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VT Group prepares for next spring with £500m spree

17.11.09
VT Group, the conglomerate which provides outsourced services will be going on a £500 million spending spree before the General Election ... more

Looking for truth about BAE, bungs and the Czechs

19.10.09
Analysis: Why is there so much fuss over the BAE Systems corruption investigation? If you have ever lived in a country where corruption is rife then you will know what corruption does. It corrupts. ... more

Playing hardball with Fraud Office

16.10.09
Sabre-rattling? Nichola Pease, wife of Crispin Odey... more

BAE in Mexican standoff with SFO

14.10.09
BAE Systems has still not come to an agreement with the Serious Fraud Office over its claims that BAE secured business abroad through bribes ... more

BAE seeks to pay only ‘tens of millions’ in bribery case

01.10.09
Arms giant BAE Systems is at war with the Serious Fraud Office as the anti-corruption agency seeks fines and penalties running into hundreds of millions of pounds over allegations of widespread bribery ... more

Campaigners demand action

01.10.09
The Campaign Against Arms Trade today said it will be "scandalous" if Attorney-General Baroness Scotland does not sanction a prosecution of BAE Systems over the SFO's bribery allegations... more

Attorney General to rule on BAE 'bribes'

01.10.09
Attorney General is to be asked to rule on whether the Serious Fraud Office should prosecute arms giant BAE Systems for alleged corruption... more

BAE cuts jobs and turns to US as aircraft business slows

15.09.09
Arms giant BAE Systems is to slash 1116 British workers, just five months after it axed 500 UK defence jobs... more

US truck protest by BAE

08.09.09
BAE Systems is fighting back after last week being sacked by the US Army on a contract to supply military trucks ... more

BAE lands £370m torpedoes deal

10.08.09
Weapons maker BAE Systems today won a 10-year contract worth £370 million to develop torpedoes for Britain’s Royal Navy and Royal Air Force ... more

BAE bullish on arms cuts

30.07.09
Weapons giant BAE Systems dismissed fears that it would suffer as the Obama administration slashes defence spending even as it swung into the red for the first six months of the year ... more

Boss of BAE's US arm jumps ship

22.06.09
Weapons maker BAE Systems has lost the head of its biggest division after he quit to join a government contractor in the US... more

Ryanair boss in £16m sale

08.06.09
Michael O'Leary, if no one else, will now be able to afford to go to the loo on his own Ryanair planes - millions of times over, in fact - after today announcing five million shares in his airline ... more

Queen's bank chief did not see cold front

08.05.09
Michael Morley is the new chief executive of the Queen's bank Coutts & Co. The boss of Royal Bank of Scotland's poshest offshoot used to be head of wealth management at Singer & Friedlander, owned by Icelandic bank Kaupthing which is now in administration... more

When Labour is in power, stock markets fall

05.05.09
Former Warburgs director John Littlewood is pamphleteering for the Right-leaning Centre for Policy Studies. His research shows the London stock market has fallen 26% since Labour came into power in 1997 ... more

Iraq pullout takes a 500 jobs toll on BAE

30.04.09
The British withdrawal from Iraq has cost 500 workers their jobs at arms giant BAE Systems... more

Spies hack into US stealth fighter plans

21.04.09
The $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project in the US, in which Britain’s BAE Systems is a major partner, has been infiltrated by hackers ... more

War a £1.9 billion winner for BAE

19.02.09
Defence: The Iraq and Afghan wars have been kind to BAE Systems as Britain’s leading arms giant reported a surge in profits... more

BAE targets Indian warship contracts

12.02.09
Engineering: Defence giant BAE Systems is in talks with Indian shipbuilders in its bid for contracts for surveillance vessels as the country strengthens its coastal security after terror attacks in Mumbai... more

Pressure grows on BAE over 'bribery'

23.01.09
Defence: Defence giant BAE Systems is back in the dock over alleged corruption and bribery... more

Rolls-Royce and BAE axe 2200 amid deepening crisis

20.11.08
Engineering: Engineering giants Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems cut 2200 jobs today as the economic gloom deepened... more

VT sell-off to bring in £300m warchest

11.11.08
Services: VT Group, the outsourced services empire, could launch a £300 million spending spree next year when it is able to finally quit its Vosper Thornycroft warship-building heritage... more

BAE shells out £538m for counter-terror operator

28.07.08
BAE Systems has cemented a deal to buy counter-terrorism operator Detica for 440p a share, valuing the company at £538 million... more

'Passed over' King is crowned as BAE promotes from within

27.06.08
After months of casting around the world for a new chief executive, BAE Systems go back to square one and promote its chief operating officer Ian King... more

Third BAE boss is bribe probe target

05.06.08
Defence contractor's business development director is issued with a subpoena... more

BAE set for rough time in the arms of Justice

20.05.08
You can't have fair trials only for people who are innocent, in the same way that you can't have free speech only for people you agree with... more

BAE staff brace for action by America

19.05.08
BAE Systems is bracing itself for a wave of US subpoenas of senior staff after its chief executive and a high-ranking board director were detained by the US Department of Justice... more

BAE told to clean up act after claims that deals were corrupt

06.05.08
Defence giant must tighten up its anti-corruption measures following lurid allegations of bribery... more

Brits on the take should be target in BAE probe

14.04.08
We need to see who had their pockets lined in the UK by the BAE Systems deal with Saudi Arabia ... more

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