The rise of the internet claimed another victim as Blockbuster, the US video-and-games rental store chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York... more
City Editor's Comment: When we look back at where it all went wrong, one of those we have to blame, surely, is Michael Douglas. Not a nerdy banker coming up with some new-fangled financial instrument set to bring down his world... more
Health: Imclone, the biotech company at the heart of America's domestic doyenne Martha Stewart's fall from grace, have received a $6billion (£3.4billion) takeover offer... more
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer categorically rules out another bid for all of internet company Yahoo but admits he is pursuing a new tack with the company... more
ANALYSIS Jerry Yang, chief executive of Yahoo, will be feeling hot under the collar now that Carl Icahn has set his sights on the internet company... more
Hedge fund manager Eric Jackson, who wants to oust Jerry Yang as chief executive of Yahoo, has dropped plans to propose his own slate of directors for the internet firm... more
Internet firm Yahoo, which earlier this month drove away a $47.5 billion (£24.4 billion) bid from Microsoft, may now face an assault by billionaire investor Carl Icahn... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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