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Business News for 24 May 2008

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John Lewis sales fall for the second week in row

May 24 2008

DEPARTMENT store chain John Lewis heightened nerves on the high street by reporting a second successive fall in weekly sales....

Green lobby renews call for oil windfall tax

May 24 2008

OIL prices were well off their peak of US $135 a barrel on Thursday with US sweet light crude falling back to close at $132 yesterday....

Suez pulls out of £10bn BE auction

May 24 2008

FRENCH industrial group Suez yesterday confirmed it was no longer involved in talks over a possible bid for UK nuclear power provider British Energy....

Concerns over future of quality television

May 24 2008

THE man who helped bring Roland Rat to the small screen visited the region yesterday to give his take on the future of the television industry....

Builder’s managers wait for axe to fall

May 24 2008

HOUSEBUILDER Taylor Wimpey has refused to comment on reports it is cutting staff right across its business – beyond the closure of 13 of its 39 divisions nationwide....

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