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Washington insider beefs up Barclays

16.07.09
Barclays Bank moved to beef up its board, hiring an American with close ties to the Washington government establishment ... more

Bob Diamond was only doing his job

15.06.09
Few other people seem to share my concern, but I am deeply uneasy about how Barclays' Bob Diamond stands to collect £16 million from the sale of Barclays Global Investors, the fund management division of Barclays Bank... more

Queen's bank chief did not see cold front

08.05.09
Michael Morley is the new chief executive of the Queen's bank Coutts & Co. The boss of Royal Bank of Scotland's poshest offshoot used to be head of wealth management at Singer & Friedlander, owned by Icelandic bank Kaupthing which is now in administration... more

This cars idea might be fit for the scrap heap

24.04.09
Just how brilliant is the car “scrappage” scheme in the Budget? It’s designed to stimulate the car industry but only £1000 of the £2000 paid to the owner of an old banger trading it in against a brand-new model, comes from the taxpayer; the rest is provided by the car industry... more

Harman's debt to Sir Fred in Labour election

06.03.09
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, who is widely suspected of plotting to get the top job, tied herself in knots at Prime Minister's Questions this week over the fate of Sir Fred Goodwin... more

The doomsday books are in fashion again

19.02.09
Forget the Great Depression of the 1930s. Economists and City analysts are looking into the history books to try to make sense of the mess we’re in and they’re pointing to two other periods: the early 1920s and the 1870s.... more

Share-pledge deadline sparks bosses deluge

23.01.09
Governance: The torrent of top bosses admitting to pledging their company shares to finance their private lives turns into a tsunami... more

2500 lose jobs at Pendragon

10.11.08
Britain's largest motor dealer has laid off more than 2500 staff, a fifth of its workforce, after falling heavily into the red... more

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08.10.08
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Commentary: Owners move while bidders have the cash

17.09.08
In deciding to move now and sell Gatwick, BAA is clearly striking while the iron is hot... more

After car sales take a dive, there is still a glimmer of hope

08.09.08
Analysis: Not since England had a football team capable of winning the World Cup, have fewer cars been sold in Britain... more

Heathrow and the key to the big airport break-up

21.08.08
The Competition Commission's bid to loosen BAA's grip on airports in the South-East brings into sharp focus all the controversial plans for expansion and the future of air travel ... 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

Cool fixer who must engineer BAA out of trouble at T5

16.04.08
Colin Matthews has been keeping his head down over Heathrow, but BAA's chief executive will have to face his critics soon... more

Chairmen's pay on rocket fuel - and not just at BP

15.04.08
Fat-cat pay, or executive remuneration as they call it in the posher papers, is so last century... more

My journey of despair through Heathrow's T5

08.04.08
Flights are now returning to normal after the weekend's disruption. But one writer says it will take much longer to iron out the new terminal's many problems... more

£700,000 for BAA boss ousted after 20 months

27.02.08
The boss of BAA - which runs Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - is set for an estimated £700,000 payoff after being ousted in a boardroom coup... more

BAA boss quits on eve of Heathrow T5 opening

27.02.08
The boss of airports operator BAA - which runs Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - has quit amid a growing crisis at the company... more

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