5:49pm

Slower holiday season dents UPS growth

Superstorm Sandy also takes toll on package delivery service

10:04pm

Brussels blocks UPS takeover of TNT

Surprise that delivery group ended negotiations early

The Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell MP visiting the village of Dolo in Somalia. From WORLD 12:00am

Ministers attacked on aid spending

MPs highlight series of problems with burgeoning budget

From MARKETS 11:43pm

Illinois pulls $500m bond sale

State acts after S&P downgrade over $96bn pension deficit

Jan 30, 2013

Cobbetts enters administration

Law firm has more than £10m in net debt

Martin Wolf from WORLD Jan 29, 2013

Israel’s loss could be someone else’s gain

Prominent macroeconomist steps down from central bank

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Ernst & Young escapes disciplinary action

UK accounting watchdog will not pursue charge

Jonathan Eley From PERSONAL FINANCE Jan 29, 2013

One Budget? How about none at all?

What’s the point of the Budget?

From WORLD Jan 29, 2013

Childcare reforms ‘put quality at risk’

Charity denounces plan as recipe for disaster

Jan 29, 2013

Brazil opens prison doors to investors

São Paulo’s London roadshow includes jail contracts

Jan 28, 2013

Mitie sees rise in local authority demand

Outsourcer expected to bid for £1.6bn of contracts in London

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 27, 2013

Economic policy revived on the internet

Blogger lifts GDP targeting out of obscurity

From WORLD Jan 27, 2013

Republicans back off from Lew battle

Geithner replacement expected to be confirmed

From MARKETS Jan 25, 2013

S&P downgrades Illinois’ credit rating

Move could raise the state’s borrowing costs ahead of bond auction

Jan 25, 2013

Three UK law firms announce job cuts

Eversheds, DLA and Allen & Overy to lose 450 staff in total

From WORLD Jan 25, 2013

Obama sets out to liberalise US politics

Defence of government and gay rights shows Reaganesque ambition

From PERSONAL FINANCE Jan 25, 2013

Revenue timetable to catch tax evaders

Second home owners to be targeted

Jan 25, 2013

Stobart fights to find fans in the City

Group famous for its lorries has tense relationship with investors

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Jan 25, 2013

Starbucks praises ‘loyal’ UK customers

Sales fall 1% in Europe, Middle East and Africa region

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 24, 2013

Spanish unemployment hits record high

Jobless total soars to almost 6m with 60% of under 25s out of work

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