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- 7/01/2009 2:58:00 PM | Facing Losses, Billionaire Takes His Own Life
Adolf Merckle's speculation in volatile Volkswagen shares pushed his sprawling empire to the edge of ruin. READ MORE
- 7/01/2009 2:34:00 PM | Austria's ‘Woman on Wall St.' Now Out of Sight
Sonja Kohn made few friends gathering billions for Bernard L. Madoff from wealthy investors in Russia and across Europe. Now she's disappeared from public view.
READ MORE - 7/01/2009 1:26:00 PM | Watchdog bans British Gas adverts
Adverts for British Gas's home maintenance service are banned by a watchdog after being branded "misleading. READ MORE - 7/01/2009 1:26:00 PM | Watchdog bans British Gas adverts
Adverts for British Gas's home maintenance service are banned by a watchdog after being branded "misleading". READ MORE - 7/01/2009 12:22:00 PM | World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Regulators Still Reviewing Airline Merger
The European Commission, Europe's competition watchdog, said it had extended its review of a bid by Lufthansa to buy a smaller Belgian rival, Brussels Airlines.
READ MORE - 7/01/2009 12:21:00 PM | World Business Briefing | Asia: India: G.M. To Increase Car Prices
The Indian unit of General Motors will raise its car prices by 1 to 2 percent to cover rising costs and does not expect the market to improve in the first half of 2009, a senior official said on Tuesday.
READ MORE - 7/01/2009 12:15:00 PM | Russia Cuts Gas; Europe Shivers
Russia's gas price dispute with Ukraine escalated, disrupting deliveries to the European Union in the midst of a bitter cold spell. READ MORE - 7/01/2009 11:55:00 AM | The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand
Environmental groups in the U.S. and Canada are pushing for a slowdown to oil sands development. READ MORE - 7/01/2009 11:26:00 AM | Layoff payoff
The financial costs of making redundancies READ MORE - 7/01/2009 11:15:00 AM | Keen interest
The rates roulette for savers and borrowers READ MORE - 7/01/2009 11:11:00 AM | Staff recruitment falling sharply
The number of new workers being recruited is falling sharply due to the worsening economic downturn, a survey finds. READ MORE - 7/01/2009 11:11:00 AM | Job demand falls at record rate
Demand for staff is falling at a record rate, according to a report by Britain's recruiters.
READ MORE - 7/01/2009 10:57:00 AM | UK 2008 car sales to fall by 10%
UK car sales figures for the past year are expected to be more than 10% lower than sales in 2007.
READ MORE - 7/01/2009 10:39:00 AM | World Business Briefing | Asia: India: Credit Suisse Invests in Finance Unit
Credit Suisse said it had injected 7.94 billion rupees ($164 million) into the operations of its nonbanking financial company in India. READ MORE - 7/01/2009 10:36:00 AM | World Business Briefing | Africa: Kenya: 2 Countries Plan Railway
Kenya and Uganda plan to build a new railway from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to cope with increased trade among the East African countries and their landlocked neighbors, officials said.
READ MORE - 7/01/2009 10:18:00 AM | German Billionaire Takes Own Life
Adolf Merckle's speculation in volatile Volkswagen shares pushed his sprawling empire to the edge of ruin. READ MORE - 7/01/2009 9:24:00 AM | Government could do more - ACCI
BUSINESS believes the Federal Government should be considering more measures to stimulate the economy. READ MORE - 7/01/2009 9:07:00 AM | Wall Street gains on recovery hopes
US STOCKS rose modestly overnight, lifted by gains overseas, and as investors hoped that emergency Government measures will pull the global economy out of recession.
READ MORE - 7/01/2009 8:45:00 AM | Companies brace for the worst
THE financial crisis is continuing to slam small business, with 59pc believing this will be the worst quarter yet. READ MORE - 7/01/2009 8:38:00 AM | ATO warns over fake tax refund scam
AUSTRALIANS are being warned to ignore a scam email claiming to be from the tax office and offering refunds. READ MORE