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Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson says it will shed 2,000 jobs worldwide in order to cut costs.

Budget hotel chain Travelodge is to spend £150m on opening 55 new hotels in British coastal towns

The government says it has begun preparing for a possible sale of the state-owned bookmaker, the

The price of oil records its biggest weekly drop, slipping under $130 a barrel as US consumers use

The UK's biggest mortgage lender HBOS says only 8% of its £4bn share issue was taken up by existing

US technology giant Apple sees profits beat forecasts, but warns of slower earnings ahead.

Retailers Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's say they will lower the price of petrol, prompted by

The European Union offers to reduce agricultural tariffs by 60% to kick-start trade talks in

The utility companies E.on and Dong Energy buy Shell's stake in the London Array wind farm.

The economic outlook for next year is looking gloomier as business confidence sags, top forecasters

American Express sees quarterly profits fall after credit losses increase more than forecast.

Swiss drugs firm Roche offers to buy all outstanding shares in its US partner Genentech for

Yahoo reaches an agreement with the activist investor Carl Icahn that will stop him trying to

Mattel triumphs in a copyright court case against the maker of the popular Bratz dolls, MGA

Underwriters take short position on HBOS shares

Trade talks first started in Doha swirl into Geneva

Car firms wow an audience spooked by economic gloom

Can the UK economy avoid a recession?

A Green New Deal could sort climate, energy and banking

How one town is trying to pick up the pieces one year on

The US's largest retail bank, Bank of America, reports its fourth quarterly profit decline in a

German carmaker Volkswagen posts record first-half sales thanks to a boost in deliveries to China.

South Korean electronics firm LG Electronics increases quarterly earnings by 84%.

Vietnam rises petrol prices by 31% and domestic fuel prices by as much as 36% as it seeks to cut

Banks will not have to deal with complaints about overdraft fees for another six months, regulators

Alliance Boots is accused of exploiting suppliers after it changes its terms to make them wait up

Internet giant Google becomes the UK's top brand for the first time, according to a survey of

French drugs giant Sanofi-Aventis is to buy Australia's largest distributor of vitamin supplements.

Domino's Pizza reports 33% growth in interim profits as cash-strapped customers choose takeaways

Alcohol retailers in England are routinely guilty of "irresponsible and harmful practices", a

MPs criticise the huge bonuses to be given to rail bosses after "a catalogue of failings" on the

The central bank in Zimbabwe is to issue Z$100bn bank notes, as hyperinflation pushes prices in the

Germany's Studivz says the intellectual property dispute that Facebook has brought against it is

The mortgage squeeze continues to tighten with a further drop in lending, says the Council of

House prices in the UK are likely to fall for another two years, the chairman of one of the world's

Millions of households on pre-payment meters are paying 'unjust' charges, the Energy Minister

Energy bills could rise by more than 60% within the next few years, the UK's biggest domestic

Trading Standards says hundreds of thousands of unsafe chargers for mobiles and games consoles

UK shoppers spent 17 pence in every pound online in the first half of the year, claims a retail

The government of Ivory Coast is halving the salaries of its ministers to pay for a reduction in

Tory leader David Cameron refuses to reveal whether he would raise taxes if he becomes prime

Alistair Darling says no decision has been made on relaxing government 'fiscal rules' but they are