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General Motors to wind down Saab after sale fails
Talks to sell the Swedish brand to Dutch carmaker Spyker Cars collapsed.
Inside Business News
1,100 bookshop jobs lost days before Christmas
Friday, 18 December 2009
Around 1,100 staff at struggling book chain Borders will lose their jobs on Christmas Eve after efforts to sell the business failed.
Lenders face £1trn funding shortfall, says Bank report
Friday, 18 December 2009
Restraint by banks would have spared taxpayers' recapitalisation costs
Retailers hope snow won't spoil biggest weekend
Friday, 18 December 2009
Martin Hickman: Shoppers are forecast to spend £4bn on Christmas presents this weekend, the busiest shopping weekend of the year.
Ryanair scraps talks on mutli-billion aircraft order
Friday, 18 December 2009
Low-cost airline Ryanair said today it had pulled out of talks with Boeing over a potential multibillion-dollar order for up to 200 new aircraft.
'The Guardian' publisher in talks to sell regional titles
Friday, 18 December 2009
GMG said to be in early stages of discussions with Trinity Mirror over sale
Tube Lines faces funding gap
Friday, 18 December 2009
Arbiter slashes proposed bill for next phase of London Underground upgrade work
Citi shares dive on botched sale
Friday, 18 December 2009
Shareholders and analysts have reacted angrily to Citigroup's botched $20.5bn (£12.5bn) fundraising, in which poor demand from investors drove the banking giant's share price sharply lower and left the US government unable to sell any of its stake.
JJB's field of 2010 dreams
Friday, 18 December 2009
Sportswear retailer pins hopes on World Cup after underlying sales fall 29 per cent
FlyGlobespan 'owed £30m by credit card firm'
Friday, 18 December 2009
Collapsed airline's administrators make 550 staff redundant
Ireland pulls out of slump, leaving UK lagging in Europe
Friday, 18 December 2009
Ireland has overtaken the UK to become the latest European economy to exit recession, at least in technical terms. Ireland's GDP expanded by 0.3 per cent over the July to September period, more than analysts had expected.
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