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How ambush marketing ambushed sport
A Dutch brewery's World Cup publicity stunt has led to arrests, threats of legal action and the loss of an ITV pundit's job. Why is so-called "ambush marketing" such a high-stakes business? |
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Pupils get election fever
Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College in Coventry host a BBC Question Time style debate as part of BBC News School Report 2010. |
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Firm in talks on airport takeover
A Midlands-based company is in talks to buy and take over the running of Coventry Airport, it is confirmed. |
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Football's financial winners and losers
Clubs are different levels of English football have been affected differently by the economic downturn. |
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Company pulls out of airport deal
Business support firm ADP pulls out of a potential deal to take over the running of Coventry Airport. |
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Will Vancouver count cost of Olympics?
Rising costs and the global economic downturn mean orgainises of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver will be happy to break even. |
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Dismay at Cadbury closure plans
Kraft's decision to close Cadbury's Somerdale factory in Keynsham prompts dismay among workers. |
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Does it matter that Cadbury is no longer British?
Does it matter that Cadbury's is not British? |
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New Jaguar Land Rover talks end
Talks between management and unions over the future of Jaguar Land Rover break down. |
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Cadbury agrees Kraft takeover bid
Cadbury is to be taken over by US food company Kraft after its board approved a new bid, the two companies have confirmed. |
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Ford agrees Volvo sale to Geely
Ford has agreed to sell Swedish carmaker Volvo to China's Geely and expects the deal to be completed early 2010. |
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Will Swedes work on a Chinese menu?
Life under American ownership didn't help the Swedish car industry flourish - can the Chinese do any better? |
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Coventry Airport closed by owners
Coventry Airport, which lost passenger airline Thomsonfly as a customer last year, is closed indefinitely due to financial difficulties. |
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Support offered to Ericsson staff
Business and council leaders in Coventry are setting up a group to help the 700 workers whose jobs will go at telecommunications firm Ericsson. |
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Extra business tax to be debated
Firms in Coventry are to be consulted about plans to stop or change the purpose of an extra tax on the city's businesses. |
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Olympic bidders look to strike gold
The hosts of the 2016 Olympics can expect to see economic benefits, but they may also be a financial downside too. |
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Used cars 'now gaining in value'
A shortage in supply of used cars is causing their prices to rise rather than fall, according to an industry research company. |
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Car scrappage: Winners and losers
Who are the winners and losers of car scrappage schemes? |
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Workers' shock over fraud inquiry
Reaction to the serious fraud office's decision to call in the report into the collapse of MG Rover. |
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MG Rover in fraud investigation
The Serious Fraud Office is to investigate the collapse of MG Rover in 2005, the business secretary has confirmed. |