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BBC Business

1. Marks and Spencer cuts 1,000 jobs
   Marks and Spencer will announce on Wednesday that it is cutting 1,000 jobs from its workforce of 70,000, the BBC confirms.
2. German billionaire kills himself
   German billionaire Adolf Merckle commits suicide after his business empire runs into trouble in the global economic slowdown.
3. House prices 'fell 15.9% in 2008'
   House prices fell by 15.9% last year, according to the latest survey by the Nationwide building society.
4. Full coverage of the UK economy, and tips on surviving the crisis
   Tips on surviving the financial crisis, and full coverage of the UK economy
5. Sales fall at Next and Debenhams
   Next and Debenhams see sales fall over the Christmas period, as a survey puts UK consumer confidence at a new low.
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Accountancy Age

1. HMRC reaches settlement with EDS
   Judith Tydd, Accountancy Age, Tuesday 6 January 2009 at 17:21:00 Legal agreement between the taxman and former IT supplier over faulty tax credit system HM Revenue and Customs has settled a long-runni...
2. SEC names Kroeker acting chief accountant
   Judith Tydd, Accountancy Age, Tuesday 6 January 2009 at 16:51:00 The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a new chief accountant in the latest in a series of top-level changes James Kroeke...
3. Breaking News: MoD appoints Jon Thompson as FD
   Michelle Perry, Accountancy Age, Tuesday 6 January 2009 at 16:36:00 Head of Government Finance Profession joins MoD, as the department completes its long-awaited search for an FD with an accountancy q...
4. Former HBOS FD joins HMRC as non-exec
   Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Tuesday 6 January 2009 at 15:04:00 Hodkinson joins HMRC as non-exec Former HBOS group finance director Phil Hodkinson has joined HMRC as a non-executive, alongside three o...
5. Digital Marketing pulls in new FD
   Rachael Singh, Accountancy Age, Tuesday 6 January 2009 at 10:22:00 Online marketing group brings in Minns as new finance director to replace Sarah Guest, who will be leaving after a three-month handov...
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Telegraph - Personal Finanace

1. Prime country homes see record price falls Knight Frank estate agents finds
   The value of country homes has declined at a record level as figures from Knight Frank reveal home owners who work in banking and financial services are among the worse hit by the property slump.
2. Bernard Madoff 'fraud': Prosecutors told about mailed jewellery by Madoff children
   The sons of alleged 50bn £33.4bn fraudster Bernard Madoff are believed to have informed US prosecutors that their father sent them and other family members approximately 1m of jewellery in the pos...
3. 'We are eyeing opportunities in stores and leisure'
   Ashton Bradbury the highly regarded fund manager has started to rebuild his exposure to retailers including HMV.
4. Oneworld at risk if US deal fails warns BA
   British Airways' chairman has warned that failure to win approval for a transatlantic tieup with American Airlines could spell the end of Oneworld.
5. Pound rises against euro for second day
   The pound strenghten against the euro for a second day as suspicions grew that the eurozone is facing a more severe downturn than expected.
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The Register - Finance

1. IBMers hear sound of axe being sharpened
   Up to 16,000 jobs could go The rumor mill, being stoked by IBM employees talking on a pro-union web site, has it that Big Blue is getting ready to lay off up to 16,000 employees, or about four per cen...
2. Ballmer backslaps server veteran Muglia
   Gets presidential treatment for doing same job Microsoft has promoted Bob Muglia to president of the firm?s server and tools biz.?
3. Companies burying themselves in IT gear
   Doesn't virtualization fix this? The religion of virtualization may be all over the IT trade press, but apparently the data centers of the world haven't heard the good news yet and have been buying up...
4. IT salary survey says: ?You?ve never had it so bad?
   Dot-com crash a 'cake walk' Compared to the current job market, IT professionals should recall the collapse of the dot-com bubble with a fondness for the good ol' days.?
5. Steve Jobs dismisses death rumours
   Letter explains hormone imbalance Ever since Steve Jobs said he would not be giving the keynote speech at MacWorld, there have been lurid rumours that his health had taken a serious turn for the worse...
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