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Pots, kettles and Moscow’s mayor

09.11.09
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Why haven't DVDs made my baby a genius?

28.10.09
If, like me, you belong to the demographic unfairly called "pushy parents", this has not been a good week... more

Some of the big names who are set to benefit

14.10.09
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Skis at the ready for the new season

14.10.09
The recession has hit hard but the top resorts are still a hive of activity... more

Balfour to raise cash for acquisition

17.09.09
Balfour Beatty is on the verge of a major acquisition believed to be in the US which will see it go to shareholders to raise around £350 million via a rights issue... more

ENRC set to buy on rally

19.08.09
Eurasian Natural Resources, the Kazakh miner with the revolving boardroom door, is planning a shopping spree as it eyes a recovery in the global metals market ... more

Adidas to slash jobs as profits take a nosedive

05.05.09
Adidas announced a major shake-up with huge job losses after its profits were virtually wiped out in the first quarter ... more

Pandemic fears wipe billions off travel shares

27.04.09
Billions of pounds were wiped off the value of travel companies around the world amid growing fears of a swine-flu pandemic... more

Compass Group expects 3 percent revenue growth

31.03.09
Compass Group PLC, the world's largest food service company, has said that it expects revenue growth of 3 percent in the six months ending 31 March, as the depreciation of the pound boosts the value of earnings in the United States and Europe... more

Japan’s exports dive led by cars’ reverse

25.03.09
Japanese exports fell by almost half in February from a year earlier, dragged down by plunging car sales to the United States and Europe... more

Anxious wait for UK staff as Toyota cuts

13.02.09
Engineering: Toyota's 5000 British workers are watching anxiously as the company, struggling to contain big losses, says it will freeze wages and offer voluntary redundancy to plant workers in North America... more

The best of the best

30.12.08
Who do the experts consider to be the actor, dancer, playwright or conductor at the very top of their game? We asked our critics to give their highly subjective views.... more

Polish that estuary accent - class war is back

17.12.08
BBC presenters come and go but none with quite such scrutiny and debate as the Today programme's Ed Stourton... more

Market report: 3i shares at lowest since floating as deals dry up

16.12.08
Shares in private-equity giant 3i hit the skids for the second day in a row, tumbling to their lowest since floating 14 years ago... more

Pound could soon be worth just one euro

05.12.08
Sterling was on course for its worst week ever against the European single currency, raising the prospect of a one pound euro. ... more

QinetiQ boosted to £46m by US

26.11.08
Defence: Selling military robotics to the US army means the boffins at QinetiQ are looking increasingly to the West. ... more

Slowdown hits Cathay Pacific

14.11.08
Hong Kong's major airline Cathay Pacific faces a "very difficult" 2009 as the global economic slowdown saps travel demand, chief executive Tony Tyler says... more

It's payback time for the City's greedy freeloaders

15.10.08
We are living through days comparable to the atrocities of September 2001 or the fall of communism in November 1989. Historians will look back at the autumn of 2008 as another moment of crisis when conventional assumptions were shattered almost overnight.... more

Fitch steers GM rating lower

23.09.08
Engineering: Carmaking giant General Motors has been downgraded deeper into junk territory on fears its liquidity could become a critical problem... more

Now Swatch proves that luxury is still paying

15.08.08
Swiss watch maker Swatch has provided fresh evidence that luxury goods makers are all-but immune to the slumping economy... more

BA seals its tie-up with American and Iberia

14.08.08
British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has signed his controversial tie-up with American Airlines and declared he was convinced monopoly regulators would give it the green light... more

BAT booms as emerging markets keep puffing

31.07.08
Tobacco giant sees first half profits lifted as smokers in emerging markets switch to premium brands... more

Economic slump aids online trade

24.07.08
Online retailer Amazon.com has increased sales by more than 40% and doubled quarterly profit, suggesting that the economic slowdown might be, for now at least, benefiting internet traders... more

Shell in talks to sell wind stake

10.07.08
Shell is in talks to sell its stake in the stalled Thames windfarm project to two Continental energy giants... more

Mighty Madonna: No rest for the queen of eye-popping muscles

04.06.08
Few can rival Madonna's strength in the pop charts, and by the looks of her bulging muscles, she'd be a formidable opponent in an arm wrestle too.... more

Builders are rocked by worst-ever slowdown

03.06.08
Construction firms suffered their worst month on record in May as they were hit by the housing market downturn.... more

QinetiQ grows in US as jet ski joins robot line-up

28.05.08
Defence equipment developer QinetiQ, known for its James Bond-style gadgets, is booming in the US... more

2007's best albums

17.12.07
Paul Connolly takes a look at this year's best albums in pop, indie, rock and urban.... more

Howling at the wild child

13.11.07
Sean Penn doesn't seem to have too much sympathy for the abandoned family of his egotistical hero in his sometimes infuriating film, Into the Wild.... more

Harry's fifth film makes £164m at box office

17.07.07
The newest Harry Potter film has already made more than £164 million at the box office, making it the most successful so far in the series.... more

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