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Metal boys are up to no good again

15.10.09
Many a sore head over the last couple of mornings in the world of metal trading. Why? Once again, it’s been the London Metal Exchange week of bunfights, parties and general burning of the company credit card ... more

House prices surge in the face of gloomy forecasts

06.10.09
House prices look certain to defy all expert opinion by ending the year up after another surge... more

Colt clients paralysed by technical web problems

10.09.09
Major technical problems at internet service provider Colt Telecom have affected email and web access at a string of major London businesses over the past two days ... more

Pound expected to rally against the dollar next year

03.09.09
The pound will rise slowly against the dollar over the coming year as confidence in the British economy improves, experts predicted ... more

Slim pickings for 888 as its punters decide to cut back

27.08.09
Lady Luck has been a cruel mistress to gaming group 888 recently... more

Let loose your wallet at Terence Conran’s Lutyens

20.08.09
At Sir Terence Conran's latest restaurant, Lutyens, the menu is unashamedly non-trendy and the service is impeccable ... more

City Spy: Lords in search of bonus soundbite?

17.08.09
It's fascinating how ministers propose to legislate on bank bonuses. When the Financial Services Authority published its proposed rules in March and invited views, plenty of banks and professional bodies duly responded but members of the Government maintained their silence ... more

City Spy: Osborne’s strange praise for Sassoon

22.07.09
In launching his putsch on the Financial Services Authority and overhaul of City regulation, George Osborne paid tribute to Sir James Sassoon as the Shadow Chancellor’s adviser. This is most odd... ... more

Opel’s Belgian bidder aims to axe jobs at Luton plant

17.07.09
Unions today called for greater transparency from bidders for Vauxhall and Opel, after a leaked document revealed that Belgian investment group RHJ International plans to “downsize” Vauxhall’s Luton plant, potentially costing hundreds of jobs ... more

Conran by numbers at Lutyens

02.07.09
As with many Conran restaurants the detail in the design at Lutyens gladdens the eye and sometimes takes you by surprise.... more

Economy is struggling back to health on factories’ output rise

01.07.09
The economy showed further signs of life as manufacturers put the worst of the recession behind them and the City bet interest rates will remain at record lows for another year ... more

Great companies should train their own for the top

22.06.09
In what was a typical weekend, the three main stories in one Sunday newspaper were about the succession in some of our best-known companies... more

City Spy: Extel’s orange is so like... Bloomberg

19.06.09
Bankers were donning the sunglasses in the City at lunchtime this week. Not outside, in the glorious sunshine, but indoors at the Guildhall, where the bright orange decor for the annual Extel analysts and brokers awards was causing a few grumbles. ... more

Further joy as IMF is ready to raise its sights on growth

11.06.09
The International Monetary Fund is set to upgrade its forecasts for global economic growth, it emerged, further fuelling the feeling that the world is climbing out of recession ... more

Where to eat: Quick lunch at Canary Wharf

11.06.09
Prices are keen at Leon, Curve does a pretty good job of asserting its individuality and Carluccio's is always busy.... more

New Star sells Heart of Africa fund to Duet

07.04.09
New Star Asset Management, the troubled fund manager founded by John Duffield, has sold its high-profile Heart Of Africa fund to its rival Duet Asset Management for an undisclosed sum... more

Canada pension funds eye UK airports

26.03.09
Canada's top pension funds are looking to invest in British airports after the breakup of Britain's BAA Plc, the world's biggest airport operator... more

Irish emergency budget in the works as unemployment jumps

04.03.09
Ireland vowed to show foreign investors it had a handle on buckling public finances after data showed the country's unemployment rate hitting a near 12-year high in February... more

UK mortgage approvals edge up from record low

30.01.09
Finance: British mortgage lending rose three times faster than expected in December after approvals edged up from November's record low, but economists said data did not herald a housing market turn-around... more

Oil price has dived but we will not see return of cheap energy

15.01.09
Energy analysis: With just days to go before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government had all but given up working out how to clear the yellow smog choking the city...... more

Aussie miners surge on better ore outlook

02.01.09
Commodities: Hopes rose that the world's battered mining stocks could enjoy a more prosperous 2009 as shares in several of Australia's biggest players rocketed... more

Shares find favour as markets get steadier

29.12.08
Investment: Investors are dipping their toes back into shares as global stock markets show signs of stabilising... more

Blowing cold in the Lords on windpower

26.11.08
Building thousands of turbines to meet Britain's renewable energy commitments by 2020 is likely to be a disaster... more

John Lewis gets cold shoulder from Oxford Street shoppers

21.11.08
Retail: Weekly sales at John Lewis's flagship London stores lurched downwards once again as shoppers held off on making purchases in the hope prices will keep falling... more

Gordon is our saviour? EU must be joking

24.10.08
Few people in Britain have taken too seriously the claims by US Nobel economics laureate Paul Krugman and other luminaries that Gordon Brown's recapitalisation of the banks means he is a global superhero... more

How Mervyn learned to pitch it right...

22.10.08
Mervyn King once harboured ambitions to be the next Jim Laker: “I was taught to bowl — slow left arm – at Old Town primary school by the headmaster ..."... more

The moment that football learned money is global

04.09.08
Over the past few years, British business has become used to seeing some of its best-known names fall into foreign hands... more

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