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Unions are livid at Tory pay freeze

08.10.09
Union leaders are furious about Tory plans to impose a pay freeze on public sector workers to help cut the UK’s Everest-style debt mountain ... more

Burnside is onside for Rangers bid

03.09.09
The resignation of Sir David Murray as chairman and director of Glasgow Rangers has sparked speculation as to who may take over the current Scottish Premier League champions should he go the whole distance and offload his majority shareholding ... more

City Spy: Busson's Ark sails through the storm

06.07.09
London's hedge fund community may have had a torrid time last year but at least its favoured charity, Arki Busson's ARK (or absolute return for kids), has shown the way in moneymaking. In the year to August 2008, its income rose from £32.7 million to £40.2 million. Furthermore, hedge fund turmoil is not expected to affect the levels of pledges. ARK acknowledges that "the level of outstanding donor pledges is considered to be one of the charity's key risks" but that all funding pledges "due for payment have been received to date." So hats off to the generous hedgies and let's hope that spirit continues.... more

Dash for cash spells revival for mergers and acquisitions

16.06.09
Punch Taverns became the latest company to be bailed out by a rights issue - which is pretty humiliating for the board albeit it is a humiliation it has brought on its own head... more

Sainsbury’s chief pockets £5 million

10.06.09
Justin King, the chief executive of Sainsbury’s, took home £5 million in pay and share bonuses last year as a reward for hitting targets at the supermarket chain... more

It may hurt, but oil price is now about right for us all

02.06.09
SOME would have it that the recent rise in the oil price is evidence of optimism - a sign that the global economy is getting stronger and that the prospects of recession turning into depression have dimmed.... more

Five years on, little has improved

19.05.09
Five years ago, the talk at Chelsea was of deals. One in particular occupied the minds of some of those at the Flower Show’s gala night: Marks & Spencer and whether Philip Green was going to make a bid... more

Balkan troubles for Oleg Deripaska

15.05.09
It's not getting any better for Oleg Deripaska. He’s already lost the bulk of his fortune - now the government of Montenegro is seeking to nationalise his giant aluminium plant because his workers haven’t been paid since February.. ... more

Business leaders speak out against Heathrow runway

05.05.09
Some of the country's leading businessmen are protesting against plans for a third runway at Heathrow... more

More than 200 to go as Sainsbury’s wields axe in Holborn

21.01.09
Retail: Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is to shed more than 200 jobs at its head office in Holborn... more

Boris asks Sainsbury's boss to be his Olympics adviser

22.12.08
The chief executive of Sainsbury's has been asked to become the Mayor's Olympic adviser... more

Queen's Speech altered to focus on the economy

28.11.08
Gordon Brown has ordered urgent changes to next week's Queen's Speech after the mini-budget came under fresh criticism... more

Sainsbury’s shines with 4.3% sales rise

08.10.08
Retail: Sainsbury offer more evidence that supermarkets remain one of the bright spots in an otherwise moribund economy... more

Tycoon dumps Sainsbury stake

08.10.08
J Sainsbury was the focus of intense City gossip after it emerged that Iranian property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz has offloaded his stake in the supermarkets chain... more

Retail

08.10.08
These are the people who will steer London’s vital retail world through what looks like difficult trading ahead ... more

Sainsbury faces Christmas woe

15.09.08
Retail: J Sainsbury chief Justin King says the grocer is facing the worst run-up to Christmas he has ever seen... more

London market goes on the slide as banking stocks take a pummelling

15.09.08
Market reaction: The FTSE 100 opened down almost 158 points today as fears over the collapse of Lehman Brothers outweighed the more positive news that bank of America will buy Merrill Lynch in a $50 billion (£27.89 billion) deal... more

Mixed messages from Hutton

11.09.08
NOT for the first time the Government is at sixes and sevens on something. The latest subject for the shaky hand on the tiller is pay rewards... more

Market report: RSA climbs on talk of a bid move from Allianz

05.09.08
RSA Insurance provided one of the few beams of sunshine in a gloomy market, jumping 7.2p to 165.5p on rumours that another foreign predator, this time Germany’s Allianz, is sniffing around... more

Lord Mayor, you mustn’t go to Moscow

03.09.08
Will killjoy politicians ruin The Lord Mayor of London, David Lewis's, beano to Moscow ... more

Sainsbury defies the City with yet more sales growth

18.06.08
Although shares have fallen now bid interest has abated, the chain's performance has remained solid... more

Plane obvious ... activists say they spotted 'spy' straight away

08.04.08
Anti-aviation group Plane Stupid say they have uncovered a spy who infiltrated their ranks... more
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