Secrets, the pole-dancing chain, has discovered something most of us thought was obvious: men are willing to pay more to see scantily clad women than women are... more
Lombard Risk Management, an adviser on compliance and financial crime to many of the world's biggest banks, has had a takeover approach that could value it at £40 million... more
City Comment: America's latest round of quantitative easing could set off a bout of inflation in China at quite the wrong moment for that economy... more
Market Round-up: AIM-listed Sherborne Investors, a very activist fund manager, wastes no time doubling its stake in F&C Asset Management to just above 10%... more
How would Arthur Daley have shifted this lot? A set of London’s bendy buses are up for sale — the first step of Boris Johnson’s pledge to eradicate the “miserable, inhuman and socialistic” vehicles from the city... more
Life insurer Friends Provident abandons the sale of wealth management unit Lombard and its stake in F&C Asset Management as chaos in the financial markets scupper any deals... more
Life insurer Friends Provident abandons the sale of wealth management unit Lombard and its stake in F&C Asset Management as chaos in the financial markets scuppers any deals... more
Adam Elsheimer painted very small pictures and died when he was 32 but, as the new exhibition at the Dulwich Gallery will show, his influence was felt throughout Europe.... 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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