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BAE may cut Typhoon price to win India order
BAE Systems is considering lowering the price of its Eurofighter Typhoon to win back an $11bn (£7bn) Indian contract from France's Dassault.
Glencore and Xstrata to form FTSE's seventh-biggest company
Miner Xstrata and trading house Glencore will on Tuesday unveil details for their $90bn (£56.9bn) merger, which will see the new copper-to-commodities trading titan catapulted to seventh place in the UK's FTSE 100.
Glencore and Xstrata merger: Q&A
With Glencore and Xstrata set to unveil the details of their $90bn (£56.9bn) mining and commodities mega-merger, here is a step-by-step explanation of how the deal would work and what the main issues are:
'Time-bomb' of unemployed young
Youth unemployment is a "time-bomb" set to cost the Exchequer £2.9bn a year from 2013 - the entire annual budget for Jobcentre Plus - and rob the economy of £6.3bn a year in lost output, a study revealed.
Bank of England may put limit on mortgage ratios
The Bank of England could intervene and cap the maximum mortgages available to borrowers to stop another credit crisis, George Osborne said on Monday night.
Farmers Guardian is sold as UBM shifts from print
UBM forged its reputation producing trade magazines such as Property Week and Famers Guardian, but has now offloaded its medical and agriculture titles as part of its ongoing shift away from print.
Stalemate in talks on Greek austerity measures
Greek politicians refused to yield to the austerity demands of their "troika" paymasters despite a stark warning from German chancellor Angela Merkel that the stand-off threatened the "entire eurozone".
Civil servants have much to learn from business
Lord Browne, the former BP chief executive and now lead non-executive director for the Government, reckons a new training programme for senior civil servants responsible for major projects will save the taxpayer up to £10bn a year.
Why the 'Glenstrata' alliance should not be allowed to stand
"People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices." Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776.
Stagecoach founders take fight over Levene losses to lawyers
Stagecoach founder Sir Brian Souter and his sister Ann Gloag are to take their fight over losses they suffered at the hands of former City financier Nicolas "Beano" Levene to the lawyers that handled the transactions.
Big companies accused of 'tokenism' over women on boards
A big jump in the number of women being hired as non-executive directors on boards, rather than for executive posts, suggests FTSE 100 chairmen are succumbing to "tokenism" during recruitment, a leading headhunter has warned.
Shanghai shipping slump as IMF warns China on euro slump
Shanghai shipping volumes contracted sharply in January as Europe's debt crisis curbed demand for Asian goods, stoking fresh doubts about the strength of the Chinese economy.
UK house prices rise in January, Halifax says
House prices in the UK rose 0.6pc in January according to Halifax, supported by low interest rates and providing further evidence the economy had a better start to 2012 than feared.
UK new car sales rise marginally in January
New car sales in the UK rose marginally in January despite the uncertain economy and the industry bracing itself for a challenging 2012.
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