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Gold adds sparkle to miners as dollar’s in the doldrums

09.11.09

The price of gold traded at a new record high of $1,107.12 an ounce on world markets today, in response to a weaker dollar ... more

We have designs on your office

09.11.09

Fashion designers are setting their sights beyond the catwalk as more are drawing their own blueprints for stores and offices such as Burberry’s HQ... more

City remains positive despite shockers from BA and RBS

06.11.09

Stock market investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached Ł1.79 billion during the first six months of the year ... more

British Airways is tumbling despite Iberia deal hopes

05.11.09

Is the board of British Airways about to buy a one-way ticket to Madrid? That was the story doing the rounds in the Square Mile this morning amid claims that the proposed merger with Spanish carrier Iberia could be completed by the second quarter of next year ... more

Soothing lights to cut train suicides toll

04.11.09

Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, Japanese rail operators are installing blue lights above station platforms... more

Toyota say sorry as they pull out of F1

04.11.09

Toyota have quit Formula One and then apologised to their supporters for failing to win a race during their eight years in the sport... more

Brad Pitt reveals dread-ful new beard

03.11.09

Brad Pitt has revealed his latest beard look on a visit to Japan.... more

Tatsuo Miyajima is keeper of the light fantastic

03.11.09

Tatsuo Miyajima is bringing his vision to the Royal Ballet, he tells Ben Luke.... more

Wounded Australians can still hurt us, says Martin Johnson

03.11.09

Martin Johnson fears Australia possess the ability to seriously "hurt" England at Twickenham despite the tourists' dreadful record this year... more

England warned to prepare for the Rocky horror show

03.11.09

England have been warned they could face an Australian backlash at Twickenham on Saturday, led by Wallabies skipper Rocky Elsom... more

Footsie carries on its rise and has 5200-point mark now in sight

12.10.09

Shares were being squeezed yet higher today with the 5200 support now clearly in sight for stock market bulls, despite the closure of several markets, including Tokyo and Wall Street, this afternoon ... more

Typhoon hits Japan

08.10.09

big storm typhoon hits japan... more

2016 Olympic host nation set to be unveiled

02.10.09

The next city to host the Olympics after London 2012 will be announced today... more

Japanese exports still on slide as woe goes on

24.06.09

Japanese exports continued to tumble last month in a sign that the recovery in the global economy is still some way off... more

Get set for the micro-speech

22.06.09

Head down to a Pecha Kucha night where anyone can give a talk so long as it's quick. But, says Harry Mount, the ultimate faux pas is to be boring... more

Hong Kong beats London as costliest place to rent offices

26.02.09

For the first time in nine years London's West End is no longer the most expensive place in the world to occupy office space... more

London falls to third in the costliest offices table

25.02.09

Finance: London has slipped from its perch as the world's most expensive city for offices, overtaken by Hong Kong and Tokyo for the first time in nine years... more

Market report: Asda cuts rekindle supermarkets war

02.01.09

Only two days into the New Year, the gloves have come off among the UK's biggest grocers in a new battle over market share.... more

Bank of Japan joins 'zero interest' race

19.12.08

Economics: The Bank of Japan joined the big economies' race to zero interest rates, cutting the official short-term interest rate to just 0.1% from 0.3%... more

Japan pledges to help its banks

27.10.08

Economics: The Japanese government stepped in with fresh promises of help for banks as stocks in Tokyo fell for the fourth day in a row... more

Mixing it with a musical relay

10.10.08

Diesel, the fashion label, is 30 years old and to celebrate it is throwing 18 parties at the same time. One of which takes place at the O2.... more

Sterling and shares dive on new banking worries

26.08.08

The pound plunges and London shares fall amid renewed concerns that the banking crisis has much further to run... more

How Oxford Circus shoppers will beat crosstown traffic

10.07.08

Westminster Council wants to change the way we cross the road with a radical rethink of Oxford Circus... more

Japanese firms stay optimistic

01.07.08

Japan's official survey of business confidence, the Tankan, shows that the country's largest manufacturers are in better heart than expected... more

Just an average remake

15.05.08

Shutter is an American version of the ghost story-cum-horror, which became the highest grossing film in Thailand but is no more than OK. ... more

If only looks could fill

20.02.08

There has been a mega-buzz about Sakenohana since its much-delayed opening and it's undeniably an experience. An expensive one.... more

London's best Japanese restaurants

21.11.07

As Tokyo tops the Michelin star league, Charles Campion reveals where to find good Japanese food in the capital.... more

Critic's choice: top five clubs

25.05.07

A taste of Japanese club culture, Super Furry Animals on the decks and Eddy Temple-Morris' dancefloor-filling, bleepy studio boffins. Chris Elwell-Sutton picks this weekend's best club nights.... more