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Airline compensation claims scuppered

21st Century technology is helping to fight female foeticide

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Formula 1 sponsors form alliance to lobby the sport's power brokers

After years of building for others, Sergio has bought his own home

PayPal's co-founder worked so hard he would sleep in the office

How far can BMW stretch the brand before it snaps?

The back-breaking, ear-splitting work on Peru's guano islands

The property market in Brazil is booming, as the country enjoys rapid economic growth - and it has

An island off Peru is making money from selling bird poo to use as organic fertiliser.

Four of the UK's biggest energy suppliers are to be investigated over concerns that customers have

Indian cities are getting bigger and there is a growing need for more housing, business space and

House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, according to the Nationwide building

Online clothes shopping is expected to grow to $144 billion by 2014 in western Europe according to

Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is planning to cut 3,500 jobs as part of its plans to halve its

Ron Manuel agreed to switch energy supplier when he was contacted by a rival company. However, his

A Bahrain-based company run by the man behind a £300m takeover bid of Blackburn Rovers has been

Spending by English Premier League clubs in the summer transfer window has tumbled 22% from last

The British company behind the Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology used in tennis and cricket is to

DSG International, which owns Currys and PC World, reports a 3% rise in sales, boosted by demand

Four Greenpeace activists are arrested after giving up their occupation of a Scottish company's

Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes

The UK should have addressed its public deficit back in 2005, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has

The head of Afghanistan's Central Bank tells the BBC he will not allow the country's biggest

The eurozone economy grew by 1% between April and June, driven by strong German growth, official

Millions of graduates will now start paying interest on their student loans again as new interest

Banks have written off a record amount of credit card debt despite charities reporting a fall in

The drug company Alliance Boots is dissolving one of its two final-salary pension schemes to

Smokers and people with weight problems are buying a tailored pension income in greater numbers,

The Royal Mail launches the world's first "intelligent" stamp, the first to work with image

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom reports a threefold surge in profits for the first three months of the

Although firms are replacing employees who have left, they are not creating new jobs, the UK's

Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy

Zara starts selling its clothes online for the first time following similar moves from Gap and

Thousands of Tube workers will strike next week as talks between London Underground bosses and two

The European Central Bank raises its forecast for eurozone growth for this year and next year, and

Russia will consider lifting its grain export ban only after the next year's harvest has been

An explosion rips through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast

All banks and building societies have put in place plans to begin dispensing £5 notes from the cash

Burger King is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26bn (£2.1bn),

Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to cut 3,500 jobs from its technical and back office division.

Dell withdraws its bid for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raises its offer for the data storage

Four of the "big six" UK energy suppliers are to be investigated amid concerns of mis-selling to

House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, according to the Nationwide building

The European Union agrees to reform financial supervision, with new agencies to oversee banks,

Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association