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Steely Neelie’s got it badly wrong on RBS punishment

05.11.09
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Awfully sorry, but Barclays looks in pretty good shape

30.10.09
Rebuilding Britain's banks: While most banking bosses stuggled to say the "s" word, the chief executive of Barclays, John Varley, has spent the last year saying sorry... more

How we’ve sidestepped bankruptcy pain

08.10.09
The great paradox of this recession is how few firms have gone bust. Here we are with the most abrupt and severe downturn since the depression of the 1930s, and yet businesses seem to be surviving it far better than anyone had predicted and with a remarkably low rate of major-name casualties. Woolworths has gone but among high-profile firms, even in the vulnerable retail sector, that is about it ... more

Unilever £1.2bn buy from Sara Lee

25.09.09
Unilever, the Dove soaps and Vaseline maker, adds Brylcreem and Radox bubble bath to its stable of brands in a £1.2 billion takeover of Sara Lee’s personal care business... more

A fairer way of running the Mayoral election

07.08.09
The next Mayoral candidate must involve everyone from the Dagenham cabbie to the pensioners of Tottenham... more

Hopes and fears for private equity

22.07.09
These are interesting times for private equity. According to Close Brothers, one quarter of all the distressed companies in Western Europe are in the UK. Just 14% are in Germany, 12% are in Italy and 8% in France ... more

Despite the urge, this is no time for us Brits to indulge in masochism

05.06.09
An Indian businessman who travels the world asked a pointed question at a meeting this week. He wanted to know why the people in Britain were so much more depressed than the people in all the other countries he visited ... more

Mandelson in hot water for raging: Who the f**k is Mr Starbucks?

18.02.09
Lord Mandelson turned the air blue at a diplomatic residence with a four-letter attack on one of the world's most successful businessmen... more

Linklaters gets tough as City downturn hits

26.01.09
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IMF may need more cash for poor nations

12.01.09
Economics: The International Monetary Fund says it may need another $150 billion to help save emerging markets and poorer countries from disaster in the global economic recession... more

Experts fear gas shortage as Russia cuts off supplies to Ukraine

02.01.09
Experts are increasingly concerned about European gas shortages after Russia cut off supplies to Ukraine... more

11th-hour Euro deal fails to heal rift with Berlin

12.12.08
Tensions between Britain and Germany simmered on today despite a compromise deal over EU plans to fight the recession and tackle climate change... more

Big clubs must take the blame for friendly shambles

19.11.08
While you can’t say any game against Germany is futile, England's match in Berlin is surely unnecessary, says David Mellor... more

Latte-slurping liberals may come to regret the class divide

05.11.08
One of the best things to hope for from Barack Obama's election is that by proving racism is on the decline it will allow liberals to concentrate on the real cause of disadvantage in modern societies: class.... more

Crisis fears over big bank trio

27.10.08
Fears that the financial crisis is set to engulf the Far East and other emerging markets today saw three of Europe's largest banks, which have so far weathered the credit crunch, come under renewed pressure.... more

It’s time to turn your attention to TfL, Boris

08.09.08
How magnificently brazen it was to see Ken Livingstone attacking Boris's TfL fares increase last week... more

The moment that football learned money is global

04.09.08
Over the past few years, British business has become used to seeing some of its best-known names fall into foreign hands... more

Think small, Boris - and you'll change people's lives

12.06.08
Boris Johnson must remember that the GLA is young and there is great scope for change, says Andrew Gilligan... more

Planners reject 'superchurch' in Rainham

15.02.08
Plans for an £80 million "superchurch", which could hold five times as many worshippers as Westminster Abbey, have been rejected... more

Iron curtain masterpieces at the Royal Academy

22.10.07
Modern masterpieces from Russia's greatest museums including one of Henri Matisse's most famous works are to go on show in London.... more

Closely observed characters on the trains

20.03.07
Fine performances constantly engage the audience in Europe, a slick, sleek production about characters hanging around a soon-to-be-closed railway station.... more

The cheek of it!

11.12.06
The latest exhibition on at Somerset House's Hermitage Rooms titillates with its promise of sex and scholarship - but leaves the visitor wanting much more, says Brian Sewell.... more

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