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Elton John proves he's still standing after illness

17.11.09
Fans, guests, and a former President, were all delighted to see Sir Elton John back on fighting form in New York. ... more

No Minister - why tycoons like Lord Sugar just can't cut it in politics

05.11.09
This week in New York, Michael Bloomberg won a third term as mayor. Here, the man who most Londoners would want to challenge Boris Johnson has put his foot in it... more

Bloomberg spends $100m to buy third term as NYC mayor

04.11.09
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has narrowly won a third term as New York mayor in a race far closer than many had expected... more

What Boris Johnson can learn from Michael Bloomberg

01.10.09
New York mayor is expected to be elected to his third term next month. His success lies in his refusal to conform to any political template — and his understanding that city life is dependent on the details... more

End of an era as Hanson takes off

30.09.09
What is Robert Hanson, son of the late industrialist Lord Hanson, up to? ... more

Green fingers are spreading across the pond

17.09.09
During his trip to the US this week, our grow-your-own Mayor lobbied his counterpart in New York on the value of growing food in the heart of the appropriately monikered Big Apple. ... more

New York smoking ban may be taken outside

16.09.09
New Yorkers face the prospect of a smoking ban in all public parks, in the latest attempt to make the city smoke-free... more

New Yorkers love the Evening Standard

16.09.09
It is more normally read in Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square — but now the Evening Standard has conquered Times Square... more

Boris Johnson visits New York to lure tourists and investors

11.09.09
Boris Johnson is to make an unprecedented tour of New York in an attempt to lure Americans to London as tourists and encourage foreign investment... more

City Spy: Taxing times for Revenue's staff

20.07.09
The one thing this bankrupt Government desperately needs is money - in other words, the inflow of our taxes. However the chances of even that drying up are increasing...... more

What a site: trouble at the World Trade Centre

19.06.09
The Freedom Tower has gone. The skyscrapers designed by Lords Foster and Rogers are now mere stubs but costs are still spiralling. Welcome to the most emotionally charged, financially ruinous chunk of real estate in the world... more

All out! Cuts like this can't be fudged by private equity

14.05.09
It is every private-equity firm's nightmare. You buy a boring little company hoping to do the usual, squeeze it for cash and flip it a few years later. And then it turns on you. ... more

Bankers get loans, au pair aid too

19.03.09
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Let frivolous fashion defy the NY blues

16.02.09
New York Fashion Week is here - and, as Lela Rose, the Texan designer, says as she threads her needle and fits her models, "the show must go on"... more

Cameron's search for cuts to fund low taxes

19.11.08
David Cameron has told his shadow cabinet to intensify a search for Whitehall savings to make room for possible tax cuts... more

Three ovations in first night friller for Billy Elliot in NY

14.11.08
Not even on Broadway do they normally give standing ovations when a show is nowhere near over... more

Sarkozy keeps the new president on line for 30 minutes

07.11.08
Nicolas Sarkozy stole a lead on other world leaders in the race to build closer ties with president-elect Barack Obama... more

Brown creates open-plan war room at No12

21.10.08
Gordon Brown has quietly completed one of the most radical shake-ups in Downing Street's history by moving key staff into an open-plan "war room"... more

UK definitely in recession, say British business chiefs

07.10.08
The UK is already in recession, with business confidence, profits and turnover at record lows and unemployment set to rise by up to 350,000 in the next year... more

How dithering Darling failed to please bankers or the markets

07.10.08
When Chancellor Alastair Darling rose to address MPs on the financial crisis at 3.29 pm yesterday the FTSE 100 share index was a mere 200 points down... more

The gold Standard party

07.10.08
The most influential people in London gathered at the launch of the Evening Standard's glossy magazine The 1000: London's Most Influential People 2008... more

Revealed: why Boris had to draw blood in the battle for power

20.08.08
The departure of first deputy mayor Tim Parker is being seen as a blunder by Boris. But it was the millionaire businessman's own thirst for power that led to his downfall... more

Merrill freeze on hiring staff after huge writedowns

15.08.08
Investment bank Merrill Lynch have declared a total hiring freeze until the end of the year as it licks its wounds after billions of dollars in writedowns... more

Merrill near to Bloomberg deal

10.07.08
NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg is to pay Merrill Lynch £2.53 billion for a stake in financial news provider Bloomberg... more

Merrill holds talks on Bloomberg stake sale

07.07.08
Bank's chief executive has already said he would like to sell the $6 billion (£3.02 billion) holding... more

The Mayor's job is none of your business, Sir Alan

24.06.08
Occasionally, a story comes along that obliges you to do a double-take. One such was the report yesterday that Sir Alan Sugar is being lined up by Labour insiders for the London mayoral race in four years' time... more

Team Boris

23.05.08
The way the new Mayor runs London offers a blueprint of how a Conservative government would run the country... more

Mayors united ... Johnson and Bloomberg team up

09.05.08
A partnership deal between New York and London is unveiled as Mayor Michael Bloomberg met Boris Johnson on a lightning trip to Britain... more

Coup for Boris as BBC's Harri agrees to be his spin doctor

09.05.08
Boris Johnson has signed up former BBC political correspondent Guto Harri as his chief spin doctor, the Standard can reveal... more

Putting the power into Battersea

06.10.06
Julia Peyton-Jones, director of the Serpentine Gallery, and "head girl" of the London art world, has hit on Battersea Power Station for her next exhibition.... more

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