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Deloitte in the saddle at Comet, seeking stability - and a buyer

Santa's empty sack could be omen for 6,000+ employees

Comet administrator Deloitte triggers ejector seats under 330 staff

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Cash-strapped Comet sheds ANOTHER 735 staff

It's P45s for Xmas as Deloitte Santa gets sacking

Bolton biz kingpin tables '7 figure' offer for Comet website

And rumour tells of mystery shopper eyeing 140 stores

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Cashless Comet to close 41 stores, axe 500 jobs

Collapsed electricals retailer Comet is to shutter 41 stores over the next fortnight, administrator Deloitte has confirmed. So far Dixons Retail and Maplin are among the rivals circling the fallen retailer, although it appears the two are interested in just a handful of stores. As a result the closing down process began at 27 …

Comet train set for SMASH, staff can only hope to be in right carriage

Penniless Comet's network of UK stores is on the brink of break up as staff enter a "collective consultation" over potential redundancies. In a letter to the electrical chain's workers, administrator Deloitte warned that if it is unable to sell the business as a going concern, it will be forced to flog bits and pieces to …

Cawing retail vultures circle dying Comet, might rip some chunks off

Aaark! Aaark! say Maplins, Dixons, webshops

Taxpayers to cough for Comet staff redundo

Last of stores to close tomorrow

Comet crashes to Earth: 125 stores wiped out

Comet administrator Deloitte will shut 125 of the retail chain's stores, putting thousands of people out of work just before Christmas. The receiver, appointed at the start of this month, is unable to find a buyer for the business as a going concern. The closures will take place over the next fortnight, leaving about 70 outlets …

Comet staff should be for life, not just for Christmas

Dixons Retail is throwing a lifeline to beleaguered Comet staff awaiting the arrival of their P45s by offering some of them seasonal work in its PC World and Currys stores over the peak Christmas season. Administrator Deloitte took control of Comet late on Friday after the ailing retailer ran into insurmountable liquidity woes. …

UK gov probes Comet crash: Public, private sectors LOST £257m

But VC will pull £50m from flaming wreckage

Bargain! Desperate Comet SLASHES price of £4,400 iPod Nano

Pic No wonder they had cash flow problems

HP knew Autonomy was a duff buy, claim HP shareholders in $1bn suit

Apotheker ignored accounting irregularities and outdated tech

Comet confesses: The receivers are among us even now

Dixons shareholders skip and clap their hands for joy

'Brit Bill Gates' Lynch: Only Mad Leo Apotheker understood Autonomy

'I'm not going to be HP's scapegoat'. Errm ...

UK financial watchdog bends Autonomy over for fresh probe

Financial Reporting Council sniffs allegations surrounding Brit software biz

Chief leaves Brit IT giant Phoenix after just 15 months

'Unrelated to ongoing accounting investigation'

'I still get on the phone for a $5k deal' - NetSuite CEO's anti-SAP mission

Interview Big cheese spells out tough world of Salesforce and other enterprise tech rivals

K3 chatted up as admirers open their wallets

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HP: AUTONOMY 'misrepresented' its value by $5 BILLION, calls in SEC

Fanboi droves use iPads to buy more iPads on Black Friday

Tick-tock! 40% of PCs start Windows XP malware meltdown countdown

IBM services chief and CEO contender Daniels retires

Consultants bag £37m from failed e-Borders contract

Defra gives IBM 21% MORE dosh this year

Rampaging Brit looters cost Dixons £4m

Why did Comet fail? Hint: It wasn't just the credit insurers

Comet's fiscal light was burning less brightly well before OpCapita entered its orbit, but the venture capitalist's involvement snuffed it out entirely. Signs that all was not well can be traced back to 2008, when Comet's profit before tax tumbled from £56m to £25m. In successive years it posted losses of £8m, £3m and finally £ …