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The government will compensate those policyholders “hardest hit” by the collapse of life insurer Equitable Life, the Treasury announces.

Sales at several of Britain’s top High Street retailers fall markedly as a result of the economic slowdown.

Shares in US banks fell sharply – several to multi-year lows – amid growing fears that they will struggle to handle rising credit losses as the global economic downturn intensifies

The European Central Bank cut interest rates by half a percentage point, saying it expected the recession to deepen, and signalled that borrowing costs could fall further

The electrical retailer reported a sharp fall in sales across Europe in the last three months of the year, with like-for-like sales at its Dixons and PC World stores in the UK down 12%

Lord Carter will propose a ‘universal service commitment’ – akin to the guarantee on postal services and telephones, according to a draft of his report, Digital Britain

Steve Jobs said he was stepping down as Apple chief executive for six months after learning his health problems were more complex than he originally thought