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Text costs for EU travellers may fall 60 per cent

Long-awaited proposals by EU Commissioner are latest in barrage of regulation that threatens mobile operators' revenues

Paul Polman named as Unilever chief

A hundred-year-old tradition of appointing the boss from within ends as the top executive from a rival company is poached

Telefónica to increase stake in China Netcom

The parent company of O2 plans to invest heavily to improve its foothold in the fast-growing Chinese telecoms industry

ECB decides on bigger 'haircuts' for banks

Clampdown means borrowers seeking cash for short-term liquidity problems will have to supply more collateral in future

DSG faces loss as consumer confidence dips

Chief executive of DSG International sees little hope of rebound in spending for household electronics before 2010

Hedge funds face loss over Gustav

Several hedge funds face big losses after wrongly predicting that oil and gas prices would rise as a result of US hurricane

Commerzbank: no sackings before Christmas

Impending cull of about 1,000 City jobs in wake of Dresdner takeover will not happen until new year, says chief executive

Currys and PC World owner goes into reverse

Chairman of DSG International to quit as sales plunge 7% and the group warns of challenging conditions across Europe

Europe's weak hand in game of power

Vice-President Dick Cheney is a veteran of the Caucasus conflict and he is back, trying to rally support for a failing strategy

Hohn: takes biscuit, wants more jam

Christopher Hohn's assault on Deutsche Börse with Atticus may achieve the impossible: give hedge funds an even worse name

Asian central banks step in amid chaos

Authorities in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and India intervened to stem turbulence in Asian foreign exchange markets

Verwaayen in revival mission at Alcatel-Lucent

Ben Verwaayen, the former BT chief , faces a tough ride as he takes the helm of the troubled telecommunications giant

Hedge funds threaten Deutsche Börse

TCI and Atticus threatened to demand the resignation of senior executives unless the German exchange showed 'leadership'

Tempus analysis: Wideboy appeal

M&S is redrawing the battle lines by wheeling out David Jason, aka Del Boy to add a touch of cheeky spice

M&S hires Del Boy to boost food sales

High street retailer all but consigns its 'this is not just food' campaign to history and brings in David Jason

Aston Martin plans to revive Lagonda

Consortium of Kuwait's Investment Dar and Adeem Investment will display a concept Lagonda at next year's Geneva Motor Show

Double trouble at Dresdner Kleinwort

The cutting of 1,000 jobs after the takeover by Commerzbank will be one of the biggest culls that the City has ever seen

Kleinwort boss first out in Commerzbank cull

Stefan Jentzsch, first casualty of the takeover of the Dresdner empire, said he will step down at the start of next year

German RWE takes a tilt at Welsh windmills

Quiet Revolution, a factory in South Wales, is to produce thousands of urban windmills after a £6 million investment

BP's Russian venture dents credit rating

Citing doubts over the long-term ownership of TNK-BP, Standar & Poor cut rating on BP's corporate debt from AA+ to AA