Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders is always worth reading, not just for what he says about the different businesses within the Berkshire Hathaway group but for his wider comments on the business scene... more
City Comment: Only a non-executive director can handle the risk function in a way which will not split the board but is still able to provide an acceptable degree of challenge... more
Senior judge launches a scathing attack on the Office of Fair Trading as a British Airways fraud trial collapsed today, leaving the taxpayer with a multi-million-pound bill... more
Sir Richard Branson told a senior Virgin Atlantic executive to 'sound out his contact' at British Airways over potential changes to fuel surcharges, a court hears... more
Former champion triathlete who faced having her leg amputated after being hit by a lorry while cycling in north London told how her life has been 'changed forever' and calls on the Government to protect cyclists... more
Revenge, as everyone knows, is a dish best served cold, and Paul Moore must be feeling satisfied today. It's nearly four years since he was sacked by Sir James Crosby and for much of that time his claims, that he had been pushed out because of his warnings about the risks that HBOS was running, were ignored. Even last year, as the banks were sliding into the mire, his protests on the BBC did not gain much traction.... more
As a barrage of criticism forces banking watchdog Sir James Crosby to resign, the Evening Standard's City Editor reveals how even the Government encouraged the money-men to carry on unabated ... more
The bankers have been given quite a kicking for their role in the financial crisis this week. But something else became all too clear in Westminster: almost no one on the Treasury Select Committee has a clue what they are doing. ... more
Banking: Claims by a former senior risk officer at British bank HBOS that he warned his bosses the bank was moving too fast have raised concern that risk warnings were ignored and put pressure on an ally of Prime Minister Gordon Brown... more
One of Gordon Brown's key City advisers has been accused of sacking a whistleblower who warned that risky bank practices would "lead to disaster"... more
Ministers want to pay him a fortune in taxpayers' money to be their mouthpiece - but TV's Jeremy Kyle stands accused of cynically exploiting the desperate and the mentally ill.... 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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