City Comment: There is a shortage of candidates to fill the chairman's role at some of London's top companies - but the job is an impossible one... more
Where will this election be won and lost? We’ve had references to Motorway Man, the two-car-owning middle manager who lives on a new estate near a motorway. Now we've got Morrisons man... more
Comedy lawsuit of the week comes from something called the Steward International Enhanced Index Fund, which is suing Cadbury’s top brass for daring not to embrace a (putative) bid from Kraft Foods ... more
Enron, America’s most famous bankruptcy saga, wasn’t just a tale of greed, money, sex and electricity deregulation, though it was all of those things... more
Raised eyebrows in the Treasury at the interview with Baroness Scotland, the attorney-general, in the Financial Times. She is keen to get across just how determined she is to crack down on financial crime ... ... more
When Northern Rock crashed, some commentators tried to say: "I told you so." They claimed they predicted the Newcastle-based bank would hit trouble and might ultimately fail... more
How does the chief executive of Majestic Wine keep up the price of the booze he is selling when supermarkets are full of three-bottles-for-£10 offers?... more
Labour declared it was "proud" that it nationalised Northern Rock - fuelling speculation that another bank could be taken into public ownership... more
Gordon Brown is banging on again about high petrol prices and oil companies making too much money. At the moment it’s BP, next it will be Shell. But who is really making the killing at the pumps? Yes, you guessed it, the PM and his Chancellor Alistair Darling... more
Shocking times for commodities prices, no doubt. But that didn’t stop the metal traders at the LME annual Grosvenor House dinner splashing out on strippers and champers... more
Banking: Adam Applegarth, former chief executive of failed bank Northern Rock, and his co-directors will not be taken to court over their management failings... more
Finally, a significant head has rolled from the top of a major British bank. One of the most shameful aspects of this process has been the refusal of those who run our banks to accept any culpability. Their sneering superiority has seen them cling to their multi-million-pound packages and heavily-funded lifestyles in the face of growing evidence that they were to blame. ... more
Analysis: A year ago, BBC News dropped a bombshell the City will never forget. Northern Rock, one of the country's biggest mortgage lenders, had run out of cash and was going cap in hand to the Bank of England for emergency funding... more
Sir Peter Burt, one of Britain's most respected bankers in the period when he ran Bank of Scotland until it merged with Halifax seven years ago, has come out with an interesting take on moral hazard... more
How can the banks that did avoid the pitfalls reap the benefits of their good judgment if all the others are saved from the consequences of their mistakes?... more
If Cheltenham races can be blown off course, then what chance has the Chancellor? The tax rates and spending plans were set a year ago by the man sitting next to him, and all he could do yesterday was to catch the flak. ... 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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