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Retailers braced for record 'Mega Monday'
Monday, 7 December 2009
Go Go Hamsters, Transformers, Biscuit the animatronic dog, Sylvanian Families and the cuddly Gruffalo seem set to help online and traditional retailers to record sales today – dubbed "Mega Monday".
Have a break – have an ethical Kit Kat
Monday, 7 December 2009
Nestlé are to convert the cocoa supply for its iconic bar to fairtrade producers
'Pensions holding back recovery'
Monday, 7 December 2009
Some of Britain's biggest firms are being impeded in their attempts to prepare for economic recovery by large deficits on their final-salary pension schemes, according to research published today by Watson Wyatt and the CBI today.
Victory on the menu: Virgin keeps its electronic programme guide
Monday, 7 December 2009
Few television viewers think twice about the on-screen programme guide they use to change channels, but it has been the subject of a fierce court battle which could have repercussions around Europe.
Business Diary: Getting hot under their wigs
Monday, 7 December 2009
Check out this week's issue of Legal Business magazine if you want to know what it's really like to work in a City law firm. It's Christmas quiz asks about the indentities of senior lawyers involved in some racy escapades over the past years. Among the few printable questions was: "Which top mediator bored his clients so much that, on returning to the meeting after a short break, found that they had resorted to sexual intercourse on the table?" Sadly, the magazine provides no answers.
Cambridge professors to launch revolutionary e-reader in Vegas
Sunday, 6 December 2009
As light as a magazine, robust and plastic. The Que pro-Reader could help save the press industry
RBS and Treasury bury the hatchet over bonuses
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Royal Bank of Scotland and the Government are said to be close to patching up their differences over bonuses, with the state-owned bank conceding it will show restraint when deciding the size of the staff bonus pool.
Habitat's credit insurance risk
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Credit insurers have threatened to withdraw cover to suppliers of Habitat, the home furnishing chain, if it is bought by Hilco, the retail restructuring group..
Tesco tipped to show 3 per cent rise in sales
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Supermarket giant Tesco will update shareholders on Tuesday about its sales, which analysts expect to be 3 per cent up on the same period a year ago. Management at the retail giant will also discuss plans for the peak Christmas period when stores typically make up to 25 per cent of their annual profits.
Paternoster set to rejoin buyout market
Sunday, 6 December 2009
An improvement in the climate prompts the pension fund insurer to come out of hibernation
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