Monday 15 October 2012

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Ease off on austerity, IMF warns Chancellor George Osborne

Chancellor George Osborne addresses the Conservative Conference at Birmingham's International Convention Centre

George Osborne has been warned by the IMF that he risks further damaging the economy unless the pace of austerity slows and he faces up to the country’s “growth challenge”.

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Virgin Rail to continue running West Coast line

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group has run the West Coast Main Line successfully for the past 15 years - Heads should roll after this rail bid debacle

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin expected to set aside legal threats and name Virgin as his preferred operator to run West Coast train services on a temporary basis.

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Virgin Money leads the field to take over surplus RBS branches

BAA: Stansted could be run for £5m less

BAA, the owners of Stansted, have made the unusual admission that anyone else could run the airport for at least £5m a year less.

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Top mobile operator falls short on coverage

Is the iPhone 5 the best choice for travellers?

Britain’s biggest mobile operator, Everything Everywhere, has come bottom of the class for current internet download speeds in Greater London.

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BAE Systems targets £30bn of export deals

BAE Systems is to focus on a collection of vital export deals worth more than £30bn to shore up its future after the collapse of mega-merger talks with EADS.

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Bernie Ecclestone risked $100m over F1 sale

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone revealed he put $100m (£62m) of his money on the line as a guarantee when private equity firm CVC bought the high-octane motorsport series.

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Monetary easing causes rift at IMF meeting

Manganese Bronze in funding talks with Geely

Barchester 'dismayed' by lack of youths wanting care jobs

Greek euro exit will damage eurozone

'Tar and feather' errant bankers - small bank boss

Secure Trust Bank boss Paul Lynam gets back to banking basics.

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YooxArt.com: Bag a Hirst original or a Balenciaga

Damien Hirst condemned for killing 9,000 butterflies in Tate show

Colourful internet rebel adds art to its porfolio of fashionable sites.

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Mena Suvari: 'Happiness is not about material goods'

Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is intrigued by Angela (Mena Suvari) in a scene from film American Beauty, 1999

American Beauty actress on fame, fortune, charity and business.

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The 10 most expensive and least expensive UK cities

Halifax survey shows cost and size of home are not always linked.

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Shipping containers - British exports, trading overseas

UK’s 'forgotten sector’ is the key to recovery

Britain's 33,700 mid-sized businesses don't get the support they need.

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UK high street »

WH Smith chief executive Kate Swann reported a rise in profits, increased its dividend and unveiled plans to return £35m to shareholders.

What will Kate Swann's successor do at WH Smith?

Swann saved WH Smith by cutting costs. What will her successor do?

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GOOD NEWS BRITAIN »

The Be At One Directors (left to right) Leigh Miller, Rhys Oldfield and Steve Locke.

Build a great business and investors will come

How co-founder of cocktail bar chain Be At One snared investors.

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Investing

'Smaller companies are cheap and in rude health'

Fidelity fund manager on investment opportunities in smaller companies.

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City Diary »

Poor old Bob – now the BBC’s going after him

Bob Diamond, Chief Executive of Barclays PLC, stands next to the eighteenth green during the final round of the Scottish Open golf tournament at Castle Stuart golf course near Inverness, Scotland

Poor old Bob Diamond, the banking CEO some people just love to hate.

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Paul Tucker shuns dinner as Lord Turner's stock rises

City Diary: Time to rein in the spending, your highness?

City Diary: Richard Branson wheels out the brainstorming B Team

ECONOMICS »

The origins of our current woes - and the way to escape from them

The reluctance of high street banks to lend to individuals and small businesses has boosted profits at Close Brothers.

Why are we here, in the worst recession for over 70 years? Unless we uncover the answer we won’t be able to address the more important issue of when and how we can hope to come out of it.

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Billionaire retailer Green backs UK factories

Osborne boost as economy 'begins to grow’

MARKETS »

Lessons of the 1987 crash are clear – don’t panic, invest

A large computerised display of the British FTSE 100 index is pictured in London

At the risk of matching weatherman Michael Fish for disastrous overconfidence, I think there is little danger of history repeating itself next week on the 25th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash.

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Build your profits with mid-cap shares

Engineers fall on second profit warning

Abramovich boosts fuel cell group AFC Energy

Career & Jobs news »

Why are women CEOs leaving?

The small number of women CEOs just got smaller. Sophie Cornish asks why the likes of Kate Swann and Dame Majorie Scardino are leaving their high-profile jobs.

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