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News • British Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian dollar has risen to a 29-year high against the US dollar as demand for commodities continues to grow.
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Qantas Airways warns that profits will be hurt by recent natural disasters in Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
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Global reliance
29 Mar 2011 3:14:22
Japanese parts shortages to hit, but not just yet
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The challenges facing football clubs and businesses around the world will be examined at Manchester's second Soccerex European Forum event.
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The Times and Sunday Times had 79,000 monthly digital subscribers at the end of February, according to new figures.
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Debt fears over Portugal and Greece force ratings agency Standard & Poor's into downgrading the countries.
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Construction work on London's Olympic Stadium finishes as the last piece of turf is laid, although the venue's track is yet to be installed.
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China remains the world's leading powerhouse in low-carbon energy technology as global investment in the sector reaches a new high of $243bn, a study shows.
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Old World monkeys have better numerical skills than previously thought, scientists find.
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Shares in CPP dive by 50% after the card protection company says it is being investigated by the Financial Services Authority.
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US single family home prices fell for the seventh month in a row in January, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index of prices.
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The world economy needs more long-term investment in infrastructure, but funds are getting tighter, says the World Economic Forum.
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Conservative MP Douglas Carswell explains how government spending will continue to rise annually despite talk of cuts.
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Budget supermarkets see a rise in profits as cautious customers seek out value for money products.
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Simon Hayes, chief UK economist at Barclays Capital, predicts a "long and difficult road" for the the UK with some cuts yet to come into force and for their effects to be felt by people and the markets.
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Long game
29 Mar 2011 2:51:34
No immediate end in sight for Japan nuclear crisis
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The US Supreme Court is set to hear evidence on whether the largest sex discrimination lawsuit in US history, against retailer Walmart, should go ahead.
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Royal Dutch Shell agrees to sell Stanlow refinery, the UK's second-biggest oil refinery, to India's Essar Energy in a deal worth $1.3bn.
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An oil industry leader says firms are "rethinking" North Sea investment plans over the imposition of a £2bn windfall tax.
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Staff who work in Crown post offices are offered a pay rise and a cash lump sum after they voted earlier this month to go on strike.
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How the Money Matters Roadshow has charted people's changing priorities over recent years.
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Merlin Entertainments reveals figures for 2010 showing an increase in group revenues and visitor numbers.
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The political turmoil in the Middle East slowed growth in air passenger numbers in February, according to IATA.
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Europe's biggest engineering firm, Siemens is selling its lighting business, Osram.
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An osprey thought to be the oldest breeding female ever recorded in the UK has returned to its nest at a Perthshire wildlife reserve.
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