Macquarie Group is eyeing a bid for the aircraft-leasing business being sold by the Royal Bank of Scotland, a unit said to be worth more than $6 billion... more
Passengers packing onto Stagecoach's buses and trains helped its profits rise 28% last year, but the group's boss ruled out spending some of that money on air conditioning... more
Much has been made of Laura Wade-Gery's move from Tesco to Marks & Spencer to beef up its online offering. The stock market - that great arbiter of value - decided she was worth the equivalent of four Fernando Torres, adding £200 million to Marks' market value after her appointment was announced... more
Nintendo faces a tough battle to boost growth as rivals snatch the lead in console gaming, just as competition from smartphones and tablets batters the handheld market... more
Traders' attention was turned stateside as whispers spread that department store group Macy's is on the shopping list of two private equity giants... more
EDF’s sale of its £4 billion-plus British electricity networks hits a snag as a bidder says it will need to spend “a lot more” in upgrading work... more
Video: Banker caught looking at pictures of topless girls on his office computer when a news crew accidentally filmed him viewing pornography at work... more
JPMorgan is in exclusive talks to buy Royal Bank of Scotland's commodities joint venture with Sempra Energy of America for $4 billion (£2.4 billion)... more
The price of copper shot up $55 to $6150 (£3846) a tonne on the London Metal Exchange today to give a two-day rise of $90 after a mechanical failure at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine in Australia ... more
Office rents in the City of London will start rising again next year as the recovery in the economy and financial sector stimulates demand for space.... more
Office rents in the City of London will start rising again next year as the recovery in the economy and financial sector stimulates demand for space ... more
Controversial explorer Regal Petroleum is trying to tap investors for £60 million — the same day as it is hauled before a Stock Exchange disciplinary hearing over allegations of share ramping ... more
Who said money was cheap? Shares in Rio Tinto tumbled 114p to 2386p — making it one of the biggest blue-chip fallers — after it discovered the real cost to its coffers of raising extra funds... more
NCP Services, the parking-tickets and car-clamping business owned by private-equity house 3i, has plunged into a loss after running up hefty debts... more
Banking: One-time London Stock Exchange suitor Macquarie Bank says its profit this year will halve as investment values crash and trading losses mount... more
Economics: China, until recently seen as the best hope of keeping the global economy on a growth curve, is reeling under rapidly rising unemployment, which is at its highest in 30 years... more
Finance: The Australian bank whose investment funds are among the biggest employers in the UK was in recovery today after a torrid week in which share plunges appeared to question its survival... more
Australia's biggest securities firm, Macquarie Group, has warned that it is having trouble increasing profits in the aftermath of the subprime crisis... 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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