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+ Setanta loses Premier TV rights + Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta loses the rights to show English Premier League football in 2009/10, after missing a payment ...

+ Sandwich firm in administration + Dublin-based firm O'Briens Sandwich Bars goes into administration, but hopes most stores can remain ...

+ Personal data exposed on website + Personal data including the signatures of recipients has been exposed on the Parcelforce website, the BBC ...

+ Latest news, explainers and advice on coping with a recession + Latest news, explainers and advice on coping with a ...

+ Mandelson 'reassured' by US on GM + Business Minister Lord Mandelson says the US government has given a "positive response" to his case for continued GM production in the ...

+ UK car production drops sharply + The number of new cars made in the UK in May was 43% less than a year earlier, industry figures ...

+ Switzerland agrees to US tax deal + Switzerland agrees a new bilateral framework on divulging personal tax details with the US, as it continues to ease its banking ...

+ NYSE Euronext to gain Qatar stake + NYSE Euronext is to acquire a 20% stake in Qatar Exchange for $200m, in a bid to boost business in the ...

+ Mortgage rates jump in one week + The past week has seen a big jump in the cost of fixed-rate mortgages to new borrowers, says ...

+ Porsche global sales slump by 28% + Porsche sees its nine-month unit sales slump by more than a quarter after demand is hit by the worldwide ...

+ A grand day: Couples flock to hotel for £999 wedding + A national hotel chain has started a credit crunch wedding package which includes bucks fizz, a hot pot supper, DJ and accommodation ...

+ "Sorry, you can't buy your Ferrari... the computer says no" + BBC News website readers' stories show how we are affected when a bank's computer system ...

+ BBC UK jobs tracker + As unemployment hits a 12-year high, BBC News tracks a selection of job losses and new jobs created across the ...

+ Flipping MPs + How they combine tax rules with their expenses ...

+ Going abroad + Why changes are needed to protect holidaymakers ...

+ Track changes + Money is at the heart of a possible F1 ...

+ Engine growth + Engines are a safer bet than aircraft during a ...

+ Stephanomics + The business of guest-presenting The Bottom ...

+ Cashback crisis + How Mexican remittances are hit by the ...

+ Oil plant sackings spark walkouts + The sacking of nearly 650 construction workers at Lindsey Oil Refinery prompts a series of walkouts at other ...

+ Dairy Crest may shut pension plan + One of the UK's largest milk producers may close its final-salary pension scheme to its existing ...

+ Stanford charged with fraud in US + Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford is charged over a $7bn scheme to defraud investors, the US justice department ...

+ House market 'encourages' builder + House builder Taylor Wimpey is "encouraged" by stability in the UK housing market, saying a "severe" downturn should now be ...

+ RBS boss does 'the right thing' + Former RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin agrees with the bank to reduce his controversial pension by £200,000 a ...

+ EU sets basis for finance reform + EU ministers agree in principle on a framework for enhanced financial oversight, with the UK winning key ...

+ King and Darling clash on banks + The Bank of England governor and the chancellor clash on what needs to be done to control banks and prevent another ...

+ Blackberry sees profits increase + RIM, the maker of Blackberry phones, sees profits beat expectations but shares in the firm fall after a downbeat ...

+ BA union backs pay cut for pilots + Pilots at British Airways have been asked by their own trade union negotiators to accept a pay cut and work longer ...

+ US Treasury defends reforms + The US Treasury defends sweeping financial reforms, urging Congress to pass the changes ...

+ Public borrowing at record levels + UK public sector borrowing was the highest on record in May at £19.9bn, the Office for National Statistics ...

+ Mortgage lending falls back again + Mortgage lending fell back in May, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage ...

+ UK retail sales fall back in May + Sales in the UK's shops and stores fell by 0.6% in April from May, driven by falls in clothing and footwear. ...

+ Pub firm seeks £176m for growth + Pub and brewing firm Marston's says it wants to raise £176m, largely to fund the purchase and building of new ...

+ US unveils banking reform plans + The US government announces major reform of banking regulation to prevent future financial crises and curb excessive risk ...

+ UK jobless total at 12-year high + UK unemployment rose to 2.261 million in the three months to April, the highest since November 1996. ...

+ Capital One ends savings accounts + The credit card issuer and online bank Capital One decides to stop offering savings accounts in the ...

+ Debt adverts misled, says ASA + A debt management firm is told not to publish misleading adverts about people's chances of being able to write off their ...

+ Thailand exports in record slump + Thailand's exports slumped by a quarter as demand for Thai goods overseas continued to drop during the ...

+ Indian inflation turns negative + Inflation in India has turned negative for the first time in more than 30 years, official figures ...

+ US banks pay back bail-out cash + Ten US banks start to pay back money borrowed through the government's Troubled Asset Relief ...

+ Setanta payment deadline looming + Setanta must make payments to the Premier League by Friday or risk losing its rights to cover the Premier League next ...

+ China Eastern makes Airbus order + China Eastern Airlines agrees to buy 20 Airbus A320 aircraft, despite having cancelled orders earlier in the ...

+ GKN seeks cash and cuts more jobs + Engineering firm GKN says it plans to raise £423m to help cut debts, and says it is shedding jobs at a faster ...

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