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Credit crisis hits GE finance unit

General Electric reported a 12% drop in quarterly profit, meeting a forecast the conglomerate had lowered two weeks ago, as the credit crisis crimped results at its financial services business

Banks analyse fine print of bail-out

Shareholders confused about consequences

Japanese insurer Yamato Life collapses

First Japanese insurer to fail in seven years

Severstal plans steep production cuts

Latest sign of downturn in steel industry

BA says 450 managers to leave

Airline had offered voluntary redundancy to up to 1,400

Vodafone makes offer for Vodacom

Bid of R22.5bn for controlling stake

Sir Alan Sugar acquires Woolworths stake

Retailer sells store leases to Tesco for £9m

Japanese drug group buys rival for $2bn

Industry undergoing rapid consolidation

Citi pulls out of Wachovia battle

Wells Fargo looks set for $11.7bn deal

C4 pulls plug on digital radio plan

Blames economic downturn

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