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He can't walk on water but Diamond is cutting it

Comment: On the face of it Barclays missed City profit forecasts by some �200 million and also admitted it is unlikely to hit its target of 13% return on equity in 2013 Comments

A red flag for British Land as the market gets bearish

On Property: British Land produced an OK-ish set of third-quarter results Comments

Hester's the man to give RBS story a happy ending

I'm not a politician. Politician is not a job I want," declared Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, this week. Well if he is not, he is one of the most astute political animals around (to use a metaphor he happily employs) or I'm not a hack reporter Comments (6)

With the job only half done, the Bank of England is right to press on

Economic Analysis: Don't be deceived by the seductive signs of apparent recovery emerging so far this year: the job of rebuilding the economy is barely half-finished Comments (1)

Let's not put enterprise to the sword

City Comment: It is so easy these days to think you must have stumbled into a parallel universe. Last week, Prime Minister David Cameron railed against excessive executive pay and promised to work to change the culture of greed in Britain's boardrooms Comments

Economist wins digital friends and enemies

The Economist is best-known for its lack of bylines and its dry-as-sandpaper rigour but editor John Micklethwait can't help a little name-dropping Comments (1)

Getting to grips with which assets have edge as hedge

City Comment: I suspect economists don't bet much because the unreliability of their predictions would mean they were soon wiped out Comments

Sorry, but a press card system won't come up trumps

Media Analysis: All of us who care about journalism have been doing a great deal of head-scratching over the past six months or so Comments (1)

Sky News boss bans re-tweeting

In the air: There's surprise that Sky News boss John Ryley has issued an edict, telling his reporters that they cannot re-tweet other non-Sky News staff's tweets during breaking news Comments

In hot demand: The pants that help you lose weight

Growth Capital: How London's entrepreneurs are bucking the economic gloom Comments

Rich seam of risk in Xstrata tie-up plan

City Comment: It is funny how the prospect of a gigantic merger between the mining company Xstrata and the commodity trading house Glencore has set the City's juices running Comments

There may be clouds over TUI but it still outshines Thomas Cook

What's the difference between Thomas Cook and TUI Travel? Comments

Raise your glass to a vintage year for the royal vintner

Every once in a while, a bonus-happy banker bundles himself into a London restaurant and drinks many thousands of pounds' worth of fine wine Comments (1)

Just like its former bosses, BP can get back up to speed

It's hard not to survey the news and think of BP and rehabilitation at the same time Comments

Think outside the box

Business recruitment: Greater creativity and diversity in the workforce is needed to drive innovation and productivity. So what's stopping it from happening? Comments

Missed Chance

It's disappointing the OFT has shrunk from introducing an outright ban on shops pushing extended warranties Comments

Ask James Caan... Business tips for London entrepreneurs

Best moves to get our lettings agency start-up noticed online? Comments

Interview: Lord Hanson's cigarette king is still smoking out the takeovers

Serial chairman aims to win approval for his packaging firm's �1.3 billion deal Comments (1)

Lloyds' shrinking executive conceals who is getting what

This time last year Lloyds Banking Group had half a dozen executive directors and Eric Daniels was on his way out Comments

Knight Frank hatches bold plan to broaden its horizons

On Property: Knight Frank aims to double its turnover to �620 million by 2016 - all the while remaining a debt-free Limited Liability Partnership Comments

Another fees bonanza for bankers and lawyers

City bankers and lawyers could be in line for a fees windfall of up to �500 million from Glencore's planned �52 billion merger with Xstrata Comments

We need to focus on our strengths

City Comment: Any historian will tell you that when domestic policy is unravelling a political leader will try to distract attention by starting a foreign war or hounding an enemy within Comments (4)