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The FTSE 100 fell and the banks collapsed. But as Patrick Collinson reports, the only shares that didn't go up in smoke were tobacco companies In a decade dominated by the rise of China, the expansion of the internet and the...
Miles Costello and David Robertson The appetite for flotations on the London Stock Exchange is ready to spring back to life with a clutch of companies worth a combined $10 billion (£6 billion) planning to list their shares....
British shoppers have to pay 22 per cent more for their Christmas present shopping than American consumers, research has suggested. By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor Clothes, accessories, toys, and electrical goods all...
The most popular toys this Christmas, including Go Go Hamsters, are already sold out across the country after recession-hit retailers ordered £5 billion fewer toys than last year. Go go hamsters: Jerry Storch, chief executive...
Charity cards are as much a part of Christmas as turkey and presents, but not all retailers extend the festive spirit to good causes. The worst hand over a miserly 6 per cent of their sale price, according to research from Which?
The picture that shows you what makes Bilbao tick cannot be found in the Guggenheim. For all its undeniable magnificence, the Frank Gehry-designed gallery that rises sleekly beside the Nervió*River does not contain the famous...
Imagine checking in for a 12-hour, 6,000-mile flight, yet not needing to show a passport because it's a domestic journey. No, this is not a trip across all 11 time zones of Russia: it is a flight chartered from Qantas by a firm...
Ready, Steady, Sheddie with Andrew Wilcox Nov 21 2009 by Andrew Wilcox Temp from April25th., South Wales Echo The other day one of my sheddies sent me a link to eBay, which had Syd Barrett’s garden shed for sale. It was a...
Dress Barn shares rise after it raises 2010 profit forecast; analyst calls it conservative SAN FRANCISCO November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Shares of Dress Barn Inc. climbed Friday, a day after the...
Battery-powered hamsters that scoot around a track are flying off store shelves, giving recession-wracked retailers a needed boost Remember the Cabbage Patch Kids craze? Meet their 2009 brethren, Zhu Zhu Pets. "Nobody saw these...
