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Airline deal stalls over competition concerns

28.10.09

The three-way alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and Spain’s Iberia is facing the kind of delay that passengers may find familiar ... more

Deadline looms for Google books arguments

08.09.09

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Transsexual killer can go to women's jail

04.09.09

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Threat of US Congress inquiry into Brown and Lockerbie

03.09.09

Gordon Brown was threatened with a possible US Congress inquiry into the Lockerbie affair amid growing American anger with Britain... more

EU competition probe stalls Oracle's Ł4.5bn bid for Sun

03.09.09

The Ł4.5bn takeover of Sun Microsystems by Oracle was put on hold after European regulators launched an in-depth investigation two weeks after their US counterparts approved the deal... more

Oracle takeover of Sun receives US approval

21.08.09

Oracle, the software giant run by outspoken billionaire Larry Ellison, has won US approval for its $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems... more

US launches swaps probe

14.07.09

The US Justice Department has opened a probe into the market for credit-default swaps, it emerged ... more

Fraud police freeze $100 million of Stanford's assets in London

30.06.09

Assets worth $100 million (Ł60.2 million) have been frozen in London as part of the $7 billion fraud case against Allen Stanford, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) revealed... more

WORLD: Stanford to appear in court on fraud charges

19.06.09

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford is to appear in a federal court in Virginia over allegations of massive fraud involving his Antigua bank, after he surrendered to the FBI... more

Suicide of Freddie Mac chief not linked to federal inquiry

23.04.09

The suicide of a top banking executive at Freddie Mac is not being linked to an investigation into the mortgage giant's business practices... more

Old wounds reopened as US sues BP for Alaskan oil spills

01.04.09

BP is being sued by the US Government over the spillage of more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil on the Alaskan arctic tundra in 2006... more

'Two years of lies' kept SEC at bay

11.03.09

The authorities were finally onto Bernard Madoff more than two years before his ultimate arrest last December. But he avoided them by lying... more

Swiss snub bid by US to end banks' secrecy

23.02.09

Banking: The Swiss government says it will stay away from a US Senate hearing on tax havens as the US taxman continues the campaign to force UBS to turn over account details of 52,000 American customers... more

Stanford silent as the FBI hands him fraud charges

20.02.09

Financier Sir Allen Stanford was uncharacteristically silent as the FBI gave him papers detailing his alleged $8 billion (Ł5.6 billion) fraud, sources said... more

UBS to spill beans on 'hidden' accounts

19.02.09

Banking: Swiss bank UBS is to lift the veil on the country's famous banking secrecy and hand over names of account holders to the US taxman in a bid to avoid prosecution... more

PartyGaming plays a Ł323m winning hand

06.02.09

Leisure: Online poker is on the up as PartyGaming, the company behind market leader PartyPoker, said sales in the fourth quarter were up 3 per cent ... more

Pressure grows on BAE over 'bribery'

23.01.09

Defence: Defence giant BAE Systems is back in the dock over alleged corruption and bribery... more

Flights will cost Ł35 less as BA cuts fuel charge

17.12.08

British Airways will drop its fuel surcharge by as much as a third on long-haul flights, the airline announced... more

SFO woos whistleblowers and launches 'at least one' probe

15.12.08

Fraud: The Serious Fraud Office is already investigating what could be the first big UK frauds to come to light in the current financial crisis... more

Yahoo, Google rethink ad deal

04.11.08

Internet giants Yahoo and Google have scaled back the scope of their search for an advertising deal in a bid to get it past regulators... more

Market report: Investors wrongfooted as Xstrata drops bid

01.10.08

There were red faces at stockbroker Liberum Capital after Xstrata dropped its 3300p a share offer for rival miner Lonmin... more

Market report: Gloomy brokers add to the pub chains’ misery

29.08.08

The lack of spare cash in drinkers’ pockets appears to be having a detrimental effect on the UK’s big pub chains, judging by the collapse in their share prices this year.... more

Branson warns on BA-AA link

11.08.08

Virgin boss says a proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines would send fares sky high ... more

Third BAE boss is bribe probe target

05.06.08

Defence contractor's business development director is issued with a subpoena... more

BAE set for rough time in the arms of Justice

20.05.08

You can't have fair trials only for people who are innocent, in the same way that you can't have free speech only for people you agree with... more

BAE staff brace for action by America

19.05.08

BAE Systems is bracing itself for a wave of US subpoenas of senior staff after its chief executive and a high-ranking board director were detained by the US Department of Justice... more

KPMG accused over US fraud

27.03.08

Auditor KPMG is accused of allowing fraud at a failed US subprime mortgage lender... more

Saviour of Bear faces hedge fund mauling

19.03.08

Stock markets have delivered a massive vote of confidence, or perhaps it was thanks, to JPMorgan Chase for its bailout of stricken investment bank Bear Stearns... more

Saviour of Bear faces hedge fund mauling

19.03.08

Anthony Hilton suspects JPMorgan Chase could regret bailing out Bear Sterns... more

Merger plan of the miners is a big deal with a huge downside

13.02.08

What a strange world we live in when every twist and turn in the sale of a minor former building society in Newcastle commands the attention of politicians, bankers and the media, but elsewhere a proposal that will create a monopolistic giant bigger than BP or Shell sails serenely forward with almost no one paying attention... more