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Jamie Oliver's £14m move East

09.10.09
Jamie Oliver is raising £14 million from investors to fund a chain of his Italian restaurants across the Far East... more

3,000 people feared trapped in rubble of Indonesian earthquake

02.10.09
Up to 3,000 people may still be trapped under rubble after the powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia two days ago, the country's health ministry said today... more

Second powerful earthquake hampers rescue efforts

01.10.09
Second earthquake hits Indonesia hampering rescue efforts as it emerged thousands may have died in yesterday's quake... more

Troubled RBS is to sell big slice of Asian assets

03.08.09
Stricken Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to sell a big chunk of its Asian assets this week to the ANZ banking group of Australia ... more

12 killed in bomb blast in Indonesian hotels

17.07.09
At least 12 people have been killed and scores more injured in nearly simultaneous bomb blasts at two top tourist hotels in Indonesia... more

WORLD: Suicide bomber on the 18th floor in Indonesian hotel

17.07.09
Nine people including foreign tourists were killed today in suicide bomb attacks on two hotels in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta... more

BHP Billiton reduces nickel exposure with sale

03.07.09
BHP Billiton sold its Yabulu nickel refinery in Australia as it retreated further from high-cost nickel operations... more

British American Tobacco gets a flavour of Indonesia at £303m

17.06.09
British American Tobacco struck a £303 million deal to buy a major Indonesian flavoured-cigarette manufacturer... more

ANZ raises £1.2bn to buy RBS Asian units

27.05.09
Royal Bank of Scotland's £1.1billion auction of its retail and commercial banking businesses in Asia hotted up today as bidding frontrunner Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said it will raise A$2.5billion (£1.2billion) through a share placing.... more

Cussons cleans up with soap despite crunch

08.04.09
Britons have not allowed the credit crunch to stop them keeping clean, a soap-maker said... more

Wall of water from burst dam kills 50 in Indonesia

27.03.09
More than 50 people drowned or were swept to their deaths when torrential rain caused a dam to burst, sending a wall of water crashing into a crowded suburb of Indonesia's capital Jakarta... more

Pork is scratched off the menu for Jamie Oliver's diplomatic dinners

27.03.09
Jamie Oliver may have lobbied us to buy British pork but he won't be serving it to the world's most powerful leaders at next week's G20 banquet in Downing Street... more

Komodo dragons bite man to death

24.03.09
Two Komodo dragons have mauled a fruit picker to death in Indonesia... more

England rivals for World Cup bid are named

17.03.09
Football: England's rivals to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups have been confirmed by FIFA... more

Win is perfect medicine for jaded Jaidee

02.03.09
Golf: Missing the Johnnie Walker Classic due to illness proved to be a blessing in disguise for Thongchai Jaidee as he won golf's Indonesia Open... more

£10 safari suit for Attenborough

30.01.09
It is an expenses claim very few could justify - but when David Attenborough set off more than 50 years ago to find the Komodo dragon in Indonesia, he knew exactly what he needed... more

Investors are unfair to us, says O’Reilly

26.01.09
Media: Independent News & Media complains that investors have driven down the share price in recent weeks... more

Vodka hangover for Waterford Wedgewood

06.01.09
The demise of Waterford Wedgwood is a sorry tale. There is red ink everywhere, the Stoke pottery operation is pointing fingers at the Irish glassmaking side, while there's much brouhaha about moving the whole manufacturing process to Indonesia... more

Capital lures 1.8m from abroad

05.01.09
Almost 1.8 million people have moved to London from abroad over the last decade... more

Gem Diamonds suffers after alert over price falls

17.11.08
Luxury Retail: Fears of a global recession are hitting the luxury sector and shares in Gem Diamonds nosedived 36% after it issued a profits warning. ... more

Stock markets plunge amid recession fear

08.10.08
Stock markets around the world plunged again today amid growing fears that the financial crisis will turn into a deep global recession... more

Camilla will cut short royal tour with Charles

07.10.08
The Duchess of Cornwall is to pull out of a royal tour with the Prince of Wales halfway through because she feels it is too "arduous", Clarence House said... more

Salamander sparks a takeover tussle with its £500 million swoop for Serica

29.09.08
A takeover battle has broken out between two of London's more highly-rated oil and gas plays after a shock approach by Salamander Energy for Serica Energy was rejected as "opportunistic and crazy" ... more

Market report: RSA climbs on talk of a bid move from Allianz

05.09.08
RSA Insurance provided one of the few beams of sunshine in a gloomy market, jumping 7.2p to 165.5p on rumours that another foreign predator, this time Germany’s Allianz, is sniffing around... more

Oil price falls again after dollar revival

05.06.08
Crude oil is again trading lower, down nearly 10% from record highs a fortnight ago... more

Rio Tinto plugs the nickel gap

29.05.08
Mining giant Rio Tinto unveils a project that will see it enter the nickel market for the first time and close a gap in output with arch-rival BHP Billiton... more

Alstom faces bribery probe

06.05.08
Engineering giant is under investigation amid allegations that it paid bribes to win key contracts... more

Art with an international flavour

13.04.07
There'll be an international flavour to this year's Chelsea Art Fair, with exhibitors from China, the Czech Republic, Japan, Russia and Zimbabwe all displaying their wares.... more

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