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The Business Week In Review: Bob Dudley, Ian Burke, Carsten Kengeter and Tom Albanese

In profit...It's not quite like the glory, pre-Gulf of Mexico disaster days, but pension funds were cheered when BP raised its dividend 14 per cent to 8 cents on Tuesday.

Saturday, February 11, 2012 (Independent )

Total denied full-time work hits 4.5 million

More than 4.5 million Britons have fallen victim to a jobs crisis far deeper than unemployment figures suggest, according to a new analysis of government data.

Saturday, February 11, 2012 (Independent )

'Nudge Unit' calls for changes to business banking

High street banks are to create new accounts that automatically deduct income tax as part of government attempts to "nudge" entrepreneurs into taking on staff.

Saturday, February 11, 2012 (Independent )

Cable plans 30 per cent pay cuts for failing private sector bosses

Executives at Britain's biggest PLCs could lose up to 30 per cent of basic pay for not doing their jobs properly under unprecedented government plans to crackdown on City fat cats.

Saturday, February 11, 2012 (Independent )

Phoenix talks with CVC collapse

Takeover talks between the insurance company Phoenix and the private equity house CVC that have been rumbling on since November collapsed yesterday.

Friday, February 10, 2012 (Independent )

Cracks show in China boom

China showed signs of spluttering domestic demand yesterday as imports crumbled to their lowest in more than two years and bank lending came in 75 per cent weaker than expected.

Friday, February 10, 2012 (Independent )

Diamonds may be losing their sparkle as De Beers growth slows

De Beers, the diamond miner which acts as the canary-down-the-mine for the ultra-luxury goods sector, yesterday sounded a warning call that the party may be coming to an end.

Friday, February 10, 2012 (Independent )

Weir in £200m offer for Aussie firm

Weir Group, the deal-hungry FTSE 100 pump manufacturer, revealed more appetite for acquisitions yesterday, when it made an A$294m (£200m) offer for an Australian mining equipment maker.

Friday, February 10, 2012 (Independent )

Flybe's UK passenger revenues tumble

More evidence of turbulence in the aviation sector emerged yesterday as Flybe's UK passenger revenues fell in the four months since October.

Friday, February 10, 2012 (Independent )

CWC pays price of poor Panama progress

Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) shares yesterday tumbled more than 16 per cent after the emerging-markets telecoms firm warned that its business in Panama "has not progressed as planned".

Friday, February 10, 2012 (Independent )

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