French bank Societe Generale is fined 4m euros for allowing one of its staff members to operate as a rogue trader.

The EU opens an in-depth probe into BHP Billiton’s $170bn unsolicited bid for rival miner Rio Tinto.

The price of oil falls slightly
on hopes Iran will react well to plans to resolve a dispute over its nuclear development.

Hamleys owner - Icelandic investment group Baugur - says it is examining ways to relocate to the UK.

Air France confirms it is in talks with French group Veolia about launching a high-speed rail service.

Indian inflation reaches its latest record high as food, fuel, cement and steel prices continue to rise.

Australia’s Origin urges shareholders to reject a 13.8bn Australian dollar takeover bid from UK rival BG Group.

The former head of one of Austria’s biggest banks, Bawag, is convicted of fraud charges by a court in Vienna.

Pringles, the popular snack food in a tube, are not potato crisps, a High Court judge rules, and should be free of VAT.

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Price of litre of petrol tops 1 for first time in UK as oil surges on a North Sea storm. By Graeme Wearden.

The pound climbed to $2.10 for the first time since 1981 today, boosted by speculation that China was preparing to shift its foreign reserves out of dollars. By Graeme Wearden.

Market report: London shares resumed their downward trek today, knocked by volatile oil prices, a tumbling dollar, jitters around banks and more anxieties on Wall Street. By Katie Allen.

Virgin Media signals that era of upheaval marked by public rows with BSkyB is behind it as the cable TV company posts strongest customer growth in more than a year. By Katie Allen and Chris Tryhorn.

Henkel, the maker of Schwarzkopf hair products, plans to cut thousands of jobs when it completes its 2.7bn acquisition of ICI’s National Starch adhesives business early next year. By David Gow.

British bus and rail operator says soaring oil price forcing motorists out of their cars and on to public transport. By Dan Milmo.

Outlook at fashion chain Next ‘uncertain’ in run-up to Christmas, company warns. By Julia Finch.

Cable group Virgin Media added 13,000 new customers in the third quarter of the year. By Chris Tryhorn.

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French bank Societe Generale is fined 4m euros for allowing one of its staff members to operate as a rogue trader.

The EU opens an in-depth probe into BHP Billiton’s $170bn unsolicited bid for rival miner Rio Tinto.

The price of oil falls slightly
on hopes Iran will react well to plans to resolve a dispute over its nuclear development.

Hamleys owner - Icelandic investment group Baugur - says it is examining ways to relocate to the UK.

Air France confirms it is in talks with French group Veolia about launching a high-speed rail service.

Indian inflation reaches its latest record high as food, fuel, cement and steel prices continue to rise.

Australia’s Origin urges shareholders to reject a 13.8bn Australian dollar takeover bid from UK rival BG Group.

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THE chartering subsidiary of Australian monopoly bulk wheat exporter AWB failed to deduct address commission when fixing freight rates and vessels for grain shipments, an Australian government body has found.

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SHIPOWNERS who have tonnage entered mutually in Gard P&I Club, one of the world?s top two such organisations, are to receive a total $9m ?give back?.

THE financial restructuring of government-owned Hindustan Shipyard has been delayed further and referred to a group of ministers after suggestions that its expansion plans could cause national security concerns.

JINHUI Shipping and Transportation, the Oslo-listed Hong Kong bulker operator, saw net profit surge 109% to $12.8m in the first quarter buoyed by soaring charter rates. Turnover climbed 49% to $54.3m.

DRYSHIPS chief George Economou has hailed an ?exceptionally strong? first quarter for the Nasdaq-listed dry bulk company, writes Nigel Lowry in Athens.

IMPROVED results for the first quarter of 2007 have been unveiled by the Piraeus Port Authority, the corporation in charge of Greece?s largest port.

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Ice Prince cited in call for green salvage award
THE Ice Prince casualty has highlighted the benefits of having an environmental salvage award, according to former Salvage Association chief executive John Noble, writes Sandra Speares.

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Dockers? deaths spark safety review calls from Italian terminal bosses
ITALY?S terminal operators have called for a major overhaul of safety regulations across the national port system following the death of two stevedores at Porto Marghera last Friday, writes John McLaughlin.

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Guangzhou yard forecasts 200% profit rise to $120m
HIGHER margins and increased shipbuilding capacity led Hong Kong-listed Chinese shipbuilder, Guangzhou Shipyard International, to forecast an increase in net profit of more than 200% for last year to at least Yuan880.8m ($120.6m), writes Keith Wallis in Hong Kong.

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The coffee chain Starbucks plans to close another 500 stores on top of the 100 it had already announced.

The president of oil producers’ cartel Opec tells the BBC crude oil prices could rise still further this week.

EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson accuses French President Nicolas Sarkozy of undermining him.

Britain’s biggest union, Unite, is merging with the US-based United Steelworkers union to create a new “global” body.

Film rental firm Blockbuster withdraws its offer to buy US electronics firm Circuit City, citing a difficult market.

British Airways buys L’Avion - a French business-class only airline that flies between Paris and New York for 54m.

A German company which helps Zimbabwe supply its money becomes the latest firm to end its business links.

Nearly four million trucks go off India’s roads after their owners begin an indefinite strike to protest against rising fuel bills.

A Chinese businessman wins the right to have lunch with Warren Buffett after bidding $2.1m on auction site eBay.

Pakistan’s security firms protecting foreign executives

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