BAE Systems cancels the sale of a unit that makes cockpit displays and digital engine controls for planes after failing to agree over any bids
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Traders' attention was turned stateside as whispers spread that department store group Macy's is on the shopping list of two private equity giants... more
Is it all over for Liechtenstein? Hit by the sale of stolen bank account details to foreign investigative authorities, the tiny tax haven has revealed the fall-put from this major breach in its traditional wall of secrecy... more
Finance: Private-equity firm The Carlyle Group has received a £9 billion boost from United States investors as it shuts operations elsewhere in the world... more
Engineering: The Government is set to net around a further £250million from the hugely controversial sell-off of the defence research and technology business QinetiQ... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports