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Front-room fitness - how to stay in shape at home

21.10.09

Can’t afford the gym any more? We put the new home workouts to the test... more

‘Lucky’ Luqman is on the loose

14.10.09

Shaid “Lucky” Luqman, once one of Britain’s richest men, and Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur of 2004, has walked free from prison after serving six months of a second sentence for contempt of court ... more

The exodus of the rich begins

02.10.09

The friend dropped his bombshell. He was clearing off. He'd worked it out: soon he would be paying 50 per cent income tax as a high earner, the changes to personal allowances would add another 10 per cent and then there was VAT... more

Court threat to Skype sale

17.09.09

A company owned by the founders of Skype is suing its current owner, eBay, over copyright infringement, in a move that could jeopardise plans to sell the internet phone service for $2 billion... more

eBay sells off Skype stake in $1.9 billion deal

01.09.09

Online auction specialist eBay has sold a 65% stake in internet telephone company Skype for $1.9 billion (Ł1.1 billion)... more

Shock Twitter pictures of bloody crackdown on Iran election protests

17.06.09

Students at the centre of the Iran election protests are defying the Ayatollah's media blackout by sending Twitter alerts to the Evening Standard... more

There's been plenty of fun and games but now I'm ready to earn my spot in the Tests

12.06.09

Rugby union: The match with Western Province tomorrow is my final trial to win a First Test place against South Africa and I realise there is a danger I might try too hard because the prize on offer is so great... more

Have you become an iPhone iBore?

08.06.09

Stunning and revolutionary it may be but some people remain unconvinced by the all-singing, all-dancing 3G iPhone and its mammoth stable of silly apps... more

Making the polluters pay is the best green option

21.04.09

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It's strictly business at these hotels

17.04.09

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Hirco answers Laxey with its own questions

16.04.09

The row between property developer Hirco and Laxey, the activist shareholder headed by Colin Kingsnorth, is bubbling up nicely. To recap, Laxey owns 10.05% of Hirco, and QVT, a fund with which it is closely linked, also has 4.95%.... more

Free calls as Nokia phones get Skype

17.02.09

Nokia is to give millions of consumers using its mobile phones the ability to make free calls using the internet, it announced... more

Web of woe as eBay is hit by online decline

22.01.09

Consumer: Turnover at eBay’s famous auction websites crashed 16% in the last quarter as recession-hit shoppers keep their wallets tightly shut... 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

Regus joins the rush of companies to quit UK

29.08.08

Temporary-offices giant Regus says it is moving its headquarters to Luxembourg... more

eBay springs a Ł232m surprise

17.07.08

Online auctioneer eBay has surprised Wall Street with a 22% increase in second-quarter profits through strong growth of its PayPal payments system... more

Londoner will stay in 'perpetual motion' on 33-day tour of world

02.05.08

A woman more used to travelling a few stops on the Northern line each day is attempting to travel round the world without stopping moving... more

EBay gets boost from PayPal and a sliding dollar

17.04.08

Online auctioneer eBay turns in a better first-quarter profit than expected... more

Off the record

07.12.07

In this week's off the record, David Smyth talks about The Feeling, discusses his pick of festive gigs to get you in the christmas mood, and finds out what's new on the world wide web.... more