And in the real world... Volkswagen, Marks & Spencer, Lloyds, BAA, Boots and more

LONDON - Today's round-up of the biggest business stories.

World news... round-up
World news... round-up

The family owners of Germany's Porsche scrambled on Monday to bring stalled merger talks with Volkswagen back to life.
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Marks & Spencer's boss, Sir Stuart Rose, looks set to cut the dividend for the first time in eight years as he attempts to place the retailer on the road to recovery.
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Lloyds Banking Group is to push ahead with a £4 billion placing, as its shares soared on the first day of trading after its chairman, Sir Victor Blank, announced his decision to quit the group.
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BAA is appealing against the Competition Commission's ruling that it must sell three airports, citing an "apparent bias" from links between a member of the commission's panel and one of the groups bidding for Gatwick.
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Alliance Boots said today that sales of its new anti-ageing cream had got off to an impressive start as it announced it would cut 200 jobs in Britain.
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Motoring groups, such as Ford and Honda, have said the Government's long-awaited scrappage scheme had turned into a "dog's dinner" after two leading car-makers pulled out of today's shambolic launch.
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