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City Spy: Russians rushing into London homes

09.09.11
The man from Knight Frank who helped flog those hyper-expensive flats at One Hyde Park, Charles Leigh, is defecting to rival agent CBRE... more

Facebook tops rivals as its numbers double

08.09.11
Facebook has seen revenues double in the first half of this year to $1.6 billion (£1 billion)... more

If hacking had happened on my watch? I'd have fired everybody involved, says Arianna Huffington

06.07.11
Feature: Media superwoman Arianna Huffington tells Viv Groskop why it is vital that journalism cleans up its act, about the shock of finding out your husband is gay and how to handle 'Greek peasant hair' ... more

Take a stand at the office

09.05.11
Just try standing up for a day at work. You will ache at first and long to sit down. But give it a few weeks and your waist should shrink... more

Twitter's $10 billion price tag

10.02.11
Reports from the US claim a price tage of $10 billion has been placed on Twitter after the social networking site held "low-level talks" about a sale to either Google or Facebook... more

Content is king in Huffington deal with AOL

09.02.11
The reaction to the acquisition of the Huffington Post by AOL has run from sceptical to enthusiastic, with more than a dash of wonderment at the remarkable personal story behind the Post's founder... more

City Spy: Laws is paving way for Cabinet return

08.02.11
"Tax cuts for the rich can wait. Tax reform can't." So says Lib-Dem MP David Laws in an opinion piece for The Times... more

TalkTalk asks for patience as merger problems continue

08.02.11
The boss of TalkTalk says customers will have to bear with her as she irons out the problems of merging its own service with those of Tsicali and AOL... more

AOL's £200m Huffington deal sparks talk of bubble

07.02.11
AOL sparks talk of a new internet bubble as the former technology titan splashes out almost £200 million on news website The Huffington Post... more

AOL pays $315m for Huffington Post

07.02.11
Online company AOL Inc is buying the popular news website Huffington Post for $315 million in a deal that will put co-founder Ariana Huffington in charge of all AOL content... more

Rumours return over AOL-Yahoo merger

06.12.10
World of technology set abuzz again by fresh reports that AOL is considering a merger with Yahoo... more

AOL thanks asset sales for profit as advertising crashes

03.11.10
AOL third quarter revenue crashes by more than a quarter, with steep declines in search and display advertising as well as subscription sales... more

Talk of a mega-move by Oracle for EMC keeps US buzzing

14.10.10
Market Round-up: Takeover whispers are again the talk of the Square Mile, but the other side of the Atlantic has traders most excited... more

AOL slips to $1bn loss after huge charge

04.08.10
AOL blames a $1.4 billion accounting charge for a huge net loss in the second quarter... more

Facebook revenue explodes to 'more than £541m'

18.06.10
The financial performance of social networking site Facebook looks to be getting better and better... more

AOL sells Bebo website for knockdown price

17.06.10
AOL sells social networking site Bebo, just two years after buying it for $850 million... more

Twitter starts advertising with 'promoted tweets'

13.04.10
Social networking website Twitter is to allow advertising for the first time as it tries to mimic Google's successful search-ads system... more

Facebook forces AOL to pull the plug on Bebo

07.04.10
AOL is preparing to sell or close social networking website Bebo by the end of May ... more

Internet stars logging on to a new fund for online start-ups

10.07.09
The dot-com era was resurrected today when four of the internet's most successful stars launched an investment fund for online start-ups ... more

Citi's fixer in a fix after a little too much philanthropy

28.05.09
A SEX scandal was the last thing Citigroup wanted at the moment - what with its business in disrepair, $45 billion in government loans to repay and a reputation languishing somewhere between that of termites and dry rot ... more

Governance fears in plan to demerge Carphone Warehouse

18.11.08
Telecoms: The boss of Carphone Warehouse admitted he could be walking into a corporate governance row as he announced plans to demerge ... more

Bargain-hunters boost Footsie in thin trading

07.11.08
After another brutal week on the stock market, punch drunk investors were grateful for a chance to re-group and find time for some to contemplate the future... more

'Black box' will store all traffic on Net

05.11.08
Fears were growing over government plans to store details of all internet traffic in the UK using new "black box" technology... more

New Media

08.10.08
London is one of the greatest digital hotspots outside California's Silicon Valley and these are the people leading the way... more

Google admits it has lost out on its AOL stake

08.08.08
Online giant Google has taken a big hit from its investment in AOL... more

Warner hurt by slow ad growth

07.08.08
Media giant Time Warner has been hit by slower advertising growth pushing earnings down by 26%... more

Carphone signals mobiles slowdown as TalkTalk booms

15.04.08
Even the fast-growing world of mobile phones is likely to be hit by the consumer slowdown... more

News Corp joins battle for Yahoo

10.04.08
Microsoft's threat to take its bid for Yahoo hostile has sparks a flurry of new interest in the deal... more

London couple net £300million in Bebo sell-off

13.03.08
Londoner Michael Birch and his wife Xochi today made £300 million after selling their social networking site Bebo... more


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