John Varley may not be handing in his security pass to Barclays Canary Wharf headquarters for another 12 months, but he will be courted by any number of FTSE 100 companies to come and head their boardrooms before then... more
The Government needs to pick up on the best practice exemplified by the Bank of England and adopt similar transparent and independent processes themselves
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BT was the biggest loser on the FTSE 100 today as investors fretted over its huge pensions deficit, while ratings agency Standard & Poor has cut its corporate debts credit rating... more
The blockbuster mining merger that never quite happened was finally called off today as ultra-acquisitive Xstrata removed its tanks from the lawn of Anglo American ... more
Swiss mining giant Xstrata has been given just three weeks to "put up or shut up" on its proposal to merge with rival Anglo American by the City Takeover Panel... more
The newly appointed chairman of Anglo-American has come out shooting over rival miner Xstrata’s hostile plans to force a £40 billion merger between the two ... more
Shares rallied from opening falls after several billion pounds' worth of takeovers were dangled in front of City speculators in order to whet their appetites ... more
Mining giant Anglo American has appointed Sir John Parker as its new chairman, replacing Sir Mark Moody-Stuart who is retiring after seven years at the helm ... more
There was some talk in the City that Anglo American will consider ditching chief executive Cynthia Carroll as a main plank of its defence against a merger with rival Xstrata... more
Adam Posen is not the first American appointee to the Bank of England monetary policy committee — that was DeAnne Julius, between 1997 and 2001... 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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