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• Aer Lingus cool on Ryanair offer
  Shareholders in Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus show little appetite for a Ryanair takeover.
  
  
• Sterling challenge for UK shops
  The fall in sterling will be the next challenge for UK High Street retailers as it will increase the cost of their imported goods.
  
  
• Porsche takes majority VW stake
  German luxury carmaker Porsche announces that it now holds more than 50% of Volkswagen's shares.
  
  
• Easyjet announces nine new routes
  Budget carrier Easyjet announces nine new routes across Europe.
  
  
• India truck strike over fuel cost
  Millions of trucks in India are off the roads in an indefinite strike, with operators demanding a lowering of diesel prices.
  
  
• Hotels link up to promote tourism
  Four hotels which joined forces to attract tourists to north Wales are congratulated on the initiative.
  
  
• Schools close due to icy weather
  Freezing temperatures cause some schools in Wales to close, while emergency services are braced for a busy day.
  
  
• Obama says US economy 'very sick'
  US President-elect Barack Obama says that America's economy is very sick and that the situation is worsening.
  
  
• My sadness at Woolworths' demise
  A former employee of Woolworths looks back on his time working for the business as its final stores close.
  
  
• Final Woolworths stores to close
  The final closure of the remaining 200 Woolworths stores is due to take place, the retailer's administrator says.
  
  
• How Waterford Wedgwood cracked
  The demise of Waterford Wedgwood - 250 years after Wedgwood was founded in Stoke-on-Trent and 226 years after Waterford was founded in Ireland - has come as a shock to many. It shouldn't have.
  
  
• Blackpool strives for better future
  Grand but faded Blackpool strives to transform itself from a tawdry seaside resort into a more enticing place to visit and to live.
  
  
• Cameron makes savings tax pledge
  David Cameron proposes to axe tax on basic rate taxpayers' savings and to increase pensioners' tax free allowances.
  
  
• Woolworths has left the building
  Woolworths stores in towns and cities across Scotland close their doors for the final time.
  
  
• Wedgwood goes into administration
  A number of firms owned by Waterford Wedgwood enter administration, as the parent firm appoints a receiver.
  
  
• Council plan to save village pubs
  Grants are offered to try to prevent village pubs in Herefordshire closing down.
  
  
• Plane builder's new era takes off
  The BBC's West of England Business correspondent looks at the future of plane making in South Gloucestershire.
  
  
• The Potteries feel Wedgwood blow
  The BBC's Bob Walker spends the day in Staffordshire where Waterford Wedgwood has gone into administration placing up to 1,200 jobs at risk.
  
  
• Search for bungling ram-raiders
  Bungling thieves who ram-raided a business in Shropshire flee almost empty handed after their getaway vehicle crashes.
  
  
• Who is set to pass on rate cuts?
  A number of major lenders have decided to pass on the Bank rate cut to variable-rate mortgage customers.