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Carnage on the high street as retailers feel the chill
The Pier and Envy chains collapse into administration
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530 jobs to go at rail freight company
Friday, 5 December 2008
Rail freight company EWS is to axe 530 jobs, rail union TSSA was told today.
Woolworths to hold 'biggest ever' sale
Friday, 5 December 2008
Woolworths will hold its "biggest ever" sale today as administrators remain in talks with potential buyers of the troubled retailer.
House prices tumble 1980s-style
Friday, 5 December 2008
November's fall in value is the biggest drop since 1992
Car sales accelerate off a cliff
Friday, 5 December 2008
Traders report sharpest slump in sales for 28 years
Rolls and Balfour team up with Areva to generate 15,000 nuclear jobs in UK
Friday, 5 December 2008
Rolls-Royce and Balfour Beatty have signed up with Areva, the French nuclear reactor maker, to create an industry bloc ready to exploit the opportunities of the UK's nuclear renaissance.
Morrisons' sales jump as it wins over shoppers from larger rivals
Friday, 5 December 2008
Morrisons, Britain's fourth-largest supermarket chain, trounced its rivals yesterday as it reported booming sales and claimed it was winning over bargain-hunting shoppers from rival stores such as Tesco.
Nomura and Credit Suisse to lay off 1,650 staff in London
Friday, 5 December 2008
Swiss-based Credit Suisse says it will cut 5,300 jobs
Rudd named as the next chairman of Invensys
Friday, 5 December 2008
The City grandee Sir Nigel Rudd is to add the chairmanship of Invensys to a curriculum vitae that already includes board positions at two other FTSE 100 companies.
Innocent people could have DNA records removed
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Nearly a million innocent people could have records removed from the national DNA database after a human rights ruling.
Another 1% slashed from interest rates
Thursday, 4 December 2008
The Bank of England slashed interest rates by another 1 per cent today as policymakers stepped up their battle to stave off a deep recession.
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1 Jeremy Warner: When interest rates reach zero, what does the Bank do then?
2 Carnage on the high street as retailers feel the chill
3 Woolworths to hold 'biggest ever' sale new
4 House prices tumble 1980s-style
5 Car sales accelerate off a cliff
6 530 jobs to go at rail freight company new
7 Jeremy Warner: Savers ignored in the rush to zero interest rates
8 Biggest investor calls in valuers to assess Woolworths' property
9 Jeremy Warner: Cynicism of the mortgage plan
10 Nomura and Credit Suisse to lay off 1,650 staff in London
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