Ikea announces UK-wide cuts
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Ikea is to make a number of its UK staff redundant due to "challenging" trading conditions in the furnishings sector.
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Furniture maker Ikea International A/S plans to hire tens of thousands of new workers as the company continues to expand with dozens of new stores opening around the world, its chief executive said.
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Supermarket group Asda slashes 3p from petrol prices due to "over-supply" in the market, prompting a price cut pledge from Tesco.
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General Motors Europe announced Thursday that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs on the continent by the end of 2006 in a plan aimed at saving &#36;617 million per year.
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Global furniture company Ikea has closed a serious security hole that hackers and phishers a free rein to exploit the company's mail server.
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Furniture retailer IKEA  is to introduce a 70p levy for customers who purchase items by credit card.
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A man was stabbed and five other people were taken to hospital after thousands of customers caused a stampede at the midnight opening of a new IKEA furniture store in north London, British authorities said Thursday. The Swedish retailer expressed regret at the incident.
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UBS cut its earnings forecasts and share target prices for South Korean chip makers Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor Inc., citing bigger-than-expected price declines for DRAM memory chips.
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Carmarker Vauxhall is to cut 434 jobs across two UK plants, the Transport and General Workers&#39; Union has said. The union said 340 jobs are to go at the company&#39;s Ellesmere Port facility, and a further 94 at its site in Luton.
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The Anglo-Dutch company said the move was part of its simplification strategy, designed to cut costs.
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Power off Intellect, the UKâs trade body for the technology industry, has signed up to a government plan to phase out energy-guzzling consumer electronics products.â¦
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Dell Inc , said on Friday British retailer Tesco  will sell Dell personal computers in outlets across Europe.
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As Swedish do-it-yourself furniture giant Ikea conquers more and more ground, the company is struggling to make its austere founding ideals mesh with life as a multinational mammoth.
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Cadbury Schweppes Plc , the world's largest confectionery group, plans to cut 7,500 jobs and close around ten plants as it seeks to catch up with the profitability of U.S. rivals after the sale of its drinks arm.
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Ford Motor Co. announced Friday plans to cut about 1,150 jobs in England to streamline its Jaguar unit, where weak sales have failed to offset spending on new products and other parts of the business.
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Bank of England announces second quarter-point cut in the past three months
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LONDON -- PC World, Britain's largest chain of computer superstores, will say goodbye to floppy disks once the current stash is gone.