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Time Warner prepares the ground for a major shake-up of its struggling internet business AOL as

Wrapit customers take their protest to the City

The Conservatives accuse the Chancellor of "playing games" with the housing market amid talk of

Off-licence chain Oddbins is sold by its French owners to the son of a former owner of the

France asks its energy regulator to cap electricity and gas price rises for private users to 2% and

The International Monetary Fund cuts its growth forecasts for the UK economy over the coming two

Workers employed by the trade union for airline pilots suspend a strike in a row over pensions

An ex-US secret service informant is accused of being the ringleader in the country's biggest

Freddie Mac, which finances many US mortgages, reports another quarterly loss as housing market

Broadcaster ITV says half-year profits fell 28% and predicts this autumn's advertising revenue will

Anglo-African platinum miner Lonmin rejects a £5bn ($10bn) takeover offer from larger rival

Fast-food group McDonald's is adding 4,000 jobs to its UK workforce to meet increasing demand.

Pension funds of FTSE 100 firms are in the red after the biggest funding swing since 2002, a report

Abbey, one of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders, announces another round of rate cuts for new

Attitudes to working mothers are becoming less favourable, a survey from Cambridge University

Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific reports a loss for the first half of the year after being

Satellite communications firm Inmarsat reports strong quarterly revenues, aided by providing mobile

Internet equipment maker Cisco Systems reports better-than-forecast results and signals strong

Why some OAPs work beyond retirement age

French bank BNP Paribas sees quarterly profits fall 34% after it writes down the value of assets

Job losses and falling property values has sent UK consumer confidence to new lows, the Nationwide

Yahoo bosses face fresh pressure after it emerges that opposition to them at its recent AGM was

Stock markets rally strongly in the US and Europe on the back of a continued fall in the price of

The US Federal Reserve keeps its key interest rate on hold at 2%, as widely expected, amid

Petrol prices are falling but not fast enough, says the AA in response to oil prices hitting a

The US service sector shrank once again in July, but by less than economists expected, figures

Opposition parties criticise the government's decision to give Northern Rock £3bn more in cash as

Sony agrees to buy out Bertelsmann's 50% stake in their Sony BMG music joint venture in a $1.2bn

Airports operator BAA sues Ireland's Ryanair for failing to pay increased landing charges at

The City watchdog says mortgage firms should treat customers fairly as the number of people facing

New Zealand is already thought to be in a recession, according to a report by the country's

Spanish airline Iberia unveils a sharp drop in earnings, as it plans a merger with British Airways.

The UK service sector shrinks for a third month in a row, while manufacturing output also falls,

UK banking group Barclays agrees to sell its life assurance business, Barclays Life, to Swiss Re

The government launches a helpline to report mistreatment of workers or illegal pay rates as it

Water provider United Utilities is to increase the amount it puts into a fund for customers

Beer devotees celebrate despite gloomy outlook

Business people cast their votes on interest rates

How has the credit crunch hit different parts of the world?

A new organisation bringing together various groups to represent consumer rights is to be unveiled

The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates on hold at 5% after facing what experts say

Wedding present firm Wrapit ceases trading and goes into administration after rescue attempts fail.

Consumer spending falls in the US in June after customers are hit by the biggest rise in prices

The number of people travelling on international flights grew at the slowest rate in five years in

ITV faces up to harsh new reality of cost cutting

UK manufacturers face rising costs and expect output to fall in the coming months, research from