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Forget computers: What we want now is common sense

02.09.09
This should have been a relatively good year for companies running pensions schemes for their employees ... more

Final salary pension schemes bill soars to over £1 trillion

01.09.09
The bill for private firms offering final salary pensions has ballooned above £1 trillion for the first time, according to research ... more

New deal could boost Chelsea's kitty

15.07.09
Chelsea are close to announcing a new sponsorship deal with Samsung, which could give them vital transfer funds this summer... more

Cobra beer chief's book loses its fizz

09.06.09
This Friday sees publication of Against the Grain: Lessons in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Cobra Beer. Yes, indeed, Karan Bilimoria (Lord Bilimoria to you) has decided to dispense tips for would-be business stars. ... more

Manchester United's £80m shirt deal

03.06.09
Football: Manchester United are expected to confirm they have secured the most lucrative shirt sponsorship deal in football history... more

Aon slashes pension contributions by half

08.04.09
The UK arm of insurance broker Aon will cut its contributions to staff pensions by up to half - paving the way for other large firms to do the same... more

Liechtenstein pays price over banking secrets

10.02.09
Is it all over for Liechtenstein? Hit by the sale of stolen bank account details to foreign investigative authorities, the tiny tax haven has revealed the fall-put from this major breach in its traditional wall of secrecy... more

Battle lines are drawn up as recession bolsters corruption

13.01.09
Legal analysis: More cases of corruption are likely as a result of the recession, according to the Director of Public Prosecutions... more

‘Suspicious payments’ cost Aon a £5.2m fine from FSA

08.01.09
Scandal: Aon, the London offshoot of the world’s biggest insurance company, has been fined £5.2 million for failures in preventing bribery and corruption, after it was found to have made suspicious payments worth millions of pounds... more

Case sheds light on bribe ‘blindness’

08.01.09
Scandal: The scale of Aon’s blindness to the likelihood of bribery was staggeringly revealed in one case studied by the FSA... more

Haydock 'bike track' off Denman agenda

18.12.08
Paul Nicholls's dissatisfaction with the new narrow track is set to see the Lancashire course miss out on the reappearance of Denman next year ... more

Bright spot for the insurers

10.11.08
Investors are missing a trick because they have not factored in the huge business opportunity for those insurance companies still standing brought about by the near-collapse of American Insurance Group... more

£226bn blow for firms' pensions

03.11.08
Pensions: Plunging stock markets have wiped an estimated £226 billion from final-salary pension schemes in the past 12 months, leaving hundreds of companies facing potentially ruinous deficits... more

Pensions hit by a third in shares slump

27.10.08
Pensions: Tumbling global stock markets have caused the value of the UK's pension pot to plunge by nearly a third in the past year.... more

Fallout from bank will be felt across London

16.09.08
The crisis created by the collapse of Lehman Brothers will spread shockwaves across the London economy, experts have warned... more

A very taxing time for Gordon

05.09.08
The Prime Minister delivered his speech last night to the Scottish CBI in Glasgow against a continuing chorus from his left-wingers that he should impose a windfall tax on the currently high profits of the energy industry... more

Benfield in a leap on hopes of bid from M&M

01.09.08
Shares in London-based insurer to the insurers Benfield Group jumped by 6p to 350p today... more

It's a win-win for Chernin at News Corp

26.08.08
Filings by News Corp in the US contain the information that, should anyone other than Rupert Murdoch take charge of the company, chief operating officer Peter Chernin is to receive $40 million... more

Benfield bosses' bonanza as Aon grabs it at £844m

22.08.08
Benfield, the London-based reinsurance group created by the late Matthew Harding, have agreed an £844million takeover from US giant Aon which will make multi-millionaires of its bosses... more

Market report: Investors look to rate cuts to beat the gloom

22.08.08
Dire predictions on the economy may abound, but the Bank Holiday spirit sent traders on a shopping spree ... more

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