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  • VIDEO: Hormuz closure threat to shipping

       (Saturday, 04 February 2012 11:11)

    The Middle East's experts on maritime security are meeting in Abu Dhabi this week and talk of Iran's threats of closing the Strait of Hormuz will feature prominently.

  • Oil spurs Canadian PM China visit

       (Saturday, 04 February 2012 03:03)

    Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss the future of Canada's oil products.

  • Europe hit by Russia gas shortage

       (Saturday, 04 February 2012 01:28)

    Freezing weather sweeping across Europe is causing a shortage of vital Russian gas supplies to several countries, officials say.

  • Annuity sales 'unfair and opaque'

       (Saturday, 04 February 2012 00:01)

    The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

  • VIDEO: Do the super-rich pay their way?

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 23:53)

    Do the super-rich pay their way?

  • Credit unions hoping to widen net

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 23:53)

    Credit unions hope a new law will boost membership numbers

  • New Virgin staff pay for checks

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 23:53)

    Virgin Atlantic is forcing successful job applicants to pay for their own criminal record checks, Radio 4's Money Box reveals.

  • US job numbers show strong growth

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 21:45)

    The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.

  • Apple overturns Motorola's ban

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 16:10)

    Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.

  • Score draw in TV football case

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 15:30)

    The Premier League and the importers of foreign satellite TV decoder boxes and cards are both claiming victory after their latest court battle

  • VIDEO: Small eurozone service sector growth

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 14:42)

    The BBC's Jamie Robertson on growth in the eurozone - and Spanish plans to raise more capital.

  • Motorola makes Apple pull devices

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 13:52)

    Motorola forces some 3G iPhones and iPads to be pulled from Apple's German online store after enforcing a patent injunction.

  • 1.1 million face £100 tax fines

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 13:44)

    Just over one million taxpayers face a penalty of £100 for failing to submit their self-assessment tax returns on time, HM Revenue and Customs says.

  • Redknapp lies 'extremely telling'

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 13:22)

    Harry Redknapp's admission of lying to a News of the World reporter is "extremely telling", a court is told.

  • VIDEO: Manufacturing jobs aid US economy

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 13:07)

    The manufacturing sector in United States has been contributing to the improving labour market in the world's largest economy.

  • Uganda signs oil production deal

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 13:06)

    Oil production is set to start in Uganda after a deal is signed between the government and London-based Tullow oil, which also draws in Chinese and French firms.

  • VIDEO: Euro for Poland 'once it is safe'

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 12:26)

    Poland's Finance Minister, Jacek Rostowski, tells Stephen Sackur why his country has yet to join the Eurozone.

  • VIDEO: Will cricket make money in UAE?

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 12:16)

    Tope level international cricket is being played in the UAE - but will it make money?

  • Interest rate 'collusion' probe

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 12:09)

    Swiss authorities investigate 12 US, European and Japanese banks over claims they have been fixing their interbank lending rates.

  • VIDEO: Maintaining Sweden's equal society

       (Friday, 03 February 2012 11:48)

    Sweden is often referred to as one of the most equal societies in the world, however in the challenging economic climate, many wonder if it can retain this quality.