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Global panic on markets over credit crisis

FTSE falls nearly 8% and Dow slumps under 10,000 as US bailout fails to stem crisis, which spreads deep into Europe

Tempus - Unthinkable thinking

The time is drawing close for more radical action: the British Government taking equiity stakes in the biggest banks

Canary Wharf Group plans to expand

Property group is confident that it will secure JPMorgan as a tenant for a new phase of the Docklands financial district

Funding cut forces aAIM to adjust targets

The Bank of Scotland has cut off funding for a real estate investment fund, Symmetry, the bank's joint venture with aAIM Group

Kesa turns to PPR for new chief executive

French home shopping veteran to replace Labroue in January in 'orderly handover' that is unrelated to trading woes

Warburtons launches battle of the bakers

Britain's second-biggest grocery brand hopes that a £22m advertising campaign will help it to break through in the south

Motor industry to demand government help

New car sales in the UK are expected to have slumped by about 20 per cent last month amid mounting fears over the car market

Plea for EU car subsidies

Chief of Renault and Nissan has called for motor industry support in the way that America has by pledging $25bn of soft loans

Eli Lilly revealed as mystery £6.1bn bidder for ImClone

The 'large pharmaceutical company' has emerged as the bidder that Carl Icahn said was prepared to acquire his biotechnology group

Glaxo plans to axe 850 jobs in UK and US

The world’s second biggest drugmaker announces it is to get rid of 850 research and development jobs in Britain and US

US group set to win British missile plant

Jacobs is tipped to win auction for stake, which was put up for sale after ministers decided to break up British Nuclear Fuels

Akzo Nobel plans 3,500 jobs cuts to save £80m

The world's biggest paints company says it is taking aggressive action in attempts to cope with lower consumer demand

Food for thought

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Hoteliers watch over shoulders as vultures circle

Analysts are predicting tough fourth quarter and there are plenty of opportunistic investors with any eye for a bargain

Power shift in Hollywood as Spielberg exits

Steven Spielberg to end $1.6bn relationship with Paramount Pictures and create new studio with an Indian conglomerate

Striking a chord with rock fans

MTV Networks has a bona fide hit in Rock Band, which broadened out the guitar-playing concept to add drums, bass and vocals

Iraq: Battle for business begins

Fewer attacks have encouraged companies to explore opportunities in the country for the first time since the invasion

Iraq: Risky land of opportunity

A range of state-owned industries, from oil and gas to agriculture and steel, are opening up in the country like never before

Community spirit helps solve age-old problem

Kent Probation Service approached Age Concern to run a lunch club for the elderly and help change offenders' behaviour

Top 100 Graduate employers

Her Majesty's Civil Service carries out the practical and administrative work of government.

Car industry urges action as sales fall 21%

Sales of premium brand cars in the UK were among the worst hit in September as buyers shunned new registration plates

Kesa turns to PPR for new chief executive

French home shopping veteran to replace Labroue in January in 'orderly handover' that is unrelated to trading woes

EBay to cut 10% of staff worldwide

The online auction website is to let more than 1,000 staff go and pays $1bn for an online payments business

Ask.com raises questions over Google's power

The smaller but still significant search firm is relaunching both its US and UK services in a bid to challenge Google's dominance

EU sends tough message on texting cost

European regulators announce campaign to slash the cost of sending a text message or down-loading data when abroad

Bidders offer less for Tiscali

Carphone Warehouse has returned to the table in the drawn-out auction of broadband provider with a bid of less than £450m

Car sales fall 20% - with more gloom to come

Buyers switch to cheaper, smaller cars as motor industry experiences a sharp fall in sales of luxury saloons and 4x4s

Flyglobespan to lease planes in low season

Scots budget airline denies rumours of financial problems and secures deals to make assets work over winter

Ofgem fires warning shot at energy industry

Regulator says there is evidence of disadvantaged consumers as campaigners seek a court ruling over fuel poverty

UK electricity four times more than France

Discrepancy raises concerns that Britain's crumbling power infrastructure is growing threat to country's competitiveness