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New systems consign White Van Man to history

California-based Trimble's latest tracking product is designed to make drivers safer and stick to the rules of the road

Technology leaves the law in its slipstream

Managers can use the new technologies to defend their drivers against false or malicious claim

US manufacturing slows in November

While rate of growth in manufacturing sector slows, the signs are encouraging, according to Institute for Supply Management

GE set to buy Vivendi's share of NBC Universal

The transaction could clear the way for GE to pass control of the entertainment group to Comcast, the cable company

Former Morgan Crucible boss goes to top court

Retired chief executive Ian Norris, 66, is fighting attempt by the US to extradite him on charges of obstructing justice

Cadbury union warns Kraft may axe jobs

Unite says Kraft representatives have failed to offer any guarantees over jobs, even at the threatened Somerdale plant

Dollar falls as speculators move into riskier territory

Greenback sell-off is sign of growing confidence in ongoing improvement in US economy

Hopes rise for Vauxhall jobs at Ellesmere Port

Carmaker to step up production in Cheshire from two to three shifts a day, raising hopes jobs at the plant are safe

Judge rips up mortgage to punish 'repulsive' bank

Court writes of couple's $500,000 debt offering possible relief for some of the 7.5 million Americans in mortgage arrears

Heinz sells UK frozen desserts business

The American producer of baked beans takes a loss on sale of private-label supplier as it focuses on branded foods

Reliance Industries bids for LyondellBasell

Indian group controlled by Mukesh Ambani has offered as much as £12 billion to buy Dutch-American chemicals maker

Nestlé looms large over battle for Cadbury

World's largest food company steps onto the chocolate maker takeover stage along with Kraft, Hershey and Ferrero Rocher

US investors abandon the falling dollar

A jump in US house sales and no likelihood of an increase in interest rates led investors to turn to stocks

America dreams of flat Christmas on Main Street

Early indications are that Christmas sales will be flat, up or down by one or two percentage points, on Black Friday

Obama hits the Great Wall of China

The president won no offer to revalue the Chinese yuan

Sale to JP Morgan marks end of Cazenove era

The company that was seen as the last traditional broker in the City has completed its sale to JP Morgan for £1bn

Cazenove ex-partner: ‘We are not a meritocracy’

A mythology built up around the broker; any mention of it in the press must perforce contain the word 'blue-blooded'

Blackstone aims to swallow Birds Eye Food

Private equity firm's Pinnacle business is set to pay $1.3bn for American company that pioneered flash freezing

Morgan Stanley chief: 'We can't control ourselves'

John Mack, the outgoing chief executive of Morgan Stanley, says that Wall Street banks need stricter regulation

Goldman names 272 new managing directors

This year’s class of managing directors comes close to 2008’s record 299 promotions in a sign that good times are back