Business news – BBC News
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Businesses are rushing for advice on how to cut jobs, the Engineering Employers Federation says. It says companies have begun to ask for advice about how to make employees redundant

Oil hovers near $59 as slowdown squeezes demand – Reuters UK
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil inched lower on Wednesday, after falling 5 percent a day ago to close below $60 for the first time since March 2007, as weakening energy demand more than offset news of more supply reductions. News that OPEC may cut supplies

Nation & world business news in brief: Boeing deliveries delayed – Detroit Free Press
An eight-week strike that idled Boeing Co.’s commercial airplane plants during a period of peak production may have delayed the delivery of as many as 80 planes, analysts said Monday. The walkout, which ended Saturday after union workers ratified a

PRESS DIGEST – Indian Business News – Nov 12 – Reuters India
MUMBAI, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Indian newspapers carried the following stories in their print or Web editions on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. ECONOMIC TIMES (www.economictimes.com) * Standard

South metro business briefs – Minneapolis Star Tribune
B. Reddy Gottipolu of the Fairview Health System in Eagan was awarded “fellow” status from the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He was one of 21 members to receive the distinction from ASQ’s board of directors in September. He was cited for a