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Page last updated at 17:07 GMT, Thursday, 8 January 2009

Sainsbury's store
Festive trade cheers Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's says it has just had its "best ever Christmas performance", with its sales rising 4.5% in the past three months.
M&S to close stores and cut jobs
Home diners boost takeaway sales

Nissan logo Nissan plant to shed 1,200 jobs
Carmaker Nissan announces it is to axe about 1,200 jobs, a quarter of the workforce in Sunderland.

Zavvi shop Zavvi announces 22 store closures
The administrators at music, games and DVD retail chain Zavvi say they are closing 22 stores with immediate effect.


VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Trolleys Store wars
Northern retailer battles the 'Big Four'
An employee of Satyam talks on his phone as he stands on the terrace of the company's office Indian Scandal
Investors fear repercussions of Satyam fraud
Robert Peston Robert Peston
Just how much does a cut in the Bank Rate matter?

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Viyella goes into administration
Firms show interest in Wedgwood
UK car sales fall to 12-year-low
Hundreds to lose jobs at Barclays

Loan firm set to cut 1,000 jobs
Home diners lift takeaway profits
Downloads boost single sales
Apprenticeship boost in downturn
ROBERT PESTON'S BLOG
Does the Bank Rate matter?
Rose on pay and VAT
M&S: no ordinary downturn
FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
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The 7 inch single is still making music after 60 years
Steve Jobs holds up the new Mac Book Air in 2008 Fans' reaction
Apple boss Steve Jobs's health hot topic at Macworld
Woolworths in Devonshire Road, Bexhill Wonder years
A BBC journalist remembers his first job - at Woolworths
OTHER TOP STORIES
Commerzbank is part nationalised
Aon fined £5.25m over payments
Over 250 jobs to go at FG Wilson
Cathay faces $1bn fuel deal loss
Dell set to cut 1,900 Irish jobs
Intel in second revenue warning
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MARKET DATA - 17:08 UK

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Dow Jones
8665.05down
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Nasdaq
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BBC Global 30
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