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Madonna
UK regulator clears music merger
A merger between Ticketmaster and concert promoter Live Nation is cleared by the UK's Competition Commission.
Music merger 'anti-competitive'
Inquiry into Ticketmaster merger
Ticket firm and promoter merge

UK bank charges case dropped
UK regulator the Office of Fair Trading decides not to take any further court action over the fairness of bank overdraft charges.
Ford offers packages to cut staff
Carmaker Ford offers incentive packages to all of its 41,000 US hourly workers in a bid to reduce its factory workforce.

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2009 graduates US students graduate into recession

Oil worker Angola hosts OPEC meeting

India's mobile phone war
BAA flag at Stansted Airport BAA wins appeal on airports sale

Fiat plant Fiat's future in the balance

Ryanair ends deal with Boeing


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Pupils in class at Brooklyn International school Future tycoons?
Teaching US students how to clinch a deal
HM Treasury building High stakes
Are UK government debt levels really that high?
Lightning over the Parthenon Greek tragedy
Why Athens has incurred wrath of credit rating gods

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ECONOMY
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'Fragile' UK recovery predicted

Japan's decline in exports slows

COMPANIES
Dubai shopping mall Dubai World briefs key creditors


LSE in takeover of Turquoise

Finance firms escape bonus tax

BUSINESS AROUND THE WORLD

AFRICA

Europe strikes 'banana wars' deal

S Korea in $10bn Ghana homes deal

AMERICAS

Oracle sees Sun deal in January

Ryanair pulls out of Boeing deal

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan pledges to 'beat deflation'

NAB bids $12bn for Axa Asia unit

EUROPE

Fine for Google over French books

Greek banks in ratings downgrade

MIDDLE EAST

Dubai aid 'was loan, not handout'

Citigroup in rift with Abu Dhabi

SOUTH ASIA

Indian regulator curbs Barclays

Tata makes water filter for poor

UK YOUR MONEY
Money 'Logbook loans' may be outlawed


Mortgage lending 'falls by 10%'
Money, credit card, newspaper cutting Spotlight on credit search system


Web stores warned on sales rules

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Women removing dates from stones, photo Richard Duebel Tunisian dates
The popular Christmas snack is boosting growth
Port being poured into a glass, filtered through nylons Port in a storm
Portugal's wine makers aim at a younger market
Knitting image Threadbare
Hard up Icelanders swap jet-set for knitting craze

OTHER TOP BUSINESS STORIES
Galleon founder pleads not guilty
Sweden in crisis talks over Saab
Kroenke near to Arsenal threshold
China loses media imports appeal
GM hires Microsoft finance chief
Copenhagen depresses carbon price
China targeting 8% growth in 2010

MARKET DATA - 09:21 UK

FTSE 100
5327.29up
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Dax
5950.53up
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Cac 40
3888.52up
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Dow Jones
10414.14up
 85.25 0.83%
Nasdaq
2237.66up
 25.97 1.17%
BBC Global 30
5437.84up
 16.57 0.31%
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