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Chávez puts Colombia relations in 'freezer' (27 November 07:30) |
| Relations between Venezuela and Colombia have sunk to their lowest point for more than two years after President Hugo Chávez branded his Colombian counterpart... |
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A fittingly vibrant mix for London (27 November 07:30) |
| The London Jazz Festival thrives on mining new seams of interest. This year it staged nearly 200 events in more than 40 venues, attracting an audience as diverse as... |
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Seasonal cheer for US e-tailers (27 November 07:30) |
| US online retail sales have been growing at better-than-expected rates in the run-up to the holidays, according to Wall Street analysts and online retailers, mirroring... |
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CBI given hint of concessions on tax (27 November 07:30) |
| Alistair Darling will signal today that concessions on capital gains tax will be made before Christmas, in an attempt to reassure a business audience at the CBI annual... |
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A Russian travesty (27 November 07:30) |
| There is no doubt about who is going to win the elections for the Russian state Duma next weekend. The party known as United Russia, whose list is topped by President... |
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Tale of a missing bus strikes a chord (27 November 07:30) |
| One of Rasit Pertev's most enduring childhood memories was the unexplained disappearance of a bus taking 11 Turkish Cypriot auxiliary policemen to their jobs at a... |
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Tel Italia moves to oust two executives (27 November 07:30) |
| Controlling shareholders at Telecom Italiamoved to replace two top managers yesterday in a change that ends months of uncertainty. But the decision has caused a deep... |
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Rain on the sun-sea parade (27 November 07:30) |
| As more Greek Cypriot hoteliers convert their properties into apartments for buyers of second homes, Cyprus can claim to be a rare example of a Mediterranean... |
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Officialdom finds a new, unprincipled bogeyman (27 November 07:30) |
| Within the stream of coded language and doubletalk coming from officialdom these days, you can find louder signals of preparations for exchange control regimes in the... |
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Online sales mirror shopping season hopes (27 November 07:30) |
| US online retail sales have been growing at better-than-expected rates in the run up to the holidays, according to Wall Street analysts and online retailers, mirroring... |
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'One big country club' (27 November 07:30) |
| When New York City's Michael Bloomberg launched Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a nationwide campaign seeking to stop the flow of illicit weapons in cities and towns... |
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Online US retail sales exceed expectations (27 November 01:10) |
| US online retail sales have been growing at better-than-expected rates in the run-up to the holidays, according to Wall Street analysts and internet retailers |
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One big country club: A UK marketing group leads the field in Washington power game (27 November 01:10) |
| WPP concentrates more lobbying and PR firepower in the District of Columbia than anyone else. How many companies, candidates and issues can it take on before things get too complicated? |
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I no longer want to be a paperback reader (27 November 12:23) |
| They seemed a good idea at the time, bemoans Michael Skapinker. But the years, sunlight and central heating are taking their toll |
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Dubai fund takes stake in Sony (26 November 04:53) |
| Dubai International Capital, a private equity company owned by the ruler of Dubai, said it had made a 'substantial investment' in Sony in its first investment in a Japanese company |
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Radio eyes gold at end of digital spectrum (26 November 07:30) |
| Commercial radio needs a revival: the share prices of the three largest players not already privately held or about to be so are all heading towards a flatline |
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Five Infote bidders submit final bids (26 November 07:30) |
| At least five private equity companies are preparing to submit final bids today for Infote, the Greek directories business, which is expected to be sold by OTE, the... |
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Investors fear fresh turmoil (26 November 07:30) |
| Investors fear the financial system is moving into new credit turmoil, which could create further losses for financial institutions - and potentially hurt sentiment in... |
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Temasek to take a lower profile (24 November 07:30) |
| Temasek, the Singapore state agency, is to seek a lower profile in its investment policy in response to a growing backlash against sovereign wealth funds. Its chairman... |
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Hands apologises to bankers over 'loyal dogs' jibe (24 November 07:30) |
| Guy Hands, the self-styled ageing rocker of private equity, has sent an apologetic letter to investment bankers, distancing himself from comments he made last week... |
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Business Systems back in the black (24 November 07:30) |
| A change in business mix enabled Business Systems to move back into profit for the first time in 18 months. The IT services group has been trying to secure stable... |
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Privacy fears over Facebook feature (24 November 04:53) |
| A simmering unease about threats to privacy from a new feature on Facebook is threatening to come to the boil, presenting the fast-growing social network with the first test of its unusual p... |
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Murdoch moans offspring ignores him (24 November 03:35) |
| It's the moment every father dreads. Sooner or later, no matter how kindly it is offered, the children will ignore your paternal advice |
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Universal zooms in on foreign box offices (24 November 12:02) |
| The Bourne Ultimatum, the Universal Pictures blockbuster, features an amnesiac super spy who careers between London, Moscow, Paris and Tangiers, dodging assassins as he tries to recover his ... |
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Bernard steps down as GCap chief (23 November 02:26) |
| A ray of hope in GCap Media's results was overshadowed Friday by confirmation that Ralph Bernard, the industry giant who forged the company into the UK's largest radio broadcaster, is to ste... |
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Ocado delivers key milestone (23 November 09:41) |
| The UK online grocer finally generates profitability before ebitda after eight years into the business and hints that an initial public offering could be on the cards |
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GCap to launch search for new chief (23 November 07:53) |
| The expected resignation of the incumbent chief executive comes at a difficult time for UK's largest commercial radio group which suffered its worst ratings performance |
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BBC unions to ballot on strikes (23 November 07:30) |
| The BBC's two main unions say they will ballot members on strikes after saying the management would not rule out compulsory redundancies. Last month, Mark Thompson,... |
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View from the top: Sol Trujillo, chief executive of Telstra (23 November 07:30) |
| Solomon (Sol) Trujillo took the reins at Telstra two years ago with a board mandate to transform the stodgy former state-owned Australian telecoms business and its... |
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Morrison beats City's sales growth forecasts (23 November 07:30) |
| Wm Morrison's sales growth accelerated beyond analysts' expectations in the third quarter when the UK supermarket group's recovery plan took hold. As the England... |
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Jarvis plunges after warning (23 November 07:30) |
| Jarvis Group lost threequarters of its value yesterday as the railway maintenance group issued a profit warning ahead of next week's interim figures. Once... |
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Accused Brazilian minister quits (23 November 07:30) |
| The Brazilian minister responsible for relations between the executive branch and Congress has resigned after being accused by the prosecutor-general of involvement in... |
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England's loss hits retail hopes (23 November 07:30) |
| Mladen Petric will not make it into the footnotes of UK economic history, but the Croatian substitute's 25-yard winner at London's Wembley Stadium on Wednesday, which... |
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Business nursing a football hangover (23 November 07:30) |
| Mladen Petric won't make it in the footnotes of UK economic history, but the Croatian substitute's 25-yard winner at Wembley on Wednesday night, which ended England's... |
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Norilsk duo struggle to unwind partnership (23 November 07:30) |
| The chic French ski resort of Courchevel and a grimy mining city in Russia's Arctic circle seem a million miles apart. But the two worlds collided spectacularly a few... |
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France proposes to cut off persistent internet pirates (23 November 07:30) |
| Internet users in France who download music and films without paying for them could find their web access shut down by a government body, under a ground-breaking... |
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France to tackle online piracy with three-strikes-and-out policy (23 November 07:30) |
| Internet users in France who download music and films without paying for them will find their web access shut down by a government body, under a ground-breaking... |
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Journalists add voices to protests at Musharraf restrictions (23 November 07:30) |
| Street protests by journalists have opened a fourth front against Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's embattled president, who has faced months of demonstrations by -lawyers,... |
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Demons strike Pinewood profits (23 November 07:30) |
| There was no sign of angels, but plenty of demons in view yesterday for Pinewood Shepperton, which issued a £3m profits warning. It came after filming of Angels... |
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Cisco executive charged in Brazil (23 November 07:30) |
| A director of the Brazilian unit of Cisco Systems, the US technology group, has been fired after being formally charged with tax fraud and other crimes involving... |
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Kindle turns a new page (23 November 07:30) |
| Digital history is littered with failed attempts to produce a viable "electronic book" with even half the appeal of a poor paperback. Until this week the most... |
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Journalists protest against Musharraf curbs (23 November 07:25) |
| Pakistani police have this week beaten and arrested scores of protesting journalists who are angry about the curbs on media freedoms on the four main private TV stations |
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Ofcom paves way for high-definition output (22 November 08:35) |
| The UK media and telecommunications regulator has sanctioned a big expansion of digital terrestrial television capacity that could increase the popularity of Freeview |
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PayPoint watches TV licence income expand (22 November 07:30) |
| Taking over the collection of television licence payments for the BBC helped PayPoint increase interim pre-tax profits by almost a third to from £11m to... |
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Quiet man of the press bows out (22 November 07:30) |
| Charles Sinclair of Daily Mail & General Trust is one of the longest-serving chief executives among FTSE 100 groups, having been appointed in 1989 at the age of 39,... |
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Putin accuses west of plot to weaken Russia (22 November 07:30) |
| President Vladimir Putin yesterday launched a searing attack on the west and Russia's marginalised political opposition, accusing them of plotting together to weaken... |
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Musharraf poised to quit army, say allies (22 November 07:30) |
| General Pervez Musharraf will retire from Pakistan's military within days, according to officials and political allies, thereby meeting a key demand from foreign... |
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Regulator targets fake drugs sold on internet (22 November 07:30) |
| The medicines watchdog is to step up covert internet purchases and testing of suspect pharmaceuticals as part of a new strategy to be unveiled today. Michael Deats,... |
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Bidders waiting in the wings for sell-off decision (22 November 07:30) |
| Should a Temasek appeal fail, the company must sell either its stake in Indosat or in Telkomsel. If Temasek decides to sell the Indosat stake, the most likely... |
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Indonesia warns Temasek to abide by ruling (22 November 07:30) |
| Indonesia's vice-president yesterday warned Temasek not to try to finagle its way out of obeying a business competition authority ruling that it had broken competition... |
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