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Financial Woes Force B-School Cutbacks

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Obama to tap commerce secretary

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Mandelson warns on protectionism

The business secretary says protectionism would lead to depression, as talks start to end strikes over foreign workers.
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Gas prices: Up 14% for the month

Gasoline prices edged higher Saturday and are now 14% higher from where they started the month, according to a daily survey of credit card swipes.
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Crisis may ’spark social unrest’

Europe faces a risk of more social unrest unless measures are taken to tackle the economic crisis, France’s finance minister says.
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Fault hits Google search service

Google is hit by technical problems with users temporarily told all search results were potentially harmful.
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Rollout of rescue package delayed

After initially vowing to unveil a new financial rescue package this coming week, senior officials in President Obama’s administration now say the rollout date is being pushed back an extra week.
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‘Human error’ hits Google search

Google says a “human error” left users temporarily being told that all search results were potentially harmful.
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Ministers promise 2009 trade deal

Trade ministers from 24 countries pledge to agree a long-debated global trade deal by the end of this year.
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Peanut butter blowback

In the wake of the salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 500 people and been linked to eight deaths, peanut butter makers have moved to separate themselves from the company that produced the tainted product.
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Cybercrime threat rising sharply

The threat of cybercrime is rising rapidly and attacks can threaten whole economies, warn experts at the World Economic Forum.
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Japan announces Asia aid package

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso announces a $17bn aid package to help Asian countries weather the economic downturn.
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Talks begin over energy strikes

Ministers are in “close contact” with talks aimed at ending walkouts at energy plants across the UK, the government says.
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Obama pledges mortgage help

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PM says ‘no clear map’ for crisis

Gordon Brown says there is no precedent for the global financial crisis, and the world must come together to solve it.
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Tickets please

Campaigners want new ticket machines.
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What Makes a ‘Best’ Business Book?

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Action urged over energy strikes

Pressure grows on ministers to act over strikes in support of a walkout by energy workers angry at the use of foreign labour.
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Daschle, Too, Has a Tax Problem

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The Hidden Commodity in Canned Food

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Bottled Waters Lose Their Effervescence

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Small companies ’shedding staff’

Small and medium-sized manufacturers are laying off staff at the fastest rate since the early 1990s, says the CBI.
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