BBC News | Business | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Budget shoppers boosting Wal-Mart- August 14, 2008 The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, sees profits increase as US consumers looks for bargain deals.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7560874.stm US inflation fastest since 1991- August 14, 2008 US prices rose by 5.6% in the year to July, the fastest inflation rate for more than 17 years, figures show.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7561092.stm Nuclear puzzle- August 14, 2008 EDF could still be the best bet to buy UK nuclear industryhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7532542.stm Flat UK sales hit Inbev earnings- August 14, 2008 Belgium-based brewer Inbev sees a fall in UK beer sales as European earning fall.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7560423.stm Europe's major economies contract- August 14, 2008 The 15 economies of the eurozone contract by 0.2%, heightening fears the area is sliding towards recession.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7560200.stm Being an oil trader- August 14, 2008 BBC reporter finds out what it was like trading in oilhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7559032.stm TUI enjoys strong holiday demand- August 14, 2008 TUI Travel, which owns Thomson and First Choice, says demand for holidays remains strong despite the economic downturn.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7560173.stm US foreclosures increase 55%- August 14, 2008 More than 272,000 people in the US received a foreclosure notice in July, up 55% on a year ago, a survey says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7560113.stm Chinese industrial output slows- August 14, 2008 China's industrial output growth eased in July as overseas demand slowed and some plants were shut ahead of the Olympics.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7560080.stm Wal-Mart to invest $1bn in Brazil- August 13, 2008 The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, aims to invest some $1bn in Brazil, as part of expansion plans in the region.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7559856.stm |