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| BBC Your Money: news, comment and analysis on personal finance, Your Money guides, and UK house price search. |
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| EU urges faster cut of UK deficit |
| Government plans to cut the UK's budget deficit are not ambitious enough, a European Commission report will warn this week. |
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| EU ministers agree Greek plan |
| European finance ministers say they have agreed how they would help Greece in its financial crisis, but reveal few details. |
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| Kraft to face MPs over takeover |
| The vice-president of Kraft Foods will be questioned by MPs over his company's takeover of Cadbury later. |
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| Doubts cast on US 'runaway Prius' |
| Toyota casts doubt on claims one of its cars failed to stop, after a widely-publicised account of a "runaway" Prius in California. |
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| BA hopes to fly 60% during strike |
| British Airways has announced contingency plans to fly 60% of its customers during the first planned strike by cabin crew. |
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| US bank regulation bill unveiled |
| Democrat senators have unveiled proposed new laws that will give the US Federal Reserve more regulatory powers over US banks. |
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| Campaigners spurn Equitable plan |
| Savers in the Equitable Life insurance company denounce the limited compensation process set up by the government. |
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| Calvin Klein owner buys Hilfiger |
| Private equity firm Apax partners sells Tommy Hilfiger to the owner of Calvin Klein, Philips-Van Heusen, in a deal worth 2.2bn euros. |
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| US industrial output rises again |
| US factory output has gone up for the eighth month in a row, despite winter storms that affected industry in the north east. |
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| Deutsche Telekom sets sex quotas |
| Germany's Deutsche Telekom introduces gender quotas to fill 30% of senior jobs with women by the end of 2015. |
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| China buying Argentine oil stake |
| China National Offshore Oil Corporation is paying $3.1bn for a 50% stake in Argentine oil and gas group Bridas Corporation. |
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| UK credit rating viewed as safe |
| The credit ratings of major AAA governments including the US and the UK are well positioned, says Moody's Investors Services. |
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| China denies currency undervalued |
| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rejects criticism that Beijing keeps the yuan undervalued in order to boost exports. |
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| Airbus plans sales of A400M to US |
| Europe's leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus says it plans to sell around 210 of its A400M military planes to the US. |
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| Feathers fly: Bank of America sorry for confiscating parrot |
| Bank of America has apologised to a woman in Pennsylvania after one of its contractors entered her house and confiscated her parrot. |
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| California sues Toyota for faults |
| Prosecutors in California are suing Toyota, claiming the carmaker sold hundreds of thousands of vehicles it knew had defects. |
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| Vauxhall gets UK loans guarantee |
| The UK announces a 300m-euro (£270m) loan guarantee for Vauxhall and Opel, the European arm of General Motors. |
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| Red Knights get advisers for bid |
| The Red Knights group eyeing a possible bid for Manchester United says investment bank Nomura will advise it. |
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| HMRC ready to back Pompey set-up |
| The validity of Portsmouth's administration will not be challenged by HM Revenue & Customs, the BBC learns. |
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| Guidelines for financial journalists |
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| Print baron |
| A start-up that lets anyone make their own newspaper |
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| Shanty town |
| How the internet is helping the poorest Brazilians |
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| Open all hours |
| Are UK workers being forced to work part-time? |
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| Port exports |
| Portuguese exporters hit by strong euro |
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| Fighting poverty |
| How Malawi hopes social enterprise will help |
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| Booting up Brazil |
| Brazil exploits potential as web use spreads |
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| Tories 'preparing to unveil cuts' |
| The Conservatives are preparing to outline spending cuts they would make this year if they are elected, the BBC understands. |
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| US retail sales in surprise rise |
| US retail sales showed a surprise rise in February as consumers braved extreme bad weather to get to the shops |
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| New mortgages 'halved in January' |
| The number of mortgages agreed with house buyers fell 49% in January from the month before, mortgage lenders say. |
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| Record decline in UK air travel |
| The UK's airports handled 7.4% fewer passengers last year, the biggest annual decline since records began 65 years ago, figures show. |
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| French Connection narrows losses |
| Struggling fashion retailer French Connection is selling its Nicole Farhi subsidiary as it reports a narrowing of its annual losses. |
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| Royal Mail quality tests 'rigged' |
| The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding that delivery quality tests were rigged. |
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| SA starts World Cup countdown |
| With 100 days to the World Cup, South Africans talk about their hopes and fears for the tournament |
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| Zimbabwe move on firms' ownership |
| A Zimbabwean law that forces companies to sell a majority stake in their businesses to indigenous people comes into effect. |
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| US bank regulation bill expected |
| A new bill to tighten regulation of US banks is due to be unveiled, but it may struggle to get backing in the Senate. |
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| Lehman bosses severely criticised |
| A report into the collapse of US bank Lehman Brothers criticises senior executives and auditor Ernst & Young for serious lapses. |
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| China hits back at Obama on yuan |
| China has hit back at comments by US President Barack Obama that Beijing should change its currency strategy. |
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| China's stern warning to Google |
| China's top internet official warns that Google will "pay the consequences" if it does not comply with censorship laws. |
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| Eurozone industry grows strongly |
| Factory output in the eurozone rose 1.7% between December and January, the biggest monthly rise since records began. |
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| HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft |
| About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits. |
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| EU: Settlement goods not Israeli |
| The European Court of Justice rules that Israeli goods made in Jewish settlements cannot be considered Israeli. |
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| Iraq given its largest IMF loan |
| The IMF is to lend Iraq $3.6bn to rebuild its infrastructure as low oil prices slash its revenue. |
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| India's Essar 'planning UK float' |
| Indian conglomerate Essar Group is reported to be planning to float on the London Stock Exchange, a move that could raise up to $3bn. |
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| India to review economy stimulus |
| India's government unveils its annual budget, saying that stimulus measures introduced to boost growth must be reviewed. |
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| New credit card protection agreed |
| Credit card holders will be offered more protection from spiralling debts, but changes are watered down from original plans. |
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| New gloss put on inflation basket |
| Lip gloss and hair straighteners replace lipstick and hair dryers in the typical basket of goods used to calculate inflation. |
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| Second scam sucker list is seized |
| A second master list containing the names of 1,000 people targeted by fraudsters selling worthless shares is seized. |
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| Lloyds aids mortgage overpayments |
| UK mortgage lender Lloyds Banking Group is encouraging borrowers to pay off up to 20% of their mortgages early. |
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