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1. Bank of England voted 7:2 to hold interest rates steady - business live

22 Oct 2014: The European Central Bank is reported to be considering buying corporate bonds, which is set to boost market confidence.

2. Dawn of the Dacia: how Romania’s no-thrills car maker raced ahead

21 Oct 2014: Once the butt of car jokes, demand for cheap, reliable vehicles have helped Dacia become Europe’s fastest-growing brand

3. Tesco to reveal details of new chief’s multimillion-pound golden hello

21 Oct 2014: Supermarket group had promised to compensate Dave Lewis for share bonuses amassed during 28-year career at Unilever

4. Tyne and Wear deregulation U-turn angers bus firms

21 Oct 2014: After long consultation, regional authority to counter reforms brought in by Thatcher government

5. Total boss killed in plane crash: investigators blame drunk driver

21 Oct 2014: Christophe de Margerie, who was killed when a private jet collided with a snow plough, was one of the world’s most recognisable oil executives

6. Ex-Co-op chief takes over at Superdry

22 Oct 2014: Euan Sutherland becomes new CEO at SuperGroup corporation after walking out at Co-op after just 10 months in charge

7. Oil baron Nelson Bunker Hunt dies

22 Oct 2014: Texan built on his father’s oil riches but lurched into financial disaster with scheme to corner silver market

8. Whistleblower Royal Bank of Scotland escapes Libor fine

21 Oct 2014: RBS avoids €115m of fines from European competition watchdog after blowing whistle on Swiss-franc bank cartel

9. Government borrowing 10% higher than last year

21 Oct 2014: Government spending pushed borrowing last month to £11.8bn, £1.6bn higher than September 2013 and £1bn higher than City forecasts

10. Sainsbury’s performance worst since 1990s as sales slide by 3.1%

21 Oct 2014: Analysts say supermarket’s performance is in context of a tough market, with only Asda seeing sales growth over the period

11. The moral economy of debt | Robert Skidelsky

21 Oct 2014: Robert Skidelsky: While the creditor-debtor conflict has always been the stuff of politics, that relationship embodies no iron law of morality

12. Government borrowing: self-employed can’t ride to Osborne’s rescue

21 Oct 2014: Phillip Inman: A bigger economy was supposed to mean profitable firms paying more tax. And more employment was supposed to push up income tax receipts

13. Government borrowing rises: what the economists say

21 Oct 2014: The UK’s public finances deteriorated further in September, putting the chancellor further off course in his deficit reduction plans

14. Asos dismisses Amazon takeover talk

21 Oct 2014: Online retailer ‘not my dream partner’, says Asos chief, as fashion firm’s shares climb 16% despite annual profits slump

15. Bank of England payment system crashes leaving homebuyers in limbo

20 Oct 2014: Bank apologises for failure of system used for large transfers as governor Mark Carney orders urgent investigation

16. EU banker bonus cap a ‘retrograde step’, says HSBC chairman

21 Oct 2014: Crackdown by European regulators likely to increase tensions in Britain over Brussels’ influence over the financial sector

17. Sky landline and call charges to soar by inflation-busting 6%

20 Oct 2014: Pay-TV firm says increases – including £12 charge for previously free answerphone – will hit customers before Christmas

18. Pubs merger: Greene King ready to accept Spirit’s higher offer

20 Oct 2014: Spirit, which owns 1,200 pubs, last month rejected an offer of 100p a share from its larger rival, which owns 1,900 pubs and employs 23,000 people