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Reckitt merger reports doubted

Speculation that the household cleaning products group could be close to a merger with Colgate-Palmolive is greeted with scepticism by analysts

Lex: Luxury goods

Recovering economies, asset prices and bonuses are beginning to breathe life back into the market for expensive trinkets

Sony hopes SOS offering will be a saviour

The Sony Online Service is the electronic company’s attempt to make Sony televisions and devices stand apart from the competition by delivering movies, games and music to them

Europe’s appliance industry makes the grade

Appliance makers have won changes to a new European energy efficiency labelling scheme after they warned that an earlier rescaling plan could have cost them more than €1.5bn ($2.2bn, £1.4bn) in lost sales

Burberry retrenches via social network

Burberry is hoping for a boost to sales of trenchcoats after it launched its social networking site based round the distinctive garment

Toshiba plants seeds of a low-carbon future

The chipmaker’s new pilot facility in Oomuta shows its commitment to green energy technology

Tight-knit UK future John Smedley

The luxury knitwear company,is pulling all production back to the UK

Dell enters smartphone market

It will manufacture the devices for distribution and use Google’s Android operating system

Jimmy Choo to step smartly into H&M

Hordes of fashion enthusiasts are set to converge on the 200 H&M stores around the world where the limited-edition Jimmy Choo collection will be stocked

Ugly success

The appearance of mobile internet browsing is improving but what is lacking is a reason to pay attention to ads on the move

Richemont says sales decline slowing

Samsung faces import ban over Sharp patents

Imperial Tobacco chief to step down

Asian exporters told to adapt to poor demand

Double-digit growth for BrightHouse

Price deflation takes shine off Unilever

CVS shares plunge after losing drug contracts

Next upgrades guidance as conditions improve

Lex: Marks and Spencer

Sales growth buoys Dunelm

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