Funny business

Snow 'hot item' for Christmas export business
The UK has cornered the market in the export of snow.
16:55 Saturday 15th December 2001

Mercedes cars given to flat tenants
A Hong Kong estate agent is giving away Mercedes-Benz cars with each penthouse flat which is let.
12:41 Friday 14th December 2001

Bankers sex lives suffer over euro worries
Italian bankers are suffering a decrease in sexual appetite as the date of the euro change over nears.
09:35 Friday 14th December 2001

Dunlop plays the name game
Dunlop is offering £11,000 to people with the same name as the company to change their surnames to Dunlop-Tire.
07:17 Friday 14th December 2001

Virgin bottom plan gets thumbs down from company
Bosses at Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile scuppered plans to have photocopiers at their Christmas party so staff could scan their bottoms.
04:42 Friday 14th December 2001

Man gets £30 reward for building society's big mistake
A man who told his building society they had mistakenly credited his account by £5,000 was rewarded with just £30.
15:00 Wednesday 12th December 2001

Strangers encouraged to chat on trains
A train company is to hand out postcards to passengers to help kick-start conversations in carriages.
12:07 Monday 10th December 2001

300,000 defendants lose bail bonds due to insolvent insurance firms
More than 300,000 US criminal defendants are to have their bail bonds cancelled.
01:55 Sunday 9th December 2001

Christmas hangovers could cost business £110 million
A survey estimates Christmas parties could cost British businesses up to £110 million through hangovers.
11:45 Thursday 6th December 2001

Bond issue launched for Romania's Dracula Park
The Romanian government is launching a $5 million bond issue for its Dracula Park project.
09:36 Thursday 6th December 2001

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