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BBC Business News Updated: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:33:46 GMT
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CBI seeking 'targeted' tax cuts (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:26 GMT)
The CBI calls on the government to give a £500m boost to business in the Budget through a series of "targeted and modest" tax cuts. 
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Peugeot boosted by alliance talks (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:03:48 GMT)
Peugeot shares jump 12% after the carmaker confirms it is in talks about possible "co-operations and alliances".
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Peacocks sold but 3,100 jobs lost (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:04:47 GMT)
Fashion retailer Peacocks is sold out of administration to Edinburgh Woollen Mill, saving 6,000 jobs, but 3,100 staff will be made redundant.
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Greek MPs consider bailout laws (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:38:48 GMT)
Protests take place outside parliament in Greece, as MPs consider emergency laws after a 130bn-euro bailout deal.
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Bank members voted for £75bn QE (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:49:37 GMT)
Minutes show two of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee wanted more money pumped into the economy, sending sterling down on the currency markets.
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Hotels chain to create 3,000 jobs (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:53:19 GMT)
Intercontinental hotels, which owns the Holiday Inn and Crown Plaza hotel brands, says it will create 3,000 jobs in the UK.
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Obama seeks US corporate tax cut (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:26:09 GMT)
US President Barack Obama proposes a cut in corporate tax and an end to tax loopholes, as part of his election-year strategy on the economy.
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Air Asia hit by high fuel costs (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:43:32 GMT)
Malaysian budget airline Air Asia reports a 56% fall in fourth-quarter profit, hurt by higher fuel costs.
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South Korea wins Navy tanker deal (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:44:55 GMT)
The Royal Navy selects South Korean firm Daewoo for a £452m deal to build four new fuel tankers.
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PPI payments 'hit £1.9bn in 2011' (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:32:11 GMT)
Banks paid out £1.9bn in compensation in 2011 for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance, a watchdog says.
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Travis Perkins profits jump 37% (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:25:30 GMT)
Travis Perkins, the owner of Wickes, reports a jump in profits thanks to a strong performance in the building trade, but warned that the retail DIY market remains tough.
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EU court to rule on Acta legality (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:03:23 GMT)
A controversial anti-piracy agreement is to be referred to the EU's highest court due to concerns surrounding internet freedoms.
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New targets for tax inspectors (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:10:13 GMT)
Tax inspectors will target the motor trade, market stallholders and clothing sellers as they extend their campaign against tax dodgers.
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Indian call centres 'in US fraud' (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:15:36 GMT)
Indian call centres were used to swindle millions of dollars out of Americans in a debt collection fraud, say US federal officials.
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Nigeria rig 'may burn for months' (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:26:46 GMT)
A gas-fuelled fire, with flames as high as 5m, may burn for months in waters off the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria, a Chevron spokesperson tells the BBC.
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Eurozone service sector shrinks (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:41:43 GMT)
The eurozone's service sector shrinks unexpectedly in February, a survey suggests, increasing fears of a recession.
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Barratt bounces back into profit (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:23:05 GMT)
Barratt Developments has returned to profit after a loss for the same period last year and it expects to recover further.
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App helps blind people send texts (Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:57:31 GMT)
An app designed to help blind people send text messages could have many uses for fully-sighted people too, researchers say.
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Vatican to lose tax-exempt status (Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:47:05 GMT)
Italy's Catholic Church faces an annual multi-million euro bill over government plans to strip it of its tax-exempt status.
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Stamp price rise plans challenged (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:53:46 GMT)
MPs challenge a regulator about plans to remove price caps on first-class stamps and raise the price limit on second class to as much as 55p.
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New year drop in property sales (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:06:57 GMT)
Home sales recorded their typical new year dip, but transactions in the first month of the year were higher than any January since 2008, figures show.
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Cash offer for insulation 'help' (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:10:47 GMT)
British Gas is offering £50 to anyone who can pass on the name of an elderly person or a family on benefits who needs to have their home insulated.
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UK business confidence 'growing' (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:19 GMT)
The number of UK businesses planning to increase their spending on marketing has risen sharply from last year, a survey suggests.
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Hungary may lose EU aid over debt (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:30:55 GMT)
The European Commission plans to freeze 495m euros of funding for Hungary, lamenting the country's excessive budget deficit.
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W Australia seeks own wealth fund (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:23:46 GMT)
Western Australia says it is planning to launch a sovereign wealth fund to invest earnings from its mining boom.
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Dell forecasts decline in sales (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:04:12 GMT)
Dell reports an 18% drop in fourth-quarter profit and forecasts a fall in sales in the current quarter, sending it shares down in after-hours trading.
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Heathrow passengers reach record (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:30:03 GMT)
The number of passengers using BAA's Heathrow airport reached a record last year while losses for the company narrowed, the airport operator says.
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Megaupload founder granted bail (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:24:12 GMT)
The founder of shut down file-sharing website Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, is granted bail by a New Zealand court.
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Clarke & IMG settle legal dispute (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:44:57 GMT)
England & Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke and media giant IMG have settled their legal dispute out of court.
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Man Utd cut debt and lift revenue (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:55:31 GMT)
Man Utd says revenues for the last six months of 2011 increased by £18.5m on the year before to £175m, while debt was cut.
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Green light for £100m golf resort (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:30:34 GMT)
Plans for a £100m golf resort on Northern Ireland's north coast are given the go-ahead.
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VIDEO: PPI claim 'a lot of hard work' (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:16:37 GMT)
The Financial Services Authority has revealed that compensation to borrowers who were mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance reached nearly £2bn last year.
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AUDIO: The economic tide 'is coming in' (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:43:00 GMT)
Economist Geoffrey Dicks speaks to the Today programme's Lesley Curwen about the positive indicators of the UK's "real economy".
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VIDEO: British shoe company flourishing (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:32:06 GMT)
As Budget day looms Steph McGovern asks Peter Taylor the Managing Director of Hotter Shoes, what he would like to see the Chancellor do to help UK PLC.
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VIDEO: Could business help free schools? (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:27:32 GMT)
Newsnight's political editor Allegra Stratton discusses the politics of putting children's education into the hands of profit-making companies.
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VIDEO: Inside Apple's factory in China (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:49:01 GMT)
ABC presenter Bill Weir has been granted exclusive access to a factory in China run by Foxconn, one of the biggest suppliers for software giant Apple.
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VIDEO: CBI calls for 'targeted' tax cuts (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:11:44 GMT)
The CBI is calling on the government to give a £500m boost to business in the Budget through a series of "targeted and modest" tax cuts.
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AUDIO: Work experience is 'slave labour' (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:24:09 GMT)
Estelle Cooch from the Right To Work protest group says the government's work experience scheme is 'slave labour'.
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VIDEO: How smaller firms survive the recession (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:35:44 GMT)
Many British manufacturers have been hit by the recession, but other areas such as car production appear to be growing well.
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Biosensors measure sporting success (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:57 GMT)
The new technologies changing sport performance
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US turns up heat on China solar subsidies (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:02:54 GMT)
China and US in spat over solar subsidies
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Mobile money: Using your phone to transfer cash (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:52 GMT)
Using your mobile phone to transfer cash
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Analysis: Land grab or development opportunity? (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:13:01 GMT)
Could leasing land to foreign firms help reduce African poverty?
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Evolve and fight for sales or die (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:45 GMT)
Serial entrepreneur gives his top tips for business survival
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Philippines in fresh tourism push (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:44:37 GMT)
The Philippines woo tourists with new slogan
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Why are social enterprises thriving? (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:39:10 GMT)
Why are social enterprises thriving in the UK?
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