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CardboardBox: US state says employees must go if gambling is not legalised

The US State of Pennsylvania is in financial crisis - and the Governor says that widespread redundancies - which it charmingly calls "furloughs" of state employees will follow if the Ge...

Borders UK enters administration

The UK bookshop chain Borders - sold by its US parent of the same name just two years ago - has collapsed into administration.

UK retail chain Threshers - 2400 jobs to go

You'd think that if there was one area of business that would thrive in the forthcoming party season it would be off-licences (specialist wine etc. shops). But not in the UK as the biggest chain...

Cardboard Box: Fool if you think it's over

Chris Rea never got the credit he deserved for that song which was covered mercilessly by various artists. See if you can find a copy of Whatever Happened to Benny Santini (links below) and play...

Cardboard Box: Lloyds TSB says goodbye C&G

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the beginning of an inevitable branch closure network: first to go is Cheltenham and Gloucester, a unit that has been a spare part for several years.

A Cardboard Box if you're Lucky: Arcandor may fold today.

German company Arcandor may fold today after the German company failed in its bid to get money from the government because it was already failing and the current crisis merely aggravated an alrea...

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The Bad News File

Job losses, corporate insolvency, businesses closing. It's all bad news but in a strange way kind of comforting - whatever is happening around you isn't just happening where you are.