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Silver State joins US banking casualties

The bank has become the eleventh in the US to fail after losses from house loans and land forced regulators to shut it down

London halts trading after shares surge on US bailout

London Stock Exchange blames technical problems for its suspension on one of the busiest dealing days of the year

Dream job turned to dust

Last September estate agent Simon Scott-Nelson celebrated after he was headhunted by Knight Frank - now he's redundant

Estate agent massacre

The housing crisis has hit estate agents; 150 are closing each month

Macfarlane sets sights on faster growth

Chief of packaging company admits ‘crazy prices’ are impediment

Unwrapping a new future for Macfarlane Group

Troubleshooter Peter Atkinson has turned around the fortunes of the once struggling packaging company

Car sales crash as economy hits the skids

Gordon Brown 'cautiously optimistic' despite warning from UK’s biggest industry of deeper cuts in production amid downturn

Volvo chief resigns, replacement named

Ford is parachuting in its chief operating officer of European operations, Stephen Odell, to its ailing Swedish division

Southern Cross boss goes after eight months

Chief executive will leave before the end of the year 'by mutual consent' and without a payoff, according to the company

Southern Cross chief exits after less than a year

Troubled care homes operator sells more properties, reducing debt by a total of £52m, as BIll Colvin agrees to leave

Ghana bucks stock market trend

The country is at the top of the world's stock-return league table as it benefits from rise in commodity prices for the year so far

Hutton coaxes industry back to health

The business secretary, will have more modest intentions when he unveils the government’s new manufacturing strategy

Wetherspoon pubs bear the brunt of rising costs

Profits fall nearly 13% as increased food prices take the shine off rising food sales as bar takings decline

Premier Inn: a case for violins or just fiddles?

Claims that cost-conscious executives are trading down from grand establishments and staying at budget hotels seem improbable

Public gets its say on collection of TV licence fee

All aspects of licence collection will be examined amid criticism and complaints about heavy handed advertising

MyHeritage tracks down £8m capital injection

The second-round funding was led by Index Ventures, which counts internet-TV service Joost among its investments

BG Group bid in doubt as Origin strikes deal

Origin shares leap 28% to above BG Group's bid price after the Australian gas giant signs venture with ConocoPhilips

Oil rises $2 on Hurricane Ike and Opec fears

New hurricane reignites concern over damage to oil platforms, sending oil up $2 ahead of Opec's meeting tomorrow

Union merger made sense

Tony Woodley is insistent that the merger of Amicus and the T&G is crucial to establish a strong organisation

Southern Cross boss goes after eight months

Chief executive will leave before the end of the year 'by mutual consent' and without a payoff, according to the company

Marks & Spencer conducts staff surveillance

The retailer's staff live in a culture of fear, says whistleblower who was dismissed for leaking details of redundancy terms

Who will step into Sir Stuart Rose's shoes?

The executive chairman of M&S will step down in three years and the battle to replace him is already gripping the high street

There's gold in Japan's landfills

The country's high-tech rubbish dumps have become a natural resource for precious metals including gold, silver and indium

Failure to get best IT students criticised

Scotland’s reliance on offshore skills is a "recipe for disaster"

Nokia says market share is shrinking

The world’s biggest mobile phone maker said it was being undercut by rivals trying to gain a share in a weak global market

Television viewing goes mobile with BBC and Nokia

All BBC programmes transmitted in the past seven days will be available to download to the new Nokia N96 multimedia handset

Strike at Boeing will cost $100m a day

The dispute is said to have stirred strong feelings in Washington State, where Boeing's commercial aircraft division is based

Ferrovial sells Belfast City Airport

The Spanish company is expected to sell some of its other assets next year after a review by the Competition Commission

British Energy: Scotland short of power

Nuclear firm predicts Scotland will be energy importer by 2025 if it does not build three new, low-carbon power plants

Power suppliers face fuel-poverty bill

The government may force power generators into paying for part of the £1bn fuel-poverty package it hopes to unveil soon