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Aviation: Qantas woes continue

20. November 2008

As if getting a hole in the side of a plane in flight wasn't enough, the same plane has now been involved in another incident.

BAe loses 200 jobs

20. November 2008

200 jobs are to go at defence contractor BAe. It says the British government is spending less on armoured vehicles.

AstraZeneca to cut 1400

20. November 2008

Spain, Belgium and Sweden will be the primary places that the pharmaceuticals giant will cut most of the 1400 jobs it has announced it will remove - but over a period of up to 2013.

Rolls-Royce aero to cut 2,000 jobs

20. November 2008

General economic slowdown and aircraft manufacturing delays are blamed for the almost 2,000 jobs to be lost in addition to cuts announced earlier this year.

Economies: markets boil but sink

20. November 2008

Markets move in bizarre directions - seemingly they are inter-dependent one day and independent the next.

Taxation: UKand Syria sign DTA

20. November 2008

The first ever Double Taxation Convention between the UK and the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was signed on 17 November in London by the Foreign Office Minister of State, Bill Rammell and the Libyan Secretary for European Affairs, Abdulatti al-Obidi.

NASCAR expects widespread job losses

19. November 2008

All NASCAR teams have said they intend to reduce their headcount at the end of this season. But some have jumped the flag.

Damac to cut 2.5% of staff

19. November 2008

A dramatic slowdown in the Dubai property market means 200 jobs will go at Damac Properties.

200 to go at Air New Zealand

19. November 2008

100 cabin crew and 100 technical staff are to lose their jobs as Air New Zealand battles rising costs and falling revenues.