Entrepreneurs: Jonathan Hartland tells how he came up with Bigbleu, a free notice board for employees of the world's big banks, law firms and corporates... more
It's become something of a perfect PR storm. Back in March, Craigslist was sued by a Michigan sheriff for knowingly promoting and facilitating prostitution, just the latest US law enforcement official to blame the site for the prevalence of prostitution in his or her jurisdiction ... more
Craigslist is in trouble again over sex. Last week, Sheriff Thomas J Dart of Cook County, Illinois, sued the site for knowingly promoting and facilitating prostitution, and demanded that it remove its "erotic services" section... more
Red flags aplenty were missed by regulators on Stanford International. A picture is emerging of a firm where employees were bound by a mix of family ties, religious faith and an over-dominant chief executive - signs, surely, of a wrong 'un waiting to happen... more
Facing the greatest crisis they have ever experienced, American newspaper editors have cancelled their annual convention for the first time since the Second World War... more
London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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