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Spyware woes for BlackBerry in UAE

30.07.09
Mobile phone users are accustomed to rogue emails and text messages, claiming to be from their phone company, but actually containing nasty software from a nefarious third party. What they’re not so used to is getting nasty stuff from the phone company itself.. ... more

Ex-Lehman staff in line for Nomura cash bonanza

10.03.09
Top brass at collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers in London will collect bumper cash payouts from their new bosses at Japanese bank Nomura later this month... more

Dresdner bankers suing for £50m in City bonuses

03.03.09
Hundreds of London bankers are suing for tens of millions of pounds in unpaid bonuses in a landmark case over City pay... more

Rogue trader: I made a fortune on 7/7

22.01.09
The rogue trader accused of losing a French bank £3.5 billion has revealed he "made a stock market killing" out of the 7/7 bombings in London... more

Dresdner Bank aid talks get under way

06.01.09
Banking: Allianz and Commerzbank have begun talks over state aid from the German government for Dresdner Bank... more

Even teen bling feels the sting

14.11.08
The economic downturn has hit the amount of "bling" worn by teenagers, according to a new report... more

Crunch sends work stress levels soaring

05.11.08
A drive to tackle soaring levels of stress in the workplace was launched amid research showing the credit crunch was putting extra pressure on staff... more

How care homes found themselves in a tangle

31.10.08
Southern Cross, one of the two largest care home operators in Britain announced that it has successfully negotiated a re-financing with its bankers. The news follows the other big player, Four Seasons, saying that it has been given an extension on its considerable loans until 22 January... more

The pain and gain with Obama in the White House

30.10.08
Analysis: It appears increasingly likely that Barack Obama will win the US Presidential election - and if that does come to pass, who will be the winners and losers?... more

Why Asia buy would be Pru coup

24.10.08
Just five years ago, American Insurance Group was worth more than the combined value of the eight largest insurance companies in Europe the likes of Axa, Allianz, Generali, Aviva and take your pick of four more. ... more

Commodities and crude prices crash in the panic

10.10.08
Banking and insurance shares, oil and commodities crashed around the world amid fears for the global economy. ... more

Financial upheavals trigger wave of selling

06.10.08
Banking: Shares in banks across the world tumbled as fear over the future of the financial system took hold... 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

Dresdner mulls London spin-off

18.07.08
Beleaguered German bank Dresdner is poised to split off its London investment banking arm Dresdner Kleinwort as the bank's supervisory board held a day-long meeting to decided its future... more

Forget falling house prices - land is booming just like oil

26.06.08
Buy land, they're not making it any more - that was the advice of Mark Twain more than 100 years ago, and it still looks pretty sound today... more

Barclays' way is better, but it's still pretty grim

26.06.08
While it may show the others how to do it, the Barclays solution still smacks of desperation... more

Setback for investors who seek profit from litigation

24.06.08
Lawyers, investors and regulators are meeting next month to devise a "lighttouch" regulation scheme for the rapidly growing market in litigation funding... more

Dresdner a bad bet for Lloyds

23.06.08
Lloyds TSB is undoubtedly the least burnt of the big British banks. As the others scrabble for capital and/or make multi-billion-pound write-offs, it sails on in relative serenity... more

Bid queue for RBS insurance auction

28.05.08
Royal Bank of Scotland to receive the first formal bids for its £7.5 billion insurance business, which includes Direct Line and Churchill... more

£2.8bn writedowns by German banks

29.04.08
Two of London's largest German-owned investment banks announce writedowns totalling €3.6 billion... more

RBS slides as push for £10 billion gains pace

21.04.08
Shares in RBS drop ahead of expected £10 billion-plus rights issue... more
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