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Goldman Sachs fined £17.5m by FSA
Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £17.5m by the UK's financial watchdog.
Spending cuts 'to hit north harder'
Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.
Morrisons to test online shopping
The UK's fourth biggest grocer, Morrisons, says it hopes to trial online shopping and convenience stores next year.
World Cup knocks trading at HMV
Music, computer games and book retailer HMV says that its sales were disrupted this summer by the football World Cup.
Tax officer: HMRC 'at melting point'
Serving tax officer: "HMRC has not been fit for purpose for a very long time. It's now at melting point"
South Korea in surprise rate hold
South Korea's central bank surprises markets by keeping interest rates on hold in the face of "global uncertainties".
Business basics: Interest rates
The BBC's Declan Curry looks at why interest rates matter
Empty shops highlighting 'divide'
The number of shops closing in Britain is slowing but a north-south divide has emerged, a survey by retail analysts the Local Data Company suggests.
Rig firms hit back at BP report
Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Off the dial
What happened to Mercury, as in Mercury music prize?
Big money
Russia is home to the wealthiest expats
Shoppers turning to card payments
The number of cash machines in the UK has fallen and withdrawals have dropped as shoppers turn to cards, figures show.
Google revamps search system
Google revamps search system with launch of 'Instant'
BP spreads blame over oil spill
A BP report says "a series of failures" by BP and its contractors were to blame for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Google unveils 'instant' searches
Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product, Google Instant, that displays results as soon as users type in queries.

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