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Westfield hopes to strike gold at Stratford site
Saturday, 10 September 2011
It certainly has the numbers, but will the giant centre in east London have the stamina? James Thompson reports.
The business on...Mark McCombe, HSBC Hong Kong chief executive
Saturday, 10 September 2011
I've never heard of himMr McCombe, who it's true isn't a household name in the UK, is quitting as HSBC's Hong Kong chief executive to head BlackRock Asset Management's Asian business. He'll be replaced on Monday by Anita Fung, who was HSBC's Asian investment banking boss.
Eric van der Kleij: No 10 guru set to super charge UK's Tech City
Thursday, 8 September 2011
The Business Interview: Entrepreneur is sure that London will soon rival other global cyber centres.
.xxx rated: internet's red-light district has arrived
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
The scramble for the adult industry's new dedicated domain name has begun, its founder tells Nick Clark
Iceland: The broken economy that got out of jail
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
The small nation went bust spectacularly. But its recovery has been remarkable, too – and holds lessons for other countries. Ben Chu reports
The Business On: Michael Sharp, Chief executive, Debenhams
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Will life be fabulous under Mr Sharp?
BP has lost Russia's brave new frontier. So where next?
Sunday, 4 September 2011
The British oil giant has reinvented itself since the Gulf of Mexico spill, but it will have to find new markets to impress investors, writes Mark Leftly
Breaking news? Kent saves local press
Sunday, 4 September 2011
The OFT is tipped to approve a merger deal that could show the way forward for regional newspapers. Laura Chesters reports
Massow back in business with crusade against commissions
Saturday, 3 September 2011
The former financial adviser is turning his back on politics. David Prosser reports
The business on...Jun Azumi, Japan's new Finance Minister
Saturday, 3 September 2011
That's one of the toughest jobs going – is he a wizened veteran?Not exactly, Mr Azumi is just 49, which makes him a babe-in-arms by Japanese political standards. He's never held a financial or economic brief before, or even pronounced publicly on such matters.
Murray Martin: Thinking outside the mailbox
Thursday, 1 September 2011
The Business Interview: Pitney Bowes has the US mail franking market licked, but its CEO tells Stephen Foley the firm's future is digital
Crossrail delays prove too much for Alstom
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
The French train maker has called a halt to its involvement in the £16bn scheme to link London
Struggling to see the wood for the trees
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Mounting losses for American investors in Chinese companies have prompted claims of fraud. Stephen Foley reports
Apple's new boss is a logistics genius, but he's no Steve Jobs
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Tim Cook ignored best advice and threw 'caution to the wind' to join the then struggling computer firm in 1998. Now he's stepped into the shoes of the ailing chief executive who built it into a $350bn goliath. That's a hard act to follow
Thomas Cook seeks ticket out of time warp
Sunday, 28 August 2011
High-street's biggest travel agent is axing 75 stores – and those polyester suits
Applause for our top-earning share picks
Saturday, 27 August 2011
The Independent's portfolio of stocks to watch in 2011 has not done too badly despite the market turmoil, says James Moore
The business on...Gill Marcus, Governor, South African Reserve Bank
Saturday, 27 August 2011
One of the central banking intelligentsia?Yes, but Ms Marcus is an unusually forthright member of the club.
Mike Salamon: The miner with his eye on the big picture
Thursday, 25 August 2011
The Business Interview: The executive chairman of New World Resources tells Nikhil Kumar how China is driving a new mining boom
Lloyd Blankfein's brief encounter
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Investors are spooked by the revelation that the Goldman Sachs boss has hired leading criminal lawyers
Jackson Hole: bankers to decide the world's fate
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
At last year's conference Ben Bernanke dropped a bombshell. This year his options are fewer. Stephen Foley reports
Autonomy takeover brings cheers and tears to 'Silicon Fen'
Sunday, 21 August 2011
When news hit Cambridge that Autonomy had surrendered to a £7.1bn takeover by US giant Hewlett-Packard, there were both cheers and tears in the "Silicon Fen".
Will Google's $12.5bn Motorola buy spark an 'Android civil war'?
Sunday, 21 August 2011
In one fell swoop, the search-engine giant puts itself in competition with the very smartphone makers who use its operating system, and that's good news for arch-rival Microsoft
Paradise lost for Disney's new resort
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Disney has fired executives at its $850m Hawaiian mini-theme park and suspended sales of timeshares
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