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World Bank could run out of money 'within 12 months'
President Robert Zoellick launches major campaign secure funding from rich nations as financial crisis sees bank's coffers running dry.
EDF starts €4bn auction for UK electricity arm
Britain's biggest electricity network has officially been put up for sale in an auction that is already attracting a list of foreign buyers.
Banks and traders threatened by new international tax
The International Monetary Fund is drawing up plans for an international tax on banks.
FTSE 100 closes below 5,000 as bid talk fades
The FTSE 100 ended the week below 5,000 as traders pulled back after bid talk faded and US employers cut more jobs than expected in September.
Evening Standard to go free
London's Evening Standard has announced plans to scrap its 50p cover price and become a free newspaper, sacrificing £12m in revenue for a wider circulation.
BAE executives meet investors after SFO talks fail
BAE Systems executives met with shareholders after the SFO announced the defence company faces prosecution for alleged corruption.
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Tesco attacks watchdog's 'senseless' planning test British house prices rise for fifth month
Alex: Credit Crunch Special
New app brings the year's best Alex cartoons to life on iPhone and iPod.
Apple flexes iPhone muscle with mobile networks
Apple dictates terms as iPhone price war looms between Vodafone, O2 and Orange.
FTSE slips below 5,000 on gloomy US jobs data
Fears that the global economic recovery may not be as rapid as first thought triggered a share sell-off in London, as investors grew concerned about the state of the US unemployment market after worse-than-expected numbers.
US unemployment reflects downside of short-termist stimulus policies
September's job data makes it clear that the US economy is still in a record-breaking hole.
Questor
BAE shares should take off, despite SFO investigation
And there's simply no stopping Domino's Pizza, says Questor.
With-profits: two-thirds of funds 'failing to perform'
Only a third of funds in the £300bn with-profits industry are performing adequately, an investigation has claimed.
Woman bombarded with bank calls
Avril Dolbear, from Plymouth, is being bombarded with calls from confused bank customers because her new phone number is the same as a sort code.
IMF is right to make us save for rainy days
Having abolished booms, Gordon Brown is already halfway to achieving his long-held aim of no return to boom and bust. Admittedly, the latter half of the project is looking beyond him but 10 out of 10 for the work so far.
EDF considers sale of British electricity business
EDF, the French group which is one of the largest distributors of electricity in Britain, is considering selling the UK business.
Gold: what to do if you dig up your own Anglo-Saxon hoard
If you want to make your fortune with a metal detector it pays to know how the process works.
Frederick Forsyth: 'I lost £2.2m in a share fraud'
Frederick Forsyth lost his fortune through a share fraud and divorce.
Bananas cheapest for 14 years amid supermarket price war
Asda has slashed the price of bananas to the lowest level in 14 years, angering some rivals who accuse the supermarket of a "pointless" price war.
EDF considers sale of British electricity business
EDF, the French group which is one of the largest distributors of electricity in Britain, is considering selling the UK business.
Prupim buys new UK Supreme Court
The UK's new Supreme Court has been bought by Prupim, part of Prudential's asset management arm, in a £30m deal.
Ontex, the nappy giant, on sale for €1.3bn
Investors are fighting to buy Ontex, one of the world's largest private-label nappy makers and a major Tesco supplier, in a €1.3bn deal that would be the biggest private equity sale of the year.
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