Waves nine feet high from Hurricane Irene were pounding the shores of North Carolina today as the entire US eastern seaboard was put on disaster alert... more
Years ago, I investigated a blatant £150 million aluminium fraud. There was no question that some of the best-known firms on the London Metal Exchange had been ripped off. They said so, the lawyers agreed. Sitting in a café in Zug, Switzerland, the chief perpetrator of the scam, tried to deny it, but couldn't... more
News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch's £415 million takeover of his daughter Elisabeth's London TV firm Shine takes a dramatic twist as US investors sue, claiming it is a poor deal that smacks of "nepotism"... more
City Comment: It is very difficult to believe that the capitalist system has been seriously improved by the arrival of computers able to trade in a microsecond... more
View from America: The victory of Christine O’Donnell in this week’s Delaware primary means a stalwart of the anti-masturbation lobby will be the Republicans’ senatorial candidate in November... more
Shares in AstraZeneca shoot up 10% to 3232p, after the British pharmaceuticals giant wins a major court victory over its money-spinning cholesterol drug Crestor... more
Dubai's $5 billion punt on Las Vegas looks like an increasingly risky bet. This week a government investment firm began suing its American partner, as the economic downturn bites at the blackjack table.... more
Concerns over the sponsorship revenues for the London Olympics were heightened when 2012 commercial partner Nortel filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States... more
George Soros has denounced America's $700 billion bank bail out as "ill-conceived" despite relief across the world after US senators voted in favour of the deal... more
The Standard reveals the extraordinary story of secrets and lies behind the abduction of the daughter of McKinsey high-flyer Sandra Boss by her ex-husband
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American police deployed a spotter plane to try to find a yacht they fear is being used by a wealthy father who abducted his seven-year-old London-based daughter... more
Angry investors claim Yahoo founder and chief executive Jerry Yang had set himself against any bid before an offer was even made, court documents reveal... more
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