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The Business On: Sir Michael Lyons, Interim chairman, Mouchel
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Sir Michael is best known as the former chairman of the BBC Trust. Before that he was very much a public sector man, running three local authorities in the Midlands and heading reviews for the Labour government.
Money men VS the Murdochs
Monday, 17 October 2011
Many of News Corp's main shareholders are planning to vote the founding family off the board this week. Can they bring down a scandal-ridden media dynasty? Ian Burrell reports
The bonfire of the bankers has only just begun
Sunday, 16 October 2011
The ex-JP Morgan headhunter is delighted to be up for Woman of the Year. But there's trouble ahead – 40% of City and Wall Street jobs could go, she says
Lord Mandelson: When Mandy saw the light
Thursday, 13 October 2011
The Business Interview: The former Business Secretary tells Andy Tarrant his time in Brussels taught him that the state can play a role in industry.
Wall Street's vampire squid tamed at last?
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Washington's new rules for investment banking threatens the profits and bonuses of Goldman Sachs more than any other firm
Mobile operators fight for lifeblood of smartphones
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
The launch of 4G mobile internet and broadband in the UK will be delayed by the regulator postponing a £3bn auction of licences. Nick Clark reports
The Business On: Eckhard Cordes, Chief executive, Metro
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Mr Cordes is a perennial star of the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos, where the boss of the world's fourth-largest retailer is seen as exemplifying German business excellence.
Why it's best to be friends with Facebook
Sunday, 9 October 2011
It's boom time for the site once considered a fad, as tailored online ads take off
Every basket helps, as supermarkets battle for shoppers
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Price cutting is only one tactic
Will Premier foods end up brown bread?
Saturday, 8 October 2011
A shock trading update raises serious questions over the future of Hovis and Mr Kipling's parent company, reports Nick Clark
The business on...Lee Kun-hee, Chairman, Samsung
Saturday, 8 October 2011
The only part of the tech world not in mourning?Ah yes. Even rival tech firms have been free with the tributes to Apple's boss Steve Jobs. Google, for example, had a bar at the foot of its home page reading "Steve Jobs 1955-2011". Log on to Samsung's site and it's blaring out "it's time for a better tablet". No prizes for guessing what Mr Lee's company (he's actually the son of the founder) is taking aim at.
Centaur's ancient history is no bar to quiet revolution
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Publishing group's boss hopes to beat the recession with a restructure.
Harriet Walker: The label will lose its cool if it continues to chase ubiquity
Thursday, 6 October 2011
If fashion relies on cheques and balances, then Supergroup may well have tipped the scales. The recipe for cool is notoriously elusive, and the industry's alchemists spend thousands of hours and pounds trying to decant it, but it doesn't take much for a successful company to come tumbling down.
Over-exposed? Kodak debt mounts up as it misses digital picture
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Its camera film was ubiquitous in the 20th century, but modern technology seems to have passed Kodak by
Meet Jack Ma, the man who might just buy Yahoo
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
He's already got China, and now he wants more, report Clifford Coonan in Beijing and Stephen Foley in New York
The Business On: Roger Jenkins, Managing Partner, BTG Pactual
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Roger Jenkins has joined Brazil's biggest investment bank BTG Pactual as managing partner. His job is to raise cash from investors and identify investment opportunities.
Richard Parry-Jones: The man in the driving seat of Britain's automotive industry
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Richard Parry-Jones has had a hand in designing many of our most popular cars, and now, he tells Margareta Pagano, he wants to attract the next generation of engineers on to the factory floor
UK biscuit barrel tempts foreign firms
Sunday, 2 October 2011
The public regards them as cheap treats in tough times, and firms know they make good business sense. Laura Chesters reports
The Smart answer to the energy crisis?
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Even in the keenest households, smart meters are only reducing electricity usage by 3 per cent. Tom Bawden reports
The business on...Emmanuel Roman, Chief operating officer, Man Group
Saturday, 1 October 2011
So Mr Roman's the centurion who's swinging the knife?So it seems. The de-facto number two at the world's biggest quoted hedge fund manager is doubling the number of job cuts Man will have made by the new year to 400 from the 200 first announced as part of a cost-cutting drive. That amounts to one in five of the workforce.
Dietrich Mateschitz: Red Bull's F1 returns show no sign of decelerating
Thursday, 29 September 2011
The Business Interview: The boss of Red Bull says his motor-racing team have no plans to exit the sport while they remain in pole position.
David Prosser: Why Osborne shouldn't stick a spanner in the works of a Tobin tax
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Outlook The cries of outrage began even before José Manuel Barroso had finished making his formal announcementyesterday that the European Commission plans to bring forward legislation for a financial transactions tax (FTT). The tax will apparently mean banks move to other territories. It is, we are told, a thinly disguised attack on the City, because London is Europe's largest financial services centre. Also, it will supposedly be complicated to introduce and administer. It is all so predictable – and disappointing.
David Prosser: Millions set to be banking orphans
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Outlook Lloyds Banking Group's Project Verde is hotting up. In making its formal bids yesterday for the 630 or so branches Lloyds has been told to sell by the European Commission, NBNK appears to be the only game in town ahead of Friday's deadline for offers.
Business Diary: Bloomberg loses star columnist
Thursday, 29 September 2011
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