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Oil prices dip below $106 as traders predict rising US unemployment will see consumers cutting back on petrol use.
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Easyjet says the number of passengers it flew in August this year rose 24% on August 2007.
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BHP Billiton suspends all iron ore production in Western Australia after the deaths of two workers in the space of ten days.
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Some sanctions imposed by the US on firms working with Belarussian companies are lifted, US officials announce.
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Pakistan needs a "substantial" injection of external funds if it is to stabilise its economy, an IMF official says.
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Entertainment retailer HMV sees sales growth fall off sharply in the last three months.
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The world's wealthiest countries are failing to deliver money promised to poor countries, a UN report says.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez approves a plan to take over the firms that distribute fuel to households and petrol stations.
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Russia's stock market loses more than 30% of its value as foreign investors pull out after the country's intervention in Georgia.
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Talks are held in the Indian city of Calcutta to try to end a row over the building of the world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano.
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UK house prices recorded an annual fall of 10.9% in August leaving the average home costing £174,178, says the Halifax.
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Gordon Brown confirms the government will not be giving consumers a one-off payment to help with rising fuel bills.
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New UK car registrations last month were at their lowest level for any August since 1966, figures show.
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The Abbey is the latest lender to reduce interest rates on its mortgages during the longest period of cuts since the credit crunch began.
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The Bank of England holds interest rates at 5% for a fifth month as it balances a weak economy and high inflation.
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The global slowdown will take its toll on growth in developing countries, the UN agency Unctad says.
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Downbeat US employment ad retail data adds to economic jitters despite more positive figures from the service sector.
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BP signs an agreement with its Russian partner aimed at solving a festering dispute at joint venture TNK-BP.
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