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- We'll beat storm, say Debenhams & Next
- Two of Britain's biggest High Street names today revealed just how rocky Christmas has been, with sales slumping as the recession bit hard
- Stock market report: Tuesday latest
- 11.30:Shares traded within a narrow band as stock market investors began disseminating the first of the Christmas trading updates from struggling retailers
- Yesterday's Trading: Balfour bound for blue chips
- Having missed out on promotion to the Footsie in December, Balfour Beatty must fancy its chances to join the elite group in March
- Marks & Spencer 'to axe 1,000 jobs'
- Marks & Spencer plans to cut more than 1,000 jobs following its worst Christmas trading performance for 80 years, it has emerged
- Banks under threat after short-selling ban lifted
- Halifax Bank of Scotland came under fresh attack after the City watchdog signalled the ban on short selling financial shares would lapse next week
- Aston Martin backer seeks to sell stake
- Aston Martin's main Arab investor is in talks talks to sell 10% of its stake to a mystery Saudi investor
- Viyella's future hangs in the balance
- The future of women's clothing retailer Viyella hung in the balance last night
- MWB says its hotels have staying power
- The provincial luxury and boutique hotels group behind the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin brands is trading well, listed company MWB Group said today
- Top bosses lost £400m in market collapse
- Britain's top bosses lost over £400m between them following last year's record plunge on the stock exchange, according to research
- Waterford Wedgwood collapses under debts
- Waterford Wedgwood has called in the administrators, leaving hundreds of jobs under threat at their pottery and crystal factories
- Firms will lose '£5bn on 300,000 lay-offs'
- Companies could be clobbered by redundancy costs approaching £5bn in the first three months of 2009
- A record slump for building industry
- Britain's construction industry rounded off 2008 with a record slump in business
- Sterling claws back ground from the euro
- Foreign exchange traders were today putting their money behind sterling in the first signs of a fight back for the beleaguered British currency
- High Street gets a lift from upbeat Liberty
- Liberty is defying the carnage in the retail sector and offering hope that the High Street could enjoy a better start to the new year than expected
- Obama's spending bonanza lifts dollar
- Investors today welcomed Barack Obama's plans for a multi-billion-dollar stimulus package to revive the US economy
- This time fat cats will face revolt in their own ranks
- Shareholders should make a point of examining annual reports. Those with high blood pressure should consult a doctor before turning to the page on remuneration
- Wrongs and rights of a downturn
- People tend to think that no one raises money on the stock market in an economic downturn and when share prices are low
- Second time lucky for City
- Our banks are firmly set on a course that is choking the life out of the economy
- Maxwell echo that should have alerted Madoff's fans
- In the post mortem to the Madoff affair all are agreed: his choice of auditors should have flashed a giant warning signal
- Midas share tips: reformed Severn offers a rich yield
- Financial Mail's ace stock picker looks back on 2008 and finds the leading pick throughout the turmoil has been a lender
- Mandarins take charge
- During the good years, honours for the titans of the City were a foregone conclusion. But they are no more