Ben Gordon's rapid exit from Mothercare, only days after it issued a shock profits warning, is a sharp reminder of what life is like in the real world of business. Fail and you're out, albeit with a 12-month pay-off if you can't find another job... more
Almost nine out of 10 phones sold on contract by Carphone Warehouse are now high-revenue smartphones, helping to drive the company's profits up sharply in the year since it demerged from TalkTalk... more
Eliza Doolittle performed Britain's first Facebook concert at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in Soho last night - and said it reminded her of practising at home using her hairbrush as a microphone... more
So much for the Osama bin Laden death rally. The FTSE 100 lost early gains to trade down 7.02 points at 6062.88 today, as reprisal fears, the worst manufacturing numbers in seven months and a miserable outlook from Britain's shopkeepers weighed on investors' minds... more
Consumer watchdog the Office of Fair Trading launches a rapid probe into the sale of extended warranties on electrical goods, saying it wants to see if consumers are getting value for money in the £750-million-a-year plus market... more
Two major companies from emerging markets - the Russian equivalent of Carphone Warehouse and an Indian paper manufacturing giant - announce plans to float on the London Stock Exchange... more
Everything in the life of transsexual singer Baby Dee has been extraordinary — so a candlelit gig with the Elysian Quartet in a Spitalfields Church is par for the course... more
TalkTalk will concentrate on broadband growth and integrating new customers following its split from Carphone Warehouse at the end of last year... more
Carphone Warehouse upgrades its profits for the third time in six months, in the week it opens the first of its Best Buy Europe electronics superstores... more
Soaring demand for smart phones such as BlackBerrys and iPhones help Carphone Warehouse to raise its profit forecasts for the second time in three months... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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