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13/10/2010

Royal Mail is set to be privatised, Interflora and Marks & Spencer go to court, chip maker Intel releases huge profits and banks will invest in businesses for a stake of the equity.

The Government is to publish the Postal Services Bill, which will pave the way for the privatisation of Royal Mail. We ask Richard Dykes, former managing director of the Royal Mail, how he thinks the unions will react.

A court case between Interflora and Marks & Spencer starts later. Interflora disputes the way Marks & Spencer sponsored the Google adword 'Interflora', so that its services would appear associated with M&S. Nate Elliot from Forrester Research, a technological research company, tells us that the outcome could change the way online advertising in the UK works.

The world's largest chip maker Intel release huge profits for the Quarter Three results. Tristan Wilkinson, Director of Public Sector at Intel UK, explains to us what the driving force behind this rise has been.

And, banks are planning to invest in businesses for a stake of the equity rather than simply lending them the money. We ask Stephen Alambritis from the Federation of Small Businesses, whether this will solve the seeming problem of banks' reluctance to lend to businesses.

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