VIDEO: Apple signs deal with China Mobile
23 Dec 2013 7:21:18
US technology giant Apple has signed a deal to bring its iPhone to China Mobile - the world's largest carrier.
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VIDEO: Japan seeks more women executives
23 Dec 2013 5:58:45
The BBC's Linda Yueh speaks to venture capitalist William Saito about the challenges faced by Japanese women in the business world.
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Councils 'make £594m from parking'
23 Dec 2013 5:01:35
Councils around England generated a record £594m surplus from parking activities in the past financial year, according to the RAC Foundation.
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Tiffany & Co ordered to pay Swatch
23 Dec 2013 4:40:04
The Tiffany & Co jewellery chain is ordered to pay Swatch Group, the world's largest watch-maker, some $448m (£274m) over a failed joint venture.
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VIDEO: Apple in China Mobile iPhone deal
23 Dec 2013 1:56:47
US smartphone manufacturer Apple has reached an agreement to bring its iPhone to the world's biggest phone carrier, China Mobile.
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Company that invented the snow globe
23 Dec 2013 0:29:55
The family firm which invented the snow globe 113 years ago
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VIDEO: How snow globes came to be
23 Dec 2013 0:28:23
Erwin Perzy III has grown up surrounded by fake snow - the recipe for which remains a closely guarded secret
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Business in 2013: BBC's most-read
23 Dec 2013 0:21:41
The BBC's biggest stories from the 2013 year in business
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VIDEO: The 12 months of Christmas
23 Dec 2013 0:09:25
How preparations for Christmas 2014 are already beginning for some businesses
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Councils 'allow bailiff aggression'
23 Dec 2013 0:02:19
Citizens Advice is accusing councils of letting bailiffs get away with threatening and aggressive behaviour when collecting council tax debts.
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Digital rights 'risk inconsistency'
23 Dec 2013 0:01:26
A proposed new law designed to improve consumer protection for purchasers of digital music risks being inconsistent, a committee of MPs has said.
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Apple in major Chinese iPhone deal
22 Dec 2013 3:10:08
US technology giant Apple has signed a deal to bring its iPhone to China Mobile - the world's largest carrier.
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Bishop's warning on universal credit
22 Dec 2013 2:54:23
A bishop warns the UK risks "losing the safety net" the benefit system "should provide" as the new universal credit is brought in.
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M&S apology over alcohol refusal
22 Dec 2013 2:40:26
Marks & Spencer has apologised after a Muslim member of staff refused to serve a customer trying to buy alcohol.
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Melt water reservoir lurks under ice
22 Dec 2013 8:07:37
A new reservoir of melted water lurking below the Greenland ice sheet may have big implications for sea level rise.
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New shellfish nursery laws in force
22 Dec 2013 3:18:21
Dozens of shellfish nurseries in Scotland will be protected under new legislation that has come into force.
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Australian plane to monitor whaling
22 Dec 2013 3:16:33
Australia is to send a surveillance plane to the Southern Ocean in a bid to stop conflict between Japanese whaling vessels and environmentalists.
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Reconsider Help to Buy, Cable says
22 Dec 2013 1:50:21
The government's Help to Buy scheme to lift the housing market should be reconsidered, according to the Business Secretary Vince Cable.
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Charges over Bangladesh factory fire
22 Dec 2013 8:24:05
Thirteen people, including the two owners, are charged over a Bangladesh garment factory fire last year that killed more than 100 people.
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VIDEO: Sales under way for 'panic weekend'
22 Dec 2013 7:56:36
Retailers are trying to attract shoppers into the stores with pre-Christmas sales on what is thought to be the biggest retail weekend of the year.
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VIDEO: Space Station repairs under way
22 Dec 2013 2:03:40
Astronauts at the International Space Station have completed the first of a series of spacewalks to carry out urgent repairs.
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Astronauts start urgent pump repair
21 Dec 2013 9:02:34
Astronauts at the International Space Station complete the first of a series of spacewalks to carry out urgent repairs to the cooling system.
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Ups and downs for nocturnal species
21 Dec 2013 2:11:01
How the UK's nocturnal specialists are faring
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The wine drought that never was
21 Dec 2013 1:59:39
Should we fear reports of a looming global wine shortage?
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Mexican president signs energy law
21 Dec 2013 1:23:46
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto signs a law that changes the constitution to allow foreign companies to drill for oil and gas for the first time since 1938.
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