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Triple blow for economy underlines IMF fears for recovery

Retail sales falter, manufacturing is flat and public debt stays stubbornly high

Water giant United Utilities sees profits leap to £305m

United Utilities, the country’s biggest listed water company, showed today just why there is so much takeover interest in the sector with an 8.7 per cent jump in pre-tax profit to £304.7 million.

SABMiller capitalise on rising demand for premium lagers

Brewer SABMiller today grabbed an bigger slice of a shrinking UK beer market and flagged up a major push for its Pilsner Urquell brand.

BT chief Ian Livingston gets £9.1m but Tesco boss Philip Clarke misses bonus

Two of the FTSE’s biggest bosses have banked rather different pay packets, it was revealed today.

New City watchdog kicks off with £3m fine for JPMorgan

The new City watchdog issued a statement of intent today, slapping a £3 million fine on JPMorgan’s wealth management arm.

FTSE falls sharply from record high as global panic causes share sell-off

The FTSE 100’s surge towards all-time highs was brought to a spectacular halt today as panicking investors dumped shares in a global sell-off.

The 'space race' of opening big supermarkets is over

Tesco checkout staff see bonus pot halved as profits slump

Checkout staff at Tesco have seen their annual shares bonus pot halved after the supermarket giant slumped to its first annual profits fall in nearly 20 years.

A fanspay tribute to outgoing Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson

British football scores an own goal

Many managers barely survive a year in post. Martin Baker talks to experts who make a case for clubs using forensic business skills to find the best staff

Services sector boosts economic recovery

The UK's return to growth was underlined today as revised figures confirmed the dominant services sector helped the economy expand by 0.3% in the first three months of the year.

US could slow pace of bond buying as early as next month

Ben Bernanke struck a dovish tone yesterday as he told the US Congress that the Federal Reserve's extraordinary stimulus measures were "providing significant benefits" to the economy, although he said the central bank could "in the next few meetings" begin scaling back its programme of buying $85bn (£57bn) in bonds every month if labour market data showed signs of sustained improvement.

SSE profits soar after price hikes and long winter – but tariffs to rise again

SSE, the Big Six energy provider, warned that customers should brace themselves for further price hikes as it reported a near 30 per cent rise in profits from its retail customers last year.

Networking tool Urturn raises £7m

A social networking tool used by celebrities including Snoop Dogg and One Direction yesterday announced it has raised $10.7m (£7.1m) from the backers of Betfair and Lovefilm.

Yellow Pages publisher delays results

The uncertain future of the Yellow Pages directories publisher Hibu took yet another twist yesterday as the debt-laden company unexpectedly delayed its annual results.

Nationwide profits soar despite bad debts

Nationwide, Britain's biggest building society, grabbed its largest-ever share of the mortgage market last year and saw its profits jump as it continued to attract customers from discredited high street banks.

George Osborne under pressure to change his economic policy after latest criticism by IMF

Time for Plan B? IMF tells George Osborne to ease pace of spending cuts

Labour says advice echoes its own longstanding call for the Chancellor to ease up on his cuts

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