The Office of Fair Trading decides to drop its investigation into the fairness of bank overdraft charges.

  The UK economy did not contract as much as originally estimated in the July to September period, figures show.

  A merger between Ticketmaster and concert promoter Live Nation is cleared by the UK's Competition Commission.

  A form of secured borrowing known as logbook loans, or bills of sale, may be banned under government proposals.

  Most public sector workers still expect a pay rise in 2010, despite a clampdown on earnings in the sector, a survey finds.

  A third credit ratings agency downgrades Greek government bonds on worries about the country's high debt levels.

  A committee of MPs recommends an investigation into whether consumers are being penalised for shopping around for loans.

  Carmaker Ford offers incentive packages to all of its 41,000 US hourly workers in a bid to reduce its factory workforce.

  BAA wins its appeal against an order to sell three of its airports due to "apparent bias" on the panel that made the ruling.

  Vodafone customers can pre-order the iPhone ahead of its release on the network in the UK on 14 January 2010.

  Indian firms are losing productivity because office staff spend too long on social networking sites, a survey says.

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  Are UK government debt levels really that high?

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