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Coe: Olympics financing still on track

Chair of 2012 organising committee seeks to allay fears economic downturn could hit sponsorship

'I can smell a British woman'

As George Davies leaves Marks and Spencer, Hannah Pool ponders his contribution to fashion
- M&S plays safe with its 2009 collection

Bag a bargain

With the big chains launching early sales, we've rounded up the best deals online and in store
- Christmas sales start early at M&S and Debenhams

Star Trek v Terminator Salvation

JJ Abrams' reimagining of the Trek universe is the frontrunner in next year's space race, says Ben Child

Titian campaign gets £10m boost

Heritage Fund commits cash to help purchase Diana and Actaeon, which is being sold for £50m
- Artists of the week 16: Heather and Ivan Morison

Transplant is giant leap for surgery

Patient's stem cells used to engineer new windpipe in cutting-edge collaboration between EU doctors
- 'My unique chance': A landmark operation
- Comment: Johnjoe McFadden

The pros and cons of Clinton

Video (3min 17sec), Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland assesses the pros and cons of Obama appointing Hillary Clinton as secretary of state

Katine: it starts with a village

In Katine, Uganda, the Guardian is tracking a three-year development programme
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How to avoid a car crash

Edmund King: Britain's auto industry needs help, but a 1970s-style bail-out is not the answer

Defiance of gravity

Zoe Williams: We know it takes toil to get fit, and yet the idea of upside-down yoga just seems too good to miss

Bank signals further interest rates cut

City convinced rates will fall from 3% next month after release of MPC minutes and gloomy CBI data
- Tax debts soar 22% in a year