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Osborne set to outline bank plans
19-06-2013 Hits:4 Business News Super User
The Chancellor, George Osborne, is expected to outline the government's plans for the future of Lloyds and RBS during his speech at the Mansion House....
Read moreBT complains about Sky Sports supply
19-06-2013 Hits:4 Business News Super User
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom is to launch an investigation into BSkyB over the supply of its sports channels to rival broadcasters....
Read moreBT's Livingston to be trade minister
19-06-2013 Hits:3 Business News Super User
BT chief executive Ian Livingston is to leave the company to join the government as a trade minister, David Cameron announces....
Read moreVIDEO: Sunseeker jobs in UK 'safe'
19-06-2013 Hits:3 Business News Super User
Chinese property developer Dalian Wanda Group has said it will spend more than £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and develop a hotel in London....
Read moreVIDEO: 'Made in Peru' World Cup shirts
19-06-2013 Hits:3 Business News Super User
Clothing manufacturers in Peru expect to make bumper profits next year by making football shirts for global fans descending on Brazil for the World Cup....
Read moreIMF entering university market
19-06-2013 Hits:6 Business News Super User
The IMF offers free online university courses...
Read moreBoE votes 6-3 against stimulus move
19-06-2013 Hits:5 Business News Super User
The Bank of England governor was outvoted again at his final monetary policy committee meeting, with the body voting 6-3 against more stimulus measures....
Read moreHome-buyers 'need 14 years to save'
19-06-2013 Hits:5 Business News Super User
The average single person in their twenties will now have to save for over 14 years before they can buy a home, says the housing charity Shelter....
Read moreVIDEO: High hopes for Bombardier C-series
19-06-2013 Hits:5 Business News Super User
The chief of Canadian Bombardier, Pierre Beaudoin, has said the company's new C-series of regional jets could boost revenues by as much as a quarter....
Read moreVIDEO: Testing out battle kit of the future
19-06-2013 Hits:5 Business News Super User
It is not just planes and helicopter on display at the Paris Air Show, as the BBC's Theo Leggett found out when he tried on some of US defence firm Raytheon's new kit....
Read moreDish abandons bid for Sprint Nextel
19-06-2013 Hits:5 Business News Super User
US satellite TV operator Dish Network says it will not submit a revised bid for Sprint Nextel, leaving the way open for a rival bid from Japan's Softbank....
Read moreWRU wants to discuss Lions profits
19-06-2013 Hits:9 Business News Super User
Welsh rugby chief Roger Lewis calls for a home nations rethink of how profits generated by British and Irish Lions tours are split....
Read moreChina's Wanda to buy UK yacht maker
19-06-2013 Hits:5 Business News Super User
Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese property developer, says it will spend £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and property in London....
Read moreVIDEO: Singapore economy suffers from smoke
19-06-2013 Hits:5 Business News Super User
Singapore's economy is being impacted by the huge cloud of smoke that drifts in from Sumatran wood fires every year....
Read moreVIDEO: South Korea in huge defence deal
19-06-2013 Hits:6 Business News Super User
South Korea is looking to buy 60 advanced fighter aircraft for $3.7bn in its biggest-ever defence deal....
Read moreJapan exports up by most since 2010
19-06-2013 Hits:4 Business News Super User
Japanese exports rise in May by the most since 2010 as the yen weakens, providing a boost to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to revive the economy....
Read moreJail reckless bankers, report urges
19-06-2013 Hits:4 Business News Super User
The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards calls for new measures, including criminal sanctions, to make bankers responsible for their own failings....
Read moreVIDEO: Call for RBS options 'by September'
19-06-2013 Hits:4 Business News Super User
Chancellor George Osborne has until September to come up with the best options for turning RBS back into a "good bank", according to the chairman of a commission on banking....
Read moreWill the Boeing and Airbus duopoly crack?
19-06-2013 Hits:4 Business News Super User
Will Russian and Chinese planemakers ever break the Airbus/Boeing duopoly?...
Read moreVIDEO: The global middle class revolution
19-06-2013 Hits:4 Business News Super User
Where is the middle class growing around the world?...
Read moreFood labels system to be rolled out
19-06-2013 Hits:4 Business News Super User
A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says....
Read moreVIDEO: G8 leaders agree deal on tax evasion
18-06-2013 Hits:6 Business News Super User
Leaders of the G8 major economies have agreed new measures to clamp down on money launderers, illegal tax evaders and corporate tax avoiders....
Read moreAdministration nears for Hearts
18-06-2013 Hits:4 Business News Super User
BBC Scotland expects administration to follow for Hearts once their parent company UBIG lodges court papers on Wednesday....
Read moreChrysler agrees to recall 2.7m Jeeps
18-06-2013 Hits:6 Business News Super User
Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7 million Jeeps that could be at risk of fuel tank fires, after initially refusing a US government request to do so....
Read moreDeloitte gets one-year New York ban
18-06-2013 Hits:10 Business News Super User
Deloitte is suspended for one year from doing consulting work in New York after regulators criticised its work at Standard Chartered on anti-money laundering issues....
Read moreVIDEO: UK inflation rate rises to 2.7%
18-06-2013 Hits:10 Business News Super User
The rate of consumer price index (CPI) inflation increased to 2.7% in May, up from 2.4% in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said....
Read moreVIDEO: Barroso: Trade deal will bring jobs
18-06-2013 Hits:9 Business News Super User
The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has told the BBC that the proposed trade deal between the US and the EU would create jobs, but may take up to two years to negotiate....
Read moreJolie double in US phone hack claim
18-06-2013 Hits:10 Business News Super User
A former stunt double for Angelina Jolie sues News Corp in the US, accusing the company of hacking into her phone to gain information about the star....
Read moreHuawei unveils 'slimmest' smartphone
18-06-2013 Hits:24 Business News Super User
Huawei unveils the world's slimmest smartphone saying the handset will work "miracles" for its brand....
Read moreMinister hails 'web porn' progress
18-06-2013 Hits:15 Business News Super User
Ministers say agreements reached with internet firms will lead to a "fundamental change" in how images of child abuse are dealt with online....
Read moreG8 leaders agree deal on tax evasion
18-06-2013 Hits:8 Business News Super User
Leaders of the G8 major economies agree new measures to clamp down on money launderers, illegal tax evaders and corporate tax avoiders....
Read moreEU car sales hit 20-year low for May
18-06-2013 Hits:9 Business News Super User
New car sales across Europe fell to their lowest level in two decades in May as the deepening recession hurt demand....
Read moreSwiss bill on bank secrecy rebuffed
18-06-2013 Hits:9 Business News Super User
The lower house of Switzerland's parliament refuses to discuss a bill that would allow Swiss banks to pass client information to the US tax authorities....
Read moreVIDEO: Huawei unveils 'thinnest' smartphone
18-06-2013 Hits:18 Business News Super User
Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei unveils its latest mobile handset, which the company says is the thinnest on the market....
Read moreVIDEO: MD tells Cable: You should be talking to us
18-06-2013 Hits:7 Business News Super User
A businesswoman told the business secretary he should be talking to smaller firms, and not just "the big boys", over his plans for four million people to have completed an apprenticeship scheme by 2022....
Read moreAUDIO: Call centre fines 'good news'
18-06-2013 Hits:8 Business News Super User
The companies featured on BBC Three programme 'The Call Centre' have been fined £225,000 by the data privacy watchdog....
Read moreLloyds 'aware of' Co-op's black hole
18-06-2013 Hits:8 Business News Super User
The bosses of the Lloyds Banking Group tell MPs that they knew there was a black hole in the accounts of the Co-op Bank, four months before a vital deal with them collapsed....
Read moreNews Corp in US 'phone hacking' suit
18-06-2013 Hits:8 Business News Super User
A former stunt double for Angelina Jolie sues News Corp in the US, accusing the company of hacking into her phone and intercepting messages....
Read moreMinisters hail 'web porn' progress
18-06-2013 Hits:15 Business News Super User
Ministers say agreements reached with internet firms will lead to a "fundamental change" in how images of child abuse are dealt with online....
Read moreVIDEO: 'Alternative review' for high streets
18-06-2013 Hits:8 Business News Super User
A retail veteran so frustrated at the lack of progress on tackling high street decline, has decided to come up with his own strategy to try and boost the UK's struggling town centres....
Read moreHouse price 'bubble' warning
18-06-2013 Hits:7 Business News Super User
Building Societies are warning the government about a future house price bubble, unless it plans how to end its Help to Buy programme....
Read moreCambridge HQ for pharmaceutical firm
18-06-2013 Hits:8 Business News Super User
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is to set up its new global headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus....
Read moreFormer trader charged over Libor
18-06-2013 Hits:9 Business News Super User
Former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes has been charged by the Serious Fraud Office in connection with its investigation into the manipulation of Libor....
Read moreMinisters hosting 'web porn' summit
18-06-2013 Hits:7 Business News Super User
Internet firms are meeting ministers amid calls for more to be done to block images of child sex abuse and to stop children viewing pornography....
Read moreEasyjet agrees large Airbus deal
18-06-2013 Hits:8 Business News Super User
Easyjet has agreed to buy 135 new aircraft from Airbus, in a deal announced on the second day of the Paris Air Show....
Read moreOsborne disputes claims over RBS
18-06-2013 Hits:9 Business News Super User
Chancellor George Osborne has fought back against claims that he forced Stephen Hester to stand down as head of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)....
Read moreVIDEO: EADS boss upbeat at Paris Air Show
18-06-2013 Hits:6 Business News Super User
The parent company of Airbus, EADS, has said that it believes deliveries of its new passenger plane, the A350, will begin by the end of next year....
Read moreMaradona in China compensation win
18-06-2013 Hits:9 Business News Super User
Diego Maradona wins compensation from two Chinese firms for using his name in an online game, Hot-Blooded Soccer, without his consent....
Read moreVIDEO: Switzerland vote on bank secrecy
18-06-2013 Hits:7 Business News Super User
Switzerland's parliament is set to vote on a controversial bill on Tuesday which would allow Swiss banks to pass client information to the US tax authorities....
Read moreOsborne vows tax avoidance crackdown
18-06-2013 Hits:7 Business News Super User
Chancellor George Osborne unveils plans to stop businesses hiding their profits from the tax authorities in offshore "shell" companies, at the G8 summit....
Read moreBritish tennis needs 'big summer'
18-06-2013 Hits:7 Business News Super User
Sport England warns the Lawn Tennis Association that it must drive up participation figures or face losing valuable funding....
Read moreAUDIO: Corporations 'embracing' US tax havens
18-06-2013 Hits:7 Business News Super User
The issue of tax havens will be discussed today at the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. The BBC's North America correspondent Jonny Dymond reports that if President Obama is looking for offenders, he might like to look quite close to home....
Read moreVodafone faces battle for German firm
18-06-2013 Hits:10 Business News Super User
Vodafone faces a potential bidding war for Kabel Deutschland after US firm Liberty Global makes a rival offer for the German cable TV firm....
Read moreCall centres in BBC programme fined
18-06-2013 Hits:15 Business News Super User
Two companies which appear in BBC Three documentary The Call Centre are fined by the regulators in connection with nuisance calls....
Read moreAfrica rising - but who benefits?
18-06-2013 Hits:7 Business News Super User
But who gains most from the continent's rapid growth?...
Read moreProtests spread throughout Brazil
18-06-2013 Hits:12 Business News Super User
Thousands of people march through Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, over rising public transport prices and the cost of staging the 2014 World Cup....
Read moreVIDEO: China's Huawei launches smartphone
18-06-2013 Hits:28 Business News Super User
The Chinese telecoms giant, Huawei, is heating up the already highly competitive global smartphone industry with a product launch in London....
Read moreTV licence fee excuses revealed
18-06-2013 Hits:7 Business News Super User
A homeowner said they did not think they had to pay their TV licence fee because they claimed their pet was related to one of the Queen's dogs, it is revealed....
Read moreVIDEO: Singapore gets new oil technology
18-06-2013 Hits:8 Business News Super User
Singapore's oil refineries are getting new technology to help safeguard their future....
Read moreVIDEO: China launches carbon trading scheme
18-06-2013 Hits:8 Business News Super User
China is launching a new carbon trading scheme in the country's southern city of Shenzhen....
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