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Lloyds to axe another 5,000 jobs
The bank is expected to make an announcement confirming the job losses later today.
- Cadbury dismisses 'derisory' Kraft bid
- Barclays and HSBC report strong underlying profits
- Jury ponders fate of Bear Stearns duo in first credit crunch trial
- Clothes stores drive retail sales higher
- AXA in rights issue but Asian bid is snubbed
- Ten new nuclear sites win approval from the Government
- Anglo American starts boardroom shake-up with Hampton appointment
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
James Moore: Shareholders can't allow Kraft to win
Outlook: If you let a predator take over a company in your portfolio at beneath the market price, others will try the same tactic
- Econoblog: It's painful, but the banking sector has to slim down new
- Stephen King: Developing economies show the way for the US and EU to recover
- Hamish McRae: What the world needs now is a round of golf – between leaders of the G20
- Margareta Pagano: Even at an Aldi discount, Lloyds is still a gamble
- Stephen Foley: Don't despair as US jobless rate hits 10 per cent
The mystery of why house prices are still rising
With unemployment up and people avoiding debt, why aren't property prices falling? Sean O'Grady reports
- The unanswered questions around the emergency HBOS cash call
- Roll up, roll up, for the great bank sell-off
- An Ossi success amid the disenchantment
- The G20 wants to stop climate change – but who on earth will pay for it?
- The Big Question: Is quantitative easing creating more problems than it is solving?
- The lucky man of mining
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