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Divorce tycoon's wife given week reprieve over eviction

06.10.09
Estranged wife of the tycoon in a bitter £400m divorce battle has been given a one-week reprieve from eviction ... more

Divorce tycoon’s wife attacks rich friends for bailing him out

29.09.09
Estranged wife of tycoon threatened with prison if he fails to explain the disappearance of alleged £400m fortune, attacks his rich friends ... more

Jail my £400m husband, says wife after 'penniless' claims

28.09.09
Wife of tycoon in £400 million divorce case said her estranged husband should “hear the clang of the prison gates” behind him if he continues to claim he is penniless... more

Goldman’s top of the bonus heap

03.08.09
The “heads I win, tails you lose” report into the bank bonus culture by New York attorney-general Andrew Cuomo set tongues wagging ... more

Clintons pulls the plug on lossmaking Birthdays chain

21.05.09
The latest High-Street victim of the recsssion is Birthdays, the cheaper offshoot of Clinton Cards, which has put it into administration, endangering 2100 jobs ... more

Tom Hunter is the past master

12.05.09
The capital is a muddle of history, says artist Tom Hunter, who has raided the Museum of London's warehouse to create photographs.... more

Scuba-diving 'banker to the stars' who took HBOS in too deep

18.02.09
Profile: Peter Cummings' ambitious strategy made billions by riding the UK property boom, but now he is being blamed as the bank faces huge losses... more

Jobs at risk as JJB winds up a pair of shoe brands

10.02.09
JJB Sports put its Lifestyle division into administration while insisting it remains optimistic the rest of the business won't go the same way... more

Maxwell echo that should have alerted Madoff’s fans

05.01.09
When Robert Maxwell died and his frauds were exposed, I remember vividly the shock of some of those who worked closely with him... more

Now Roman feels the chill in Siberia

31.12.08
Roman Abramovich may have had to cancel his party at his opulent ski lodge in the Rockies, but that is nothing compared with the hardship endured by the employees of Evraz, the steelmaker he part-owns in Siberia... more

Banks in lending dilemma

04.12.08
The Bank of England's monetary policy committee has been deliberating again, not about whether interest rates will be cut but by how much... more

Hunter pulls plug on bid for Flying Brands

21.11.08
Companies: Sir Tom Hunter has abandoned plans to take over Flying Brands, which delivers flowers and gardening paraphernalia by post.... more

Market report: A booster for Footsie as bears collect winnings

21.11.08
It has been a good week for stock-market bears around the world enabling share prices to end the week on a steadier note... more

Market report: Life assurers feel pain after 'irrational' sell-off

21.11.08
The big life assurers were licking their wounds today in the wake of yesterday's panic selling of their shares... more

Dangers of betting the whole bank on property

19.09.08
Peter Bill considers the effect of the turmoil in the financial markets on the property... more

Museums and indoor attractions to visit

09.07.08
Daralyn Danns checks out what to see and do at museums and other indoor attractions.... more

Art of counter culture

17.06.08
With impressive compositional perfection, East End shopkeepers and their shops and wares are made the subjects of fine photographic art in Tom Hunter's new exhibition, Are You Being Served?... more

Tesco defeats Hunter in battle for Dobbies

21.05.08
Sir Tom Hunter, Scotland's wealthiest entrepreneur, today conceded defeat to Tesco in the year-long, £124 million battle over Dobbies Garden Centres ... more

Tesco turns up heat with Dobbies issue

09.04.08
TESCO moves to reinforce its grip on Dobbies Garden Centres... more

It's Executive Monopoly - pass Go and collect

03.04.08
Reward for recklessness: Adam Applegarth got £760,000 while the returns to Northern Rock shareholders fell away to nothing ... more

Hard man who stands to lose £64m on massive Rock gamble

20.02.08
Monaco-based multimillionaire Jon Wood is an unlikely champion of the dispossessed - and even allies in the fight against nationalisation seem wary of him ... more

Gallic tale of seductive intrigue

12.02.08
French bank BNP Paribas said yesterday that its board had not discussed the possibility of a bid for Société Générale, its high-stepping rival recently bought low by a rogue trader who cost it e4.9 billion (£3.6 billion)... more

Getting up close and personal

14.12.07
In keeping with his international reputation, Nick Waplington's latest show presents a study into American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.... more

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