporate customers, has been vital for small businesses during the credit crunch, says Roger Trapp
- Managing talent: Let your stars guide you to the summit
- Business Extra: News in brief
- David Prosser: 'The offer of unaffordable credit is as useless as the offer of no credit at all'
- The dangers of multi-sourcing
- Six of the best: Corporate gifts
- John Cheney: Clarity is key for small and medium-sized enterprises
Stephen King: Gold prices are a dead giveaway
The recovery of asset markets tells us hardly anything about longer-term growth
- Hamish McRae: Celebrate Europe's return to growth. Then prepare to face the next crisis
- Margareta Pagano: It's been a long haul for BA and Iberia, but now they must avoid a crash landing at the altar
- Hamish McRae: Our high-end industries need a more sympathetic civil service
- Stephen Foley: America on bailout red alert again
- Stephen Foley: Can Hefner bear to part with Playboy?
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The king of the talent show is raking it in while saving ITV. But that's not enough. Now, reports Richard Northedge, Simon Cowell is forming a joint venture with a real billionaire, Sir Philip Green
The Week Ahead: Falling inflation to dent Morrisons' sales
Morrisons is set to become the latest big grocer to post a slowdown in underlying sales resulting from falling inflation on Thursday. Morrisons is expected to unveil consensus underlying sales, excluding fuel and VAT, up by 4.5 per cent for the 13 weeks to 2 November, down from 7.8 per cent in the first half.
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