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Flu drug firms Glaxo and AstraZeneca under fire in US for �price fixing�

04.11.09

GlaxoSmithKline and fellow British drugmaker AstraZeneca were today accused of price-fixing on their seasonal flu vaccines (SFV) by one of the US's top prosecutors ... more

UBS faces �21m payout for knowingly selling dud notes

10.09.09

Swiss banking giant UBS has been ordered by a US judge to set aside $35 million (�21.1 million) to cover a potential judgment against it in a case where bankers described complex debt securities they were selling as �crap� and �vomit� ... more

Personal take on Private Lives of Pippa Lee

10.07.09

Rebecca Miller makes the best of a dream cast in her story of a middle-aged woman in search of a new life - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.... more

Not for Profit ladies: the women driven by charitable donations

06.07.09

Lavish charity galas are over. Olivia Cole looks at the Not For Profit (NFP) fundraisers who target small, considered donations from the many... more

Hedges move out and the deadly weed moves in...

18.06.09

Charles Dickens would have loved these post-collapse days. Every day brings a fresh tale of upturned human fortune... more

Those who lie down with Hoggs

13.05.09

The revelations about MPs' expenses - Tories, in particular - has left a string of City folk looking red-faced... ... more

Carl Froch wants clash with Joe Calzaghe

27.04.09

Boxing: Carl Froch is desperate to take on Joe Calzaghe after staging one of the great comebacks to retain his WBC world super-middleweight title against Jermain Taylor... more

Carl Froch vows to stitch up Jermain Taylor in title showdown

23.04.09

Boxing: Carl Froch insists he will win his first title defence when he puts his WBC super-middleweight championship belt on the line against Jermain Taylor... more

Weird world of the arty hedgie

26.03.09

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Yale fights to keep Van Gogh masterpiece

25.03.09

Yale University is taking legal action to retain a Van Gogh masterpiece... more

Brutal Froch will jet to US for Taylor fight

11.03.09

Boxing: Carl Froch is to defend his World Boxing Council super-middleweight title next month against American Jermain Taylor... more

US papers are in crisis but this does not mean death of journalism

04.03.09

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

Too much monkey business at NewsCorp

26.02.09

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Newspaper sorry for 'Obama ape' cartoon

20.02.09

The New York Post has apologised to people offended by a cartoon that critics said was racist because it likened Barack Obama to a chimpanzee... more

Presidential helicopters plan may be downed

18.02.09

Defence: One of the biggest US orders for British military equipment is under threat as the Obama administration has called for a full review... more

Crazed chimp shot by US police

17.02.09

A 13-stone pet chimpanzee was shot dead after it mauled a woman and trapped a policeman in his patrol car... more

Love and loathing in Revolutionary Road

29.01.09

Kate Winslet's performance as a desperate housewife in Revolutionary Road puts her right up there with the best of British actors.... 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

Kate's double date on road to Oscars

16.12.08

Kate Winslet arrived at the world premiere of the film the critics are hailing as her best chance yet for an Oscar ... more

What to do in London this week

24.09.08

Enjoy tasty food at The Beaufort, don't miss They're Playing Our Song and read Philip Roth's latest installment - Indignation.... more

Only one sex in the city for The Women

11.09.08

A few men dotted about the plot would have cheered up the remake of George Cukor's classic, The Women, says Derek Malcolm.... more

The four faces of Rockefeller

13.08.08

Police are piecing together the many names and faces of the man accused of kidnapping his seven-year-old daughter during a supervised visit... more

Short-selling probe targets hedge funds

15.07.08

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sent subpoenas to more than 50 hedge-fund advisers as part of its investigation into whether individuals spread false rumours to manipulate shares of two Wall Street firms... more

'Suicide' hedge fraudster behind bars after being told by mother to turn himself in

03.07.08

The world's biggest hedge fund fraudster, Samuel Israel, has been sent to jail after his bizarre flight from justice... more

Educating Macca... Sir Paul awarded honorary music degree by Yale University

26.05.08

Sir Paul McCartney went back to school today as he received an honorary degree from one of America's top universities.... more

�450m Ivy owner beats TV chefs to become richest restaurateur

25.04.08

Richard Caring, the tycoon who ploughed much of his rag-trade fortune into leading West End dining rooms and clubs including The Ivy, has been named London's wealthiest restaurateur... more

Not just a pretty face

17.09.07

Good looking and not yet 30, designer, green campaigner, philanthropist, TV presenter and stand-up comic John Mayer can do it all.... more

A very British collection

27.02.07

The largest collection of British art outside the UK will go on display at the Royal Academy this autumn.... more

This week's new CDs

15.09.06

The Scissor Sisters new album is big, bright, bold - and gay, Mates of State's Bring It Back is well worth seeking out and Darkel's first outing is super cool.... more

A coming of age

29.08.06

Prolific London-based label Fortuna Pop! celebrates "Ten years of love, ineptitude and independence" with a three-night pick'n'mix, F-Pop Fest, at the Luminaire. It may be twee but it's still top fun.... more