The intense competition faced by the London Stock Exchange becomes clear as it emerges that one of the world's biggest mines is looking at two other bourses for its $5 billion (£3.07 billion) listing... more
Who gets London working? The Standard launches an in-depth series on the capital's modern workforce: who are they, what do they earn, why did they come here? We start with the service and retail sector ... more
Bell Pottinger, the top corporate PR firm, has an entertaining blog - "The Dispatch Box" - written by chairman Peter Bingle. A recent entry begins: "As I approach my twilight years I am often asked by clients, friends and colleagues how I have lasted so long in the public affairs business... I have survived and prospered longer than most of my industry peers. I have decided to reveal why..."... more
Mongolian spy chief who claims he was lured to the UK so he could be arrested and jailed under a European Arrest Warrant will fight attempts to extradite him to Germany... more
Market Round-up: As the bosses at Dana Petroleum try to squeeze more cash out of KNOC, traders are already scrabbling round to work out which oil explorer will next attract a suitor... more
Rio Tinto posts its strongest profit growth in more than a decade, hitting $5.85 billion (£3.69 billion) thanks to booming China and a recovery in metal prices... more
Interview: As Gordon Brown’s campaign descended into disaster, David Cameron was on his battlebus speaking exclusively to the Evening Standard. Here is how the Tory leader heard word of the Prime Minister’s blunder, and why he thinks Brown’s temperament makes him unfit for office... more
An interesting and enjoyable lunchtime seminar session on “long finance” at risk manager and insurance broker Willis was marred by a couple of bizarre musical interventions... more
This dusty air base, one of the biggest in south-west Asia, is expecting a human earthquake this week with the arrival of up to 20,000 American marines and soldiers after Barack Obama announces reinforcements for Afghanistan tomorrow... more
Provided they get some sort of return on their small investment - and it needn't be financial - Jasmine Gardner discovers there are fans out there who will help you start a bar, make a movie or keep on gigging... more
Ronnie Nathan is the tanned, real-estate veteran who jointly fronts the annual Variety Club property lunch at the Hilton each May. He is the shorter one in the loud tie and grey, chinstrap beard. Most diners have no idea that the 67-year-old ran a listed retail developer called Waterglade until he was ousted in 1992. ... more
With A-level results coming out next month, a glossy magazine publisher gives school-leavers his 10 golden rules for surviving the decades ahead... more
Sally Dudmesh heard a judge find her lover, Old Etonian heir Thomas Cholmondeley, guilty of manslaughter on his Kenyan estate. It was the verdict she always dreaded
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Mining: Miners BHP Billiton, Xstrata, Rio Tinto and Brazil's Vale are bidding to develop Mongolia's prized $2 billion Tavan Tolgoi coal mine, government insiders say... more
It feels like a lifetime ago that we were treated to the most tragicomic vista in the history of the English international team, says Matthew Norman... more
China, already on the verge of overtaking South Africa as the world's largest gold producer, has discovered five major deposits, the China Gold Association says... more
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