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| Dec 05, 2008 |
Collapse of Pinnacle puts independent music labels at risk
The future of many UK independent music labels was under threat yesterday following the collapse of Pinnacle Entertainment, the specialist distributor. Pinnacle, one...
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| Dec 05, 2008 |
California faces prospect of running out of money early next year
Thousands of unsold cars are piling up at Long Beach, the docks that, together with nearby Los Angeles, represent the biggest port complex in the western hemisphere...
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| Dec 04, 2008 |
Northern Foods wins BA contract
The company moves outside its supermarket customer base for the first time, replacing Gate Gourmet in supplying meals and sandwiches for short-haul flights from Heathrow airport
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| Dec 04, 2008 |
Overnight trips fall amid tourism gloom
The Tourism Alliance says the decline will continue into 2009 and wants the UK government to take action to support the ailing industry in areas such as employment regulation and tipping
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| Dec 04, 2008 |
Trump drives on with golf resort
Donald Trump says he is pressing ahead with plans for his controversial £1bn golf resort near Aberdeen, for which he recently received outline planning permission...
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| Dec 04, 2008 |
Financial crunch weakens bidding at Christie's auction
Christie's auction house sold $146m worth of Asian artwork in its Hong Kong autumn sales, failing to meet its pre-sale estimate as the financial crisis stifled demand...
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| Dec 04, 2008 |
Pledge to ban 'all you can drink' promotions
A ban on "all you can drink" promotions in bars and pubs, and curbs on supermarkets tying discounts to the purchase of large quantities of alcohol were promised by the...
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| Dec 04, 2008 |
Hong Kong job cuts so far are just the start
Just a year ago, conversations among executives and bankers in Hong Kong centred on the size of their bonuses after a booming 2007. Now, their biggest concerns are...
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| Dec 03, 2008 |
Galaxy in bond buy-back offer
Galaxy Entertainment, the Macao casino operator, yesterday offered to buy back as much as $350m worth of bonds as it aims to lower interest payments amid a collapse in...
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| Dec 03, 2008 |
Greene King pays steady dividend
The continued enthusiasm of Scottish pub-goers helped Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, achieve steady sales and maintain its dividend, in what the company's...
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| Dec 03, 2008 |
Piano masters reveal intensity
Solo piano gigs are rare and risky events that concentrate the mind of audience and performer alike, especially when, like these, they are unadorned by amplification...
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| Dec 03, 2008 |
Fashion mode
JD Sports Fashions fell into negative like-for-like sales growth in the past three months as the UK's best-performing sports retailer succumbed to the consumer...
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Arcandor poised to name Eick as chief
The troubled German retail and travel conglomerate is set to replace its chief executive with Deutsche Telekom's chief financial officer
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Price rises hit limit says Thomas Cook
The travel comany said no more capacity would be taken out of the market as it reported a 32 per cent rise in adjusted pre-tax profits
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Game Group sticks to guidance as sales slow
Like-for-like sales at Britain's biggest video games retailer grew by 1.5% in the 18 weeks to November 29, compared with 22.2% in the first half, but spending on games and consoles remained 'relatively resilient'
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Halfords joins job-cutting trend
Halfords, the car parts and bicycles chain, is to make staff redundant at its head office and in stores as it becomes the latest retailer to cut jobs. David Wild, the...
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Carrefour to pilot village stores
Carrefour, the hypermarket group which is in the process of changing chief executive, said yesterday that it would pilot new convenience stores in small towns and...
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Ersatz Woolies
Shoppers are deserting the high street as recession bites. What will happen if they never come back? You may think this fanciful in a nation of shopaholics, but many...
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Unions cut their losses and get ready to cut a deal
When members of the United Auto Workers union travelled to Washington DC to lobby on behalf of the three Detroit-based car giants, they did not fly in on private jets...
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Negative forecasts offer little cheer for fragile pubs groups
Punch Taverns slumped after its house broker yesterday said shareholders of the pubs group risked being wiped out. In a sector note, Morgan Stanley analyst Jamie...
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