A string of top British companies whose shares are owned by Libya's sovereign wealth fund were today looking forward to the assets being unfrozen following the death of Colonel Gaddafi... more
For sale. One bargain 88ft turbo-charged yacht awaiting your enjoyment, yours for as little as £1.3 million. The only catch is the previous owner - a certain B Madoff... more
Directors at the London-based arm of Goldman Sachs saw their pay almost treble last year despite pre-tax profits plunging 75% to $1.19 billion (£720 million)... more
Emerging markets-focused bank Standard Chartered reveal record profits with a 19% rise to $6.1 billion (£3.7 billion) as it fires on all cylinders and bad debts fall... more
Banker bashing has not stopped, as anyone reading the headlines on Barclays this week will know. The bank was accused of "making a mockery" of Project Merlin and the promise by the banks to show restraint over bonuses... more
Hundreds of thousands of people will be dragged into poverty by the Government's tax and benefit reforms, according to research from a leading economic think-tank... more
City Comment: It is a fallacy to say that when companies are overtaken by disaster - such as BP is now - they are at their most vulnerable to takeover... more
The City is searching for any sign of certainty as to who will occupy Downing Street and how soon the task of reducing the public budget deficit can begin... more
Investors in Premier Foods were left with a sour taste in their mouths after Britain's biggest food manufacturer said profits would come in at the low end of City forecasts... more
Economics analysis: For many people, this recession does not feel as bad as those of yesteryear. This is largely because unemployment has not risen as far or as fast as in previous slumps, at least not yet... more
Ian Burke, chief executive of bingo, casinos and betting outfit Rank, told shareholders today to blame the Chancellor Alistair Darling for their continuing lack of dividend payouts ... more
Gordon Ramsay is not the only high-profile celebrity chef having a hard time of it. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the old Etonian contemporary of David Cameron, is not exactly flush with cash.... more
The self-styled "world's local bank" stepped into controversy last year when it used a fat white man called Brian as the model for a Sumo wrestler in an advertising campaign. ... more
Banking: Britain's Treasury and top banks were hammering out final details of a plan to limit lenders' losses on about £500 billion of risky assets, which the government said should help prevent full nationalisation... more
With all their promises of “no return to boom and bust” and commitments to “long-term economic strength and stability based on an unshakeable commitment to prudent monetary and fiscal rules”, Gordon Brown’s past Budget speeches as Chancellor make interesting reading... more
Gordon Brown is engaged in a dizzying high-wire act. He's weighing up whether to guarantee all UK bank deposits as a slew of other governments have done or he could take shares in the banks in the hope recapitalisation will provide the boost banks need... more
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