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200 jobs to go as Setanta enter administration

23.06.09

Struggling sports broadcaster Setanta Sport has called in administrators after efforts to rescue the business failed... more

City Spy: Bailed-out RBS is flying with Yanks

22.06.09

Royal Bank of Scotland has said a big �thank you� to the British taxpayer with the bailed-out bank�s latest cost-cutting exercise: it has scrapped its deal with British Airways, and has now instructed staff to fly American Airlines... more

Setanta's future in balance as rivals bid for Premier League matches

22.06.09

The future of troubled sports broadcaster Setanta remained in the balance while rivals bid for its forfeited Premier League matches... more

Premier League in games sale warning to Setanta

15.06.09

The football Premier League warned Setanta that it would auction off the stricken broadcaster's 46 live matches for next season if it did not make this Friday's payment deadline... more

Tycoon Blavatnik confirms Setanta rescue bid

12.06.09

US tycoon Len Blavatnik confirmed he had tabled a proposed rescue deal for troubled sports broadcaster Setanta ... more

Andrei Molodkin wants your body

07.04.09

The blood and oil sculptures that have put Andrei Molodkin at the forefront of the new wave of Russian artists are playful but deadly serious.... more

Angry MPs want some answers at City grilling

22.01.09

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Letting Lehman go under was Paulson�s big mistake

12.01.09

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BP Russia chief to go in bid to settle row

04.09.08

Energy: An end could be in sight to the fractious and potentially highly damaging dispute over BP�s huge interests in Russia � but at the cost of the departure of the chief executive at its Russian joint venture... more

Russians in new bid to gain upper hand over BP venture

24.06.08

BP could lose joint control of the main operating company in its giant TNK-BP venture after dissident Russian shareholding oligarchs opened up their latest offensive to attack the British oil major's interests in the country... more

Oligarchs seek a BP stake swap to settle Russian row

16.06.08

Amid allegations of Kremlin-inspired spying and attempted land grabs, the future of TNK-BP is in the balance... more

Talks break down over BP's Russian joint venture

11.06.08

BP accused partners - a group of Russian billionaires - of attempting to stage boardroom coup ... more

Threats, tax probes, and three men holding BP's fate in Russia

09.06.08

Pressure may be leading up to Russian partners preparing to sell their stake in BP business... more

Scrap metal trader who made �500m in a matter of weeks

30.04.08

Mayfair's Anil Agarwal is typical of today's supercharged billionaire. He is raking in so much money so quickly that the Sunday Times Rich List can't keep up... more

Billionaire London is home to 36 on Forbes richest list

06.03.08

London is the billionaire capital of Europe - with more of the super-rich living here than ever before... more

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