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• Royal Mail quality tests 'rigged'
  The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding that delivery quality tests were rigged.
• BA union announces strike dates
  BA cabin crew will go on strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March in a dispute over pay and staff levels.
• Vauxhall gets UK loans guarantee
  The UK announces a 300m-euro (£270m) loan guarantee for Vauxhall and Opel, the European arm of General Motors.
• Lloyds aids mortgage overpayments
  UK mortgage lender Lloyds Banking Group is encouraging borrowers to pay off up to 20% of their mortgages early.
• Interns 'exploited by employers'
  The TUC is claiming that young people are being exploited by employers through internships in which they do not get paid.
• Trichet backs new bail-out fund
  The head of the European Central Bank gives his tentative support to a bail-out fund to bolster the eurozone's financial stability.
• Lehman bosses severely criticised
  A report into the collapse of US bank Lehman Brothers criticises senior executives and auditor Ernst & Young for serious lapses.
• Superdry founder in line for £80m
  The Superdry clothes label founder is in line for £80m as it completes a transformation from market stall to the stock market.
• New mortgages 'halved in January'
  The number of mortgages agreed with house buyers fell 49% in January from the month before, mortgage lenders say.
• Not so Slim pickings: Mexican shakes up world rich list
  Mexican Carlos Slim Huan overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes 'rich list'.