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City Spy: Rory Bremner entertains banking crowd with a condom and non-dom

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:03:56 GMT

Rory Bremner, compere at the annual Private Asset Managers� Awards at the Dorchester, put on his best William Hague impersonation to comment on the Lord Ashcroft �non-dom� tax row

�2.8bn 'loan' may prompt Ferrero bid for Cadbury

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:41:49 GMT

Chocolate firm Ferrero moves a step closer to joining the Cadbury bidding war after lining up a loan that could be used to back an offer

Let�s not get carried away by festive cheer

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:01:35 GMT

Nick Goodway's great grandfather once owned a very well-known grocers on Piccadilly, but he wouldn't back his chances in today's sector despite good Christmas figures

Dogs ate their owner who killed himself

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:37:42 GMT

Two dogs are believed to have fed on their owner's body after he killed himself at home

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

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:15:05 GMT

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

Good day to bury bad news on spin

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:26:21 GMT

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

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

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:57:10 GMT

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

D-Day veterans recall heroic deeds on 65th anniversary

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:02:55 GMT

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

Buffett�s in for a buffeting

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:28:46 GMT

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

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:41:22 GMT

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

Buffett stakes cut to spark a selling wave

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:45:18 GMT

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

Buffett rides to the rescue at Swiss Re

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:42:26 GMT

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

There�s still such a thing as a free lunch

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:56:36 GMT

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

Shameless spin from banks� sinless wonders

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:32:54 GMT

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

Finance

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:22:30 GMT

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.

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

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:17:02 GMT

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

Billionaire Buffett and the only banker he trusts

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:14:07 GMT

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

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

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:31:06 GMT

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

Americans in City put their cash on Obama

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:58:52 GMT

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

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

Mon, 26 May 2008 12:05:36 GMT

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.

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

Mon, 19 May 2008 07:30:50 GMT

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%

Hard times spur urge to merge

Tue, 06 May 2008 11:42:10 GMT

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

Critic's choice: top five gigs

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:11:05 GMT

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