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Royal Bank of Scotland
RBS to cut a further 9,000 jobs
The Royal Bank of Scotland is to shed up to 9,000 more jobs, with half of them being cut across the UK.
Anger over 'devastating' cuts
Douglas Fraser on the cuts
Union reaction

Alcoa's headquarters in Pittsburgh Alcoa sees second quarterly loss
The US aluminium-maker Alcoa posts its second consecutive quarterly loss, as the global economic crisis deepens.

Nissan logo at Sunderland plant UK car firms get European funding
The European Investment Bank has approved funding for two carmakers in the UK, Jaguar Land Rover and Nissan.


VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
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Africa 'innocent bystander'

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Corn cobs on sale in Brazilian supermarket Consuming desire
What Brazil's supermarkets say about its ambitions
Chrome bumper Motoring on
How a specialist car dealer is coping with the downturn
BBC business editor Robert Peston Robert Peston
Should British banks back British businesses?

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Ford cuts its debt by $9.9bn
IBM-Sun takeover talks 'collapse'
Tesco creates 800 Teesside jobs
Aer Lingus chief executive quits
US 'may remove bank executives'

BT chairman joins Easyjet board
UBS grounds foreign desk chiefs
Signs of hope for UK businesses
Management to buy out R Dyas
Strong support for HSBC cash call
Investors vote against RBS pay
ROBERT PESTON'S BLOG

Should the banks back Britain?
A cuckoo in the stock market?
That bloomin' pension again
FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Smog in Beijing Going green
China's growth comes at a huge environmental cost
Sir Philip Green with celebrities Top spot
New York gets first Topshop as UK firm makes bold move
Lada cars Left behind
Lada needs more than a government bailout to catch up
OTHER TOP STORIES
BP's chief faces bid to oust him
Water companies ask for more cash
Retail landlords 'to cut costs'
Coke buys into Innocent smoothies
Taylor Wimpey reports £2bn loss
Stanford: 'Clients lost no money'

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