Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:07:46 GMTUK food prices have risen by 8.3% on average since January, with meat and fish up 23%, according to a study for the BBC.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:58:26 GMTThe US economy sheds 84,000 jobs last month, more than expected, raising the jobless rate to a near five-year high.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:09:52 GMTMost properties for sale in the UK have now been on the market for more than 90 days without finding a buyer.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:58:38 GMTFears about a global economic slowdown continue to weigh on stock markets, with Japan's main share index falling nearly 3%.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:57:08 GMTNokia lowers its predicted market share for the third quarter, sending its shares plummeting.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:03:22 GMTThe UK smoking ban and slow consumer spending knocks pub group JD Wetherspoon's full year pretax profits down 11%.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:52:19 GMTEasyjet says the number of passengers it flew in August this year rose 24% on August 2007.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:34:25 GMTPublisher Informa's shares fall after it rebuffs a reduced takeover bid from private equity firms.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:30:02 GMTFour thousand staff at Crewe-based carmaker Bentley are going down to a three-day week as demand slumps.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:48:05 GMTResearch suggests that couples are less likely to get divorced during a slowdown in the housing market.
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:24:35 GMTCharity shops beat the economic slowdown as shoppers look for value away from the traditional high street chains.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:31:32 GMTCan organic farming survive rising food prices?
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:29:19 GMTWhat is the secret behind Google's huge success?
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:52 GMTThe Winter of Discontent, 30 years on
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:02:13 GMTIs it make or short break for UK budget hotels?
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:26:52 GMTWhy extra taxes on energy firms just won't happen
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:32 GMTSterling's decline hits key shares in the BBC Global 30
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:29:42 GMTBHP Billiton suspends all iron ore production in Western Australia after the deaths of two workers in the space of ten days.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:13:55 GMTThe "big six" energy suppliers increased their dividends to shareholder by 19% last year, research shows.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:23:44 GMTOnline retailer Amazon will help the One Laptop Per Child organisation with its plans to sell its XO laptop in the US.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:46:22 GMTPakistan needs a "substantial" injection of external funds if it is to stabilise its economy, an IMF official says.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:30:14 GMTEntertainment retailer HMV sees sales growth fall off sharply in the last three months.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:52:49 GMTThe world's wealthiest countries are failing to deliver money promised to poor countries, a UN report says.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:14:09 GMTVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez approves a plan to take over the firms that distribute fuel to households and petrol stations.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:17:01 GMTRussia's stock market loses more than 30% of its value as foreign investors pull out after the country's intervention in Georgia.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:12:53 GMTTalks are held in the Indian city of Calcutta to try to end a row over the building of the world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:16:05 GMTThe Bank of England holds interest rates at 5% for a fifth month as it balances a weak economy and high inflation.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:34:59 GMTEnvironment Secretary Hilary Benn denies ministers "caved in" to energy firms over cash rebates for soaring fuel bills.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:40:00 GMTOne in seven people have been bullied at work, with higher earners more likely to face problems, according to new research.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:21:16 GMTUK house prices recorded an annual fall of 10.9% in August leaving the average home costing £174,178, says the Halifax.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:22:56 GMTNew UK car registrations last month were at their lowest level for any August since 1966, figures show.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:21:40 GMTBP signs an agreement with its Russian partner aimed at solving a festering dispute at joint venture TNK-BP.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:02:35 GMTGordon Brown confirms the government will not be giving consumers a one-off payment to help with rising fuel bills.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:21:24 GMTThe Abbey is the latest lender to reduce interest rates on its mortgages during the longest period of cuts since the credit crunch began.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:13:04 GMTThe Cable & Wireless pension scheme has struck a deal with the Pru to guarantee the pension payments of its 5,000 pensioners.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:25:52 GMTInsurance customers could have been left without the cover they paid for after directors misused clients' money.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:00:25 GMTThe global slowdown will take its toll on growth in developing countries, the UN agency Unctad says.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:25:43 GMTDownbeat US employment ad retail data adds to economic jitters despite more positive figures from the service sector.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:42:32 GMTUK workers are among the hardest working people in Europe, with only Romanians and Bulgarians putting in longer hours, new research shows.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:28:37 GMTThe European Central Bank keeps eurozone interest rates at 4.25% after its latest meeting.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:33:37 GMTSales at Whitbread rise, with its Premier Inn budget hotels doing well as the weak economy hits corporate travel budgets.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:09:44 GMTElectronics firm Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of wiring faults that may cause overheating.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:48:29 GMTAssembly workers at Boeing have voted to go on strike following a dispute over pay and benefits.
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