BBC News - Business

• Empty shops highlighting 'divide'
  The number of shops closing in Britain is slowing but a north-south divide has emerged, a survey by retail analysts the Local Data Company suggests.
• Rig firms hit back at BP report
  Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
• Big money
  Russia is home to the wealthiest expats
• Shoppers turning to card payments
  The number of cash machines in the UK has fallen and withdrawals have dropped as shoppers turn to cards, figures show.
• Google revamps search system
  The search giant launches a system with web links appearing as soon as characters are typed into the query box.
• BP spreads blame over oil spill
  A BP report says "a series of failures" by BP and its contractors were to blame for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
• Google unveils 'instant' searches
  Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product, Google Instant, that displays results as soon as users type in queries.
• US economic growth 'decelerating'
  US economic growth showed "widespread signs of deceleration" in August, says the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.
• Dublin to break up Anglo Irish
  The Irish government has said it will break up the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank.
• Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA
  Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.