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Get ready for a fixed-income revolution

The London Stock Exchange is looking to replicate the retail bond markets that thrive elsewhere. Sean Farrell reports

Finance minister: 'no quick fix for Dubai debt'

Abdulrahman al-Saleh says six months is not enough to sort out Dubai World debts and overseas assets may be sold off

Scottish architects to design Siberia casino

RMJM will create a multi-billion pound casino and five-star hotel in one of only four legalised ‘gambling zones’ in Russia

Dubai keeps its head in the sand

The Gulf emirate is refusing to admit the full extent of its spiralling debt problems, despite calls for transperancy

Branson’s Virgin Cosmetics loses its gloss

Company which began in blaze of publicity in the Nineties is latest of entrepreneur's high-profile ventures to shut up shop

Heineken and United Breweries ready for India

Dutch brewer to enter continent's rapidly growing beer market after settling a dispute with co-owner Vijay Mallya

GM sells Saab production lines to China's BAIC

The US car giant is pushing ahead with last ditch talks to save the brand with two bidders still in the running

A Giant leap for women on the move

Taiwan’s godmother of the bicycle believes that more women will buy bicycles designed by women, which is what Giant does

Sharewatch: Optos

The medical technology company posted a loss for the year to September 30

A relaxing time down a salt mine

Two entrepreneurs have created Britain’s first salt cave in a London cellar to treat people with respiratory ailments

GM sells Saab production lines to China's BAIC

The US car giant is pushing ahead with last ditch talks to save the brand with two bidders still in the running

Shanks demands higher price after £535m bid

The waste management company says an offer from Carlyle is too low and is holding out for 150p-a-share deal

Game sales suffer in supermarket price wars

A lack of blockbuster games and falling console prices leaves the specialist retailer with sales down 15.1%

Heineken and United Breweries ready for India

Dutch brewer to enter continent's rapidly growing beer market after settling a dispute with co-owner Vijay Mallya

EMI jumps on Vevo bandwagon

The British label has become the third big record label to license its artists to a new online music video venture

BBC to name 105 staff on £150,000

Gordon Brown has called for public sector bodies, ‘including publicly funded media’, to reveal more of their staff salaries

Xstrata to write down $2bn on restructure

Mining company chief, Mick Davis, who last month cashed in £14m of shares, said charge will not impact the group

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Business Digest: Bargain price for FootFall

A company that helps retailers count shoppers during the festive period could be heading for a Christmas sale of its own

Lawyers head for sale windfall

Intermediate Capital Group has emerged as frontrunner to buy patent and legal services firm CPA Global in a £400m deal

Wm Morrison grabs record UK market share

Latest figures from TNS indicate that the grocer has enjoyed a surge in sales just before the departure of Marc Bolland

Game sales suffer in supermarket price wars

A lack of blockbuster games and falling console prices leaves the specialist retailer with sales down 15.1%

EMI jumps on Vevo bandwagon

The British label has become the third big record label to license its artists to a new online music video venture

PayPal copies Apple’s iPhone recipe

The online payments system owned by eBay is throwing open its platform to third-party developers to expand its business

Nokia shuts up Regent Street shop

Mobile group to close its London store after failing to tempt consumers out of the bustling Apple store across the road

Daisy Group to shed 300 telecoms jobs

Job losses follow acquisition of AT Communications, Eurotel and Redstone over recent months by the corporate telecoms supplier

Branson unveils Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

A futuristic spacecraft which will carry the world’s first customers of a commercial space tourism company has been unveiled

Heathrow’s third runway passes carbon test

Climate change advisers say building at Heathrow can proceed without jeopardising Government's emissions targets

Regulator warns energy companies over prices

Ofgem tells power groups that the need to invest in low-carbon energy is no excuse for keeping bills unjustifiably high

Consultancy drawn into Welsh Water inquiry

Investigation into alleged bribery involving utility widens to include Cardiff project-management adviser