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February 27, 2011
As Egypt gets back to work, it is counting the cost of the unrest. Ben Thompson asks if the economy can move forward?
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February 26, 2011
The Morrocan town of Fez has become a haven for Europeans who renovate guest houses abandoned by the locals.
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February 25, 2011
Discarded plastic bottles and bags clog the streets of many African counties. But one young man in Kampala, Uganda, has come up with an idea for turning cash into trash.
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February 25, 2011
The UK economy shrank by more than first thought in the last quarter of 2010, contracting by 0.6%, revised figures show.
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February 25, 2011
Nintendo starts selling the long-awaited 3DS portable gaming console in Japan on Saturday.
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February 25, 2011
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), created by the merger of British Airways and Iberia, saw a pre-tax profit of 21m euros ($29m; £18m) for the final three months of 2010.
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February 24, 2011
The Royal Bank of Scotland, which is largely owned by the taxpayer, is still in the red after announcing it made losses of more than £1.1bn pounds last year.
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February 24, 2011
The UK’s biggest domestic energy supplier British Gas has reported profits of £742m that's up almost a quarter on the previous year.
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February 24, 2011
BASF says it is concerned about the situation in Libya - its Wintershall subsidiary has oil and gas interests there.
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February 23, 2011
There are splits in the Bank of England committee that decides UK interest rates with three of the policymakers voting for an interest rate rise in this month’s meeting.
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February 23, 2011
A major pension fund wants Apple to outline it’s succession plan, following the third leave of medical absence for the founder and Chief executive Steve Jobs.
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February 19, 2011
Couples are being urged to make sure they understand what their wedding policy covers, after it emerged only one in four insurers will pay the full costs of a cancelled event.
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February 19, 2011
Changes to the state pension age are reckless and could leave many women struggling to earn a living, the shop workers union, USDAW, has warned.
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February 18, 2011
UK retail sales rebounded in January after heavy snow caused a big drop in December sales.
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February 18, 2011
Youth unemployment has reached a record high, but with the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith insisting jobs are out there, where should young people look?
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February 16, 2011
Immigration staff are failing to take action against hundreds of migrant workers who have no right to stay in Britain, a critical report has found.
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February 15, 2011
BBC Radio 5 live Up All Night takes a look at fairtrade gold with the director of the Alliance for Responsible Mining.
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February 15, 2011
Barclays announces huge profits of £6.07 billion for 2010, a rise from the £4.59bn profit the bank made in 2009.
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February 15, 2011
Inflation rises to its highest level in two years - increasing the pressure for a rise in interest rates.
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February 15, 2011
Cold weather takes the edge off growth in the Eurozone in the final three months of 2010.
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