"Guess the suitor" seems to be the top game among traders this week. Yesterday, Regus rocketed on speculation of interest from an unknown party, and today it was the turn of Logica.... more
The US retailer has offered to pay one of the stars of MTV's hit reality show Jersey Shore - Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino - to stop wearing its clothes in public because it risks causing "significant damage to our brand"... more
"They all seem to be jumping into bed with one another," one trader mused today. Thankfully, he wasn't referring to his colleagues but the gambling industry as rumours swirled about two possible takeover deals... more
Bespoke is back, championed by a new generation of menswear maestros and their celebrity clients. Simon Mills reports on the saviours of Savile Row... more
Market round-up: The miserable GDP figures leave gloomy expressions on many faces in the City, but it wasn't enough to stop gossip in the Square Mile... more
The West End is dramatically outperforming shopping areas elsewhere in the country with foreign shoppers snapping up 'bargains' such as £14,500 handbags... more
Queen’s tailor is embroiled in a bitter High Court dispute, amid claims a former employee stole information about its rich and famous clients to help him set up a rival Savile Row firm... more
We have been branded badly dressed Britain. Our little island may boast Central St Martins and Savile Row but our European cousins have decreed us the worst nation of sartorial sinners... more
The financial crisis has radically altered City fashion, sounding the death knell for the pinstripe and finally making brown acceptable in town... more
Whether it be in Savile Row, magazines, clubs or just accessible high street fashion, the capital leads the way. These are the names that make the fashion world spin.... more
London plays host to a curry festival, a new branch of steakhouse Black & Blue opens at Borough Market and there's a Fashion Week special to be had at Conran's Sartoria.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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