Friday, 3rd September 2010
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures have shown.
But the private sector created 67,000 jobs – more than analysts had...
-
Friday, 3rd September 2010SIR Victor Blank, who quit Lloyds Banking Group last year in the aftermath of its controversial merger with HBOS, is returning in a few days’ time for a happy occasion. Blank is there as the guest of... [Read more]
-
Friday, 3rd September 2010Film DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS Cert: 12A AS dinners go, this one’s hardly haute cuisine, but it just about fills you up. On offer is a menu of daft characters, cheap gags and the odd bit of laugh-out-loud... [Read more]
-
Friday, 3rd September 2010THE three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of the ‘spot-fixing’ allegations were last night charged with various offences by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Test captain Salman Butt,... [Read more]
More news
- Chinese investors have approached a Canadian pension fund about a possible rival bid for the fertiliser giant Potash Corporation. Alberta Investment Management said it was not interested in a rival... [Read more]
- Customers of John Lewis are showing few signs of reining in spending in the face of prospective tax rises and employment uncertainty with the firm posting another week of double digit sales growth.... [Read more]
- EUROPEAN diplomats agreed last night to set EU-wide financial watchdogs by the start of next year, formalising a historic power grab by Brussels institutions over key swathes of the UK and London... [Read more]
- TROPICAL fruits supplier Fyffes saw profit dive by 28 per cent – triggered by an excess of bananas in the market and rising costs. The Dublin-based company said higher fuel costs and a stronger US... [Read more]
- THOUSANDS of Londers will face disruption to their travel plans this Monday and Tuesday after talks to avoid a crippling set of 24-hour strikes by London Underground (LU) workers collapsed yesterday... [Read more]
- FOR some bizarre reason, the creation of three new European Supervisory Authorities and the European Systemic Risk Board – a major power-grab for Brussels – was welcomed last night by Conservative... [Read more]
- Q.WHAT IS BEING SET UP? A.Three agencies will be established to keep tabs on banks, markets and insurers next January. The new European Banking Authority will be based in London, Paris will be home... [Read more]
- INVESTMENT banks are moving away from offering “guaranteed” bonus packages to entice new recruits, according to a new report. Of the 37 financial institutions surveyed by the Institute of... [Read more]
- FINANCIAL TIMES LENDERS SHUNNED ON STRESS TESTS DOUBTS Leading UK and continental European companies are increasingly shunning banks from Spain, Italy and even Germany because they do not believe... [Read more]
- A LITTLE-KNOWN private equity firm stunned Wall Street by taking over troubled fast food chain Burger King in a $4bn (£2.6bn) deal yesterday. Analysts began talking about a potential wave of... [Read more]
- A LITTLE-KNOWN private equity firm stunned Wall Street by taking over troubled fast food chain Burger King in a $4bn (£2.6bn) deal yesterday. Analysts began talking about a potential wave of... [Read more]
Make your views heard on our debate panel:
