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Wall Street Journal row adds to pressure of Murdoch

13.10.11
The row over a European circulation deal at the Wall Street Journal will give further ammunition to News Corp shareholders who want owner Rupert Murdoch to quit newspapers, City analysts have said... more

City Spy: Too diplomatic about eyeful at US Embassy

19.07.11
Nine blocks of flats, up to 23 storeys high, are set to be built around the new US embassy in Nine Elms... more

City Spy: Big business gets cosy with the ethical crowd

14.06.10
Much chatter about the BP crisis among the well-groomed crowd at the Victoria & Albert Museum for The Observer Ethical Awards... more

City Spy: David Blanchflower hits out at George Osborne again...

14.05.10
David “Danny” Blanchflower launches a scathing attack on new Chancellor George Osborne and Lib-Con plans to start cutting the deficit this year.... more

City Spy: Nick Clegg has vice on his mind

04.05.10
Nick Clegg surely did himself no favours in the final TV debate by referring to the “chancellors and vice-chancellors” of the three main parties being involved in post-election talks on the economy... more

City Spy: These property folk are just having a laugh

28.01.10
Recession? What recession? There were no empty seats at the British Council for Offices annual black tie shindig which filled the Great Room of the Grosvenor House to bursting... more

Is Rupert Murdoch putting The Times and Sunday Times up for sale?

27.01.10
Media Analysis: Rupert Murdoch's biographer, Michael Wolff, has a reputation for being well-informed and mischievous. He certainly caused a stir by claiming News Corp was ready to sell The Times and Sunday Times... more

City Spy: So upbeat at Sir Victor’s leaving do

18.09.09
Much jollity at Sir Victor Blank’s leaving party at Lloyds Banking Group headquarters in Gresham Street the other evening... more

Officers tell of dead soldiers' bravery

13.07.09
Army officers paid tribute to the group of British soldiers killed in a blast in Afghanistan while trying to rescue troops injured in an earlier explosion... more

Balkan troubles for Oleg Deripaska

15.05.09
It's not getting any better for Oleg Deripaska. He’s already lost the bulk of his fortune - now the government of Montenegro is seeking to nationalise his giant aluminium plant because his workers haven’t been paid since February.. ... more

Media critics are protesting too much about power of Google

08.04.09
Media analysis: Back at the beginning, which means barely a decade ago, Google seemed like the epitome of public-service benevolence.... more

Vodka hangover for Waterford Wedgewood

06.01.09
The demise of Waterford Wedgwood is a sorry tale. There is red ink everywhere, the Stoke pottery operation is pointing fingers at the Irish glassmaking side, while there's much brouhaha about moving the whole manufacturing process to Indonesia... more

WSJ’s worthy reporting of financial meltdown lacks punch or panache

08.10.08
There is, in case you haven’t noticed it, a global financial crisis going on. So you might expect the largest-selling business newspaper in the Western world, the Wall Street Journal, to be reflecting that sorry state of affairs... more

Beeb pays out bonuses first – before bad

31.07.08
BBC bosses have come in for an official reprimand for arranging a paid sponsorship deal with Robinsons fruit juice... more

WSJ axes 50 editorial staff as production is revamped

17.07.08
The Wall Street Journal is to axe about 50 editorial staff in a production revamp initiated by editor Robert Thomson... more

The Times a-changing for worse with dismal redesign

04.06.08
James Harding has made colossal errors that could undermine the paper's status and credibility... more

Rupert's renewed love affair with print faces a test

30.04.08
When Rupert leaves the stage, how will his successors at News Corporation regard the newspapers in their empire?... more

Wall Street Journal's top man is poised to quit

22.04.08
The managing editor of the Wall Street Journal is set to resign after just over a year in the job... more


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