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News • British Broadcasting Corporation
US consumer spending rose in February, government figures show, but higher fuel bills are a big factor behind the increase.
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Cabin crew at British Airways vote heavily in favour of new strike action in their long-running industrial dispute.
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Pensioners should be aware of fraudsters taking advantage of an error by the UK tax authority, experts warn.
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Toyota has announced it is restarting production of hybrid cars at two of its Japanese factories.
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Northern Rock announces further restructuring that will result in up to 680 job losses as it looks to cut costs.
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There should be no petrol or diesel cars in Europe's city centres by 2050, the European Commission says.
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House prices in England and Wales saw an annual fall in February, the Land Registry says, but prices in London and the East of England rose.
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1,000mph car
28 Mar 2011 1:54:22
Making sure the supercar points in the right direction
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More than 1,500 oil-soaked northern rockhopper penguins are in a rehabilitation centre on Tristan da Cunha island, says RSPB.
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Troubled care home group Southern Cross Healthcare will reach agreement with landlords and continue operating, its boss tells the BBC.
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The governor of Nigeria's Central Bank tells Carrie Gracie why he thinks bankers shouldn't be allowed to forget their role in the financial crisis.
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Highly radioactive water has been found for the first time outside one of the reactor buildings at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, officials say.
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Harry Coover, who is known for the creation of Super Glue, dies at the age of 94 in Tennessee
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Many savers fail to switch their Individual Savings Account (Isa) to gain a better interest rate, a consumer watchdog says.
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Panorama's Andrew Verity meets a man who has gone from a good business and home ownership to facing eviction from his rental house.
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Picking up the slack
28 Mar 2011 0:04:21
Will Coventry's firms make up for public sector job losses?
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Greece will default on its debts but the eurozone will survive intact, a survey of top forecasters by the BBC World Service finds.
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Ill winds
28 Mar 2011 9:57:40
Why Japan's nuclear crisis blew Angela Merkel away
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Britain is going back to the final frontier, with the official launch of the UK Space Agency in Swindon
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Watford Leisure, the company that owns Watford football club, reports a sharp increase in losses for the second half of 2010.
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Some 400,000 existing policyholders with the Equitable Life are to get an increase to their future pensions, the society says.
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India's latest tiger census shows a 20% rise in the population of the big cat, the environment and forest ministry says.
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Business Secretary Vince Cable says tax on high value properties may have to rise - if the 50p tax rate is axed.
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The maker of Irn Bru, AG Barr, reports a sharp rise in annual profits and improved sales in the past two months.
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AstraZeneca announces a deal between US and UK tax authorities that will help increase its earnings this year.
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