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The battle for British Airways
Simon Calder: Loss-making airline warns of 'fight to the death' after unions vote for 12-day strike, wrecking Christmas travel plans for a million people.
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Top City broker helps staff relocate overseas
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Tullett fears brokers could move to foreign rivals unless they can escape 'supertax'
Lord Myners dismisses bonus supertax row as storm in a teacup
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Lord Myners, the City minister, said the Government would not apologise over the introduction of the "supertax" on bonuses that yesterday saw Tullett Prebon offer its staff a route out of the UK. The minister said he hoped to "end a culture of risk-taking and excessive rewards that damaged our banking system".
Citigroup in $20.5bn cash call to repay bailout funds
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Move will allow bank to pay executives and top traders bumper bonuses
Cadbury upgrades forecasts to fend off Kraft
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Dairy Milk maker hits out at 'contemptuous' and 'derisory' bid by Kraft
Abu Dhabi finally comes to Dubai's aid
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Abu Dhabi finally rode to the rescue of its embattled Gulf neighbour yesterday with a $10bn (£6.1bn) lifeline that settled Dubai World's most pressing debts and will keep it running long enough to restructure its debts.
Signal failure as next-generation mobiles crash televisions
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Spectrum earmarked for 4G technology is already used by TV systems
Exxon buys natural gas firm XTO in $41bn deal
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The oil giant ExxonMobil placed a $41bn (£25bn) bet on the future of natural gas with the acquisition of Texas-based XTO, putting pressure on its rivals to follow suit.
Obama and 'fat cats' hail success of meeting
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Both the Obama administration and Wall Street were privately hailing yesterday's summit at the White House as a public relations success, albeit for some slightly surprising reasons.
Google set to launch its own mobile phone
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The search engine giant Google is working on the development of its own mobile phone device, although it is unclear whether it will be sold directly to consumers.
Nobel economist Samuelson dies, aged 94
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Economist Paul Samuelson, who won a Nobel Prize for his effort to bring mathematical analysis into economics and helped shape tax policy for President Kennedy, has died at home aged 94.
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