Borders starts closing down sales
The Borders bookshop chain in the UK has started a closing down sale in all of its 45 stores, the BBC has learned.

Thomas Cook sees higher profits
Travel firm Thomas Cook says its annual profits and revenues gained, despite the impact of the swine flu outbreak.

Card charging changes at Ryanair
Ryanair is swapping the only type of card that can be used to avoid a charge when booking a flight with the airline.

World's cheapest car to go green
India's Tata Group says it is planning to produce hybrid versions of its Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car.

Magners maker buys English brands
C&C, the maker of Magners cider, buys the UK cider brands Blackthorn, Olde English and Gaymers as part of a £45m deal.

Threshers group axes 2,140 jobs
Drinks retailer First Quench, which owns the Threshers chain, is closing a further 391 stores resulting in 2,140 redundancies.

Jaguar Land Rover see sales rise
Jaguar Land Rover sees its sales rise 23% in the second quarter after its new models were well-received.

Carphone raises profit forecast
The mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse raises its full-year earnings forecast after better-than-expected sales.

Euro train booking system shelved
Plans for a system that would have made it simpler to book tickets for rail travel across Europe are shelved.

New Airbus A400M test flight date
Airbus says its long-delayed A400M military transport aircraft should make its first test flight in early December.

Putin announces Lada rescue deal
French carmaker Renault signs a deal to rescue its struggling Russian partner Avtovaz, the maker of Lada cars.

Eskom to get loan for power plant
South African energy firm Eskom gets a 1.86bn euro loan ($2.77bn) to finance the building of a new power plant.

National Express loses rail route
National Express will have its East Anglia rail franchise terminated three years early, the government says.

Vauxhall job cut plans unveiled
Vauxhall's owner plans 354 job cuts at Vauxhall, but will expand production at Ellesmere Port, securing jobs there.

Lloyds share issue gets backing
Lloyds Banking Group's shareholders overwhelmingly back a rights issue aimed at improving the group's finances.

Ex-Rover bosses pay back £3m
The company owned by the ex-bosses of MG Rover agrees to pay back some of the millions of pounds taken out of the firm.

Technical glitch hits LSE trading
Trading on the London Stock Exchange was halted for three and a half hours on Thursday following technical difficulties.

BAE Systems to cut more UK jobs
Defence giant BAE Systems says it plans to cut 642 UK jobs over the next two years because of a downturn in its workload.

Banks 'must reveal £1m earners'
The UK's banks should be forced to disclose the number of staff who earn more than £1m, a report concludes.

ITV takes full ownership of GMTV
ITV takes full control of breakfast TV broadcaster GMTV, acquiring the 25% stake owned by the Walt Disney.

Bank sues ex-boss over £7m loan
Australian banker Mike Aynsley is appointed as the new chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank.

Darling defends secret bank loans
Chancellor Alistair Darling defends the Bank of England's secret loans to RBS and HBOS in an emergency Commons statement.

Swiss set to share UBS tax data
Swiss authorities have told more than 500 clients of UBS that their account details are about to be given to US tax authorities.

Job cuts planned at airline BMI
The Midlands-based airline BMI has announced plans to cut around 600 jobs in a bid to cut costs.

GM to keep German plants open
General Motors says it will not be closing any of Opel's four plants in Germany, and will be cutting fewer jobs across Europe.

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Solid month
Small retailers see sales rise despite the recession

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