Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion (£762million) in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
UK equity funds delivered average returns of 3.2% in the first half, with M&G Group's Recovery Fund leading the way among the biggest players after it bet on Tullow Oil and Invensys.
Tottenham Hotspur tycoon Joe Lewis and horseracing magnates John Magnier and JP McManus could soon find themselves able to call the shots at pubs group Mitchells & Butlers
Alistair Darling promised tighter regulation of the financial system and warned bankers that the return of the bonus culture risked fuelling another crisis
Lenders caught up in the meltdown of toxic assets during the collapse of structured investment vehicles in the financial crisis, are to learn what rights they have to claim back their money
City investigators are investigating a former Austrian fund manger alleged to have been paid kickbacks for funnelling investments to disgraced financier Bernard Madoff
BHP Billiton sold its Yabulu nickel refinery in Australia as it retreated further from high-cost nickel operations
Balfour Beatty, the construction giant which has just started work on some major disruption of the M25, admitted trading in the past six months had been a case of swings and roundabouts
The French walked off with the UK's fleet of nuclear power stations last autumn in an uncontested £12 billion raid, but EdF's attempt at a similar coup in the US may be unravelling
Photo booths firm Photo-Me International today reported losses of £17.7 million and turned to former chief executive Serge Crasnianski to improve its fortunes
Offshore oil and gas contractor Cosalt plunged to a half-year loss of £3.4 million as it today admitted lower oil prices and the recession have led to work being put off
Baxi boilers today sealed its long-awaited merger with Dutch rival De Dietrich Remeha in a move aimed at freeing up the British private-equity-owned business of its huge debts
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