Katy Perry's record label EMI is being eyed up for a takeover by billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries, Sony Music Entertainment and Vivendi's Universal Music Group... more
Well done to HMV, which was voted Best Bricks & Mortar Retailer and Best Blu-ray Retailer by the UK film industry at its annual British Video Association awards, held at Old Billingsgate Market in the City... more
Perform, an online sports rights business backed by Russian-born US industrialist Len Blavatnik, announces plans for a London stock-market float that could value the firm at as much as £500 million... more
HMS Belfast was unveiled restored to her former glory by Russian benefactors as a tribute to the ship’s role on the Arctic convoys supplying the Soviet Union in the Second World War... more
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
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
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
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
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
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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