OK, the latest on Gate Gourmet is that the chairman didn't walk out or hop on a plane - well, he did, but he's in touch by phone, says The Guardian. There won't be a full-blown strike until at least next week, if there's one at all, says the report, and management says talks are going well (the Union says they've broken down completely, but what do they know).
Elsewhere in The Guardian the CBI says growth has fallen to a 13 year low. The report is echoed by the Daily Telegraph which also points to rising oil prices causing difficulties, as does Yahoo! News. The Times just notes that High Street sales are a problem at the moment.
Elsewhere the Telegraph has dubbed the Chinese textile dispute 'bra wars' and is warning of price problems; this has attracted the attention of the New York Times as well (you may need an RSS reader to click into that last link). The American press mostly says talks are happening to get the clothes to retailers, while The Times has Peter Mandelson saying the original ruling on quotas will stand.
Just about everybody is reporting on Google and its free phone calls (that clipping from the Evening Standard); The Guardian offers some business analysis, although the main factor affecting small business will be cheaper calls as prices get pulled down by voice over Internet protocol (VOIP in the jargon) everywhere.
Oh, and it's GCSE day today, with yesterday's verbal fisticuffs over whether young people have any basic skills being joined by the Institute of Directors, according to the BBC.
