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Utilities spark into life on talk that Warren Buffett has sights on buys

12.11.09
As billionaires go, Warren Buffett is worth a bob or two. That’s probably why shares of his publicly listed vehicle Berkshire Hathaway are changing hands on Wall Street at more than $100,000 apiece ... more

Good day to bury bad news on spin

27.10.09
Whitehall's spin doctors are crafty. Last Thursday, while the row was raging about British National Party leader Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time and the Royal Mail strike was causing chaos, the Government slipped out the news that — after 10 months of discussion — it was refusing to back a compulsory register of lobbyists ... more

City spy: Blue Oar is under cosh after 'string of lies' exposed

23.06.09
The London Stock Exchange's public censure of Blue Oar lifts the lid on some of the more dubious aspects of the AIM junior stock market... more

D-Day veterans recall heroic deeds on 65th anniversary

05.06.09
The commemoration of the 65th anniversary of D-Day began with a hundred British paratroops descending from the Normandy skies... more

Buffett’s in for a buffeting

09.04.09
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Obama steals march on Brown to mark 65 years since D-Day

26.03.09
Barack Obama and Gordon Brown will attend this year's 65th anniversary commemorations of D-Day... more

Buffett stakes cut to spark a selling wave

18.02.09
Investment: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has slashed its holdings in healthcare products maker Johnson & Johnson and consumer products giant Procter & Gamble... more

Buffett rides to the rescue at Swiss Re

05.02.09
Finance: Warren Buffett, the legendary investor, launched a £1.7 billion rescue of one of the world's biggest reinsurance firms, Swiss Re... more

There’s still such a thing as a free lunch

03.11.08
After being told last week that they will not receive their regular share of the firm's profits for the next six months, partners at City law firm Eversheds seem desperate to hold on to their perks... more

Shameless spin from banks’ sinless wonders

21.10.08
A sign of how deep the levels of denial still run in the banking industry came in phone calls last week from people who are, er, influential in the sector... more

Finance

08.10.08
Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... more

Commentary: Brown's dilemma ... to bail or not to bail

06.10.08
Gordon Brown is engaged in a dizzying high-wire act. He's weighing up whether to guarantee all UK bank deposits as a slew of other governments have done or he could take shares in the banks in the hope recapitalisation will provide the boost banks need... more

Billionaire Buffett and the only banker he trusts

25.09.08
One is America’s richest man who still lives in the house he bought for $31,000 in 1958. The other is an investment chief who started selling clothes as a teenager. Here, we tell the story of the deal they’ve done to safeguard Goldman Sachs... more

History buff Almunia can't wait to return to the battlefields of Europe

17.09.08
Manuel Almunia's interest in the Second World War gives the goalkeeper an extra reason to be happy his Arsenal side are travelling to Kiev... more

Americans in City put their cash on Obama

27.08.08
These are nervous times for some of the big-money Americans based over here who have been investing in the Us Presidential race as Barack Obama and John McCain run neck and neck in the polls during the party convention season... more

Pictured: The amazing portraits of Elvis and Madonna made entirely from bar codes

26.05.08
They look like perfect paintings but if you tried to pay for one of these portraits at the checkout then you might be there a long time.... more

Mapping out best bets in Europe as Buffett hits a new investments trail

19.05.08
While Britain will be lucky to see growth of 1.5% this year, data from the European Commission's Eurostat suggests the eurozone is buzzing at about 2.2%... more

Hard times spur urge to merge

06.05.08
Merger and acquisition activity doesn't cease when the econony turns down - it just changes... more

Critic's choice: top five gigs

16.03.07
Colombian hip-wiggler Shakira, former Velvet Underground man John Cale and serene Frenchmen Air, are all in town this weekend.... more

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