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Maclaren to issue UK buggy safety kits

UK-based baby buggy manufacturer Maclaren said today it will issue "safety kits" for parents who are concerned over reports that some children's fingertips have been cut off.

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King: We face a long wait for signs of convincing recovery

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Bank predicts tough 2010 before improvement in 2011

Airlines agree basis for merger  new

Thursday, 12 November 2009

British Airways and Iberia tonight agreed the basis for a proposed merger expected to be completed in late 2010, a BA spokesman said.

Reed Elsevier's chief executive quits after just eight months

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Publisher names internal replacement for Ian Smith after agreed departure

Unemployment may have peaked, figures suggest

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Fall in jobless total raises hopes economy has turned a corner

GM chairman looks to assert group as a global player

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Long-term aims unveiled in speech which may reveal signs of internal tensions

Gold hits new record high as demand for the dollar continues to weaken

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Price hits $1117 as analysts expect further spikes

Double deal is a boost for INM as shares rise by 15%

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Independent News & Media (INM) shares jumped 15 per cent yesterday as the publisher said bondholders had accepted a deal that gave the company a "significantly reduced debt profile" while banks have extended the time to repay a separate loan by more than four years.

Guardian publisher set to cut over 100 jobs after strategic review

Thursday, 12 November 2009

The Guardian and The Observer newspapers are set to axe up to 10 per cent of their journalists, as the group looks to combat plummeting revenues brought on by the worst advertising recession in living memory.

Banking sell-off to take up to seven years

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Ministers should forget any hopes of a quick sale of the taxpayer's stake in the banking system, a report from the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will warn today.

Rising oil price could stall recovery, warns Opec

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Rising oil prices could dampen the steadily strengthening demand for crude amid the fragile beginnings of economic recovery, the cartel of the world's biggest oil-producing countries warned yesterday.

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