Groupon given deadline to improve
Voucher company Groupon has been given three months to improve the way it operates in the UK following "widespread" rule breaches......
Ministers 'mull top rate tax cut'
Chancellor George Osborne is considering cutting the 50p top rate of income tax in next week's Budget, Whitehall sources have told the BBC......
Hector Sants to resign from FSA
The chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Hector Sants, resigns and says he will not now head up a new regulatory body next year......
Sachs letter 'could change bank'
A letter calling Goldman Sachs "toxic" could prompt the US investment bank to take more care of clients, a senior executive tells the BBC......
Civil servants reject pension bid
Civil servants have signalled a fresh round of industrial action after rejecting the government's latest plans for public sector pensions......
Warning of business funding gap
A government-appointed committee says access to finance for businesses needs to be improved and warns of a 190bn funding gap by 2016......
Apple factory radio show 'lied'
The producers of a hit US radio show that criticised working conditions at Apple's Chinese suppliers admit the show contained fabrications......
SSE loses appeal on mis-selling
SSE has lost an appeal into a conviction for tricking potential customers into switching from their existing energy firm......
Failed Icelandic bank to pay out
More than 50 local authorities in the UK are set to be paid back funds lost when the Icelandic bank Glitnir failed in 2008......
Fiat plants shut over fuel strike
Italian carmaker Fiat halts production at all five of its plants in its home country, as it struggles to cope with a transport strike......
Greece recovers more in lost tax
Greece has collected almost 1bn euros ($1.3bn; 830m) in back taxes, still a fraction of the amount outstanding, a European official says......
US production and prices increase
US factory production rose 0.3% in February, the third monthly increase in a row, while rising petrol costs pushed up consumer prices......
UK Coal guilty over miner's death
UK Coal pleads guilty to health and safety breaches over the death of a miner at a North Yorkshire colliery.....
Miliband pledges 'jobs guarantee'
Ed Miliband pledges to "conquer" youth unemployment as he said Labour would guarantee six months' work for 18-24 year olds, if they won power......
India budget is upbeat on economy
India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveils the country's annual budget, saying that the economy is turning around......
Air Berlin losses widen in 2011
Germany's second largest airline, Air Berlin, reports worse-than-expected losses for 2011 as it continues its efforts to downsize......
UK hits back over Falklands oil
The UK criticises Argentina's threats of court action over Falkland Islands oil exploration, calling its behaviour "illegal intimidation"......
Private rent inflation eases off
Rental inflation eased off in February, according to the lettings and estate agency group LSL Property Services......
Paypal unveils credit card reader
The online payments unit for eBay launches a credit card reading device which plugs into smartphones......
Fiat's future in Italy questioned
Hit by strikes at home, Fiat makes it clear that conditions must be right for it to keep its factories open......
Three parties submit Rangers bids
The former Rangers director Paul Murray and Sale Sharks owner Brian Kennedy are among three parties to have made bids for Rangers......
VIDEO: PM holds talks over budget
The prime minister has held talks with the Chancellor George Osborne and his Liberal Democrat coalition partners to seek agreement on next week's budget......
VIDEO: The high cost of no home insurance
Almost two million people in the UK have no home insurance, and may be unaware that even if damage is caused by someone else, they could lose everything......
VIDEO: Weaker beer to save on tax
A number of leading brewers have started weakening their beers to save on tax, ahead of a duty rise in next week's budget......
VIDEO: Fiat assembly line grinds to halt
Fiat's car assembly lines have ground to a halt as lorry drivers blockade its factories in Italy, as part of an ongoing protest by trade unions against changes to pay and conditions by the motor giant......
VIDEO: Groupon given deadline to improve
Voucher company Groupon has been given three months to improve the way it operates by a UK regulator......
VIDEO: Gaming Baftas amid falling sales
The British Academy Video Game Awards has celebrated the high achievers in a field where British talent has traditionally excelled. But behind the scenes falling sales and the rise of apps are raising fears that for many UK firms it could soon be a c.....
VIDEO: Where can you store valuables?
There is concern that people are being forced to store valuables at home because banks are no longer offering safety deposit boxes......
AUDIO: Battle lines drawn over 50p tax rate
Chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym gauges the debate about taxing the very rich......
Dangers of leaving your home uninsured
Dangers of leaving your home uninsured.....
Tips on how to handle your debts
Tips on how to handle your debts.....
Will weaker beers help the brewing industry?
Will weaker beers help the brewing industry?.....
Taxing the rich: Is it worth it?
Is it really worth taxing the rich at a higher rate?.....
Fix or twist decision on mortgages
The mortgage decision facing at least a million households.....
The real cost of doping in sport
Why drug scandals hurt the health and wealth of sport.....
S&P 500 ends best week in 3 months
Mar 16 - Summary of business headlines: The Standard & Poors 500 ends best week in 3 months; Two economic reports show the impact of soaring pump prices; Apple releases the newest iPad across the world. Jill Bennett reports......
New iPad set to disrupt video game industry
Tech Correspondent Liana Baker......
Why Apple customers turn a blind eye
Mar 16 - Loyal Apple fans are largely seen as environmentally-conscious, socially-aware citizens of the world, but long lines for the new iPad suggest deep emotional ties to a brand can be difficult to break, even when questionable labor practices ar.....
U.S. Week Ahead: Housing data to reveal strength of recovery
Mar. 16 - As the economy continues its recovery, housing data coming out next week will show how strong the trend really is......
A sneak peek at Star Wars Kinect
Rock musicians, rappers and reality TV stars mingle with R2D2 and C3PO at a special party in London to preview the new video game 'Star Wars Kinect' ahead of its worldwide launch. Matt Cowan reports......
Goldman allays fears over "muppet" letter
Mar 16 - Goldman Sachs Chairman of Asset Management says they have legal obligations to their clients, following a damning resignation letter from a former employee. Rough cut. No reporter narration......
European stocks at 8-month high
Mar. 16 - Stocks hit their highest level since before the market's slump in July as fears over sovereign debt lift. Hayley Platt reports.....
Trading at Noon: Stocks flat on mixed economic data
Mar. . 16 - U.S. stocks are flat as data showed inflation remained in check last month but consumer sentiment slipped......
Dell defiant on new iPad launch day
Mar. 16 - Dell's President & COO, Steve Felice, says he's not concerned by the success of Apple's new iPad, because the two companies are chasing different clients. However Dell will introduce its own tablet......
Breakingviews: Milton Friedman in jeopardy
March 16 - Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists wonder whether the lack of inflation in the United States means the Nobel prize-winning economist was wrong......
Apple iPad debuts reaches U.S.
Mar 16 - Summary of business headlines: Apple debuts the new iPad to scores of fans; High gas prices push consumer prices and knock sentiment; U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner warns confidence remains fragile. Jill Bennett reports......
EMEA week ahead: Monday
Mar. 16 - The bull run in the equity markets is likely to continue, says ING Investment Management's Patrick Moonen. The health of the euro zone economy will be tested by flash PMI data......
Apple shares hit high as iPad launches
Mar. 16 - As the new iPad goes on sale in 10 countries, Apple shares hit a new record high, reaching $600 for the first time. Joanne Nicholson reports.....
Assad regime defiant one year on
Mar. 16 - A year into the Syrian uprising, President Bashar al-Assad remains defiant and looks set to cling to power in 2012......
3XSQ: Apple iPad launch propels stock
Mar. 16 - Apple's stock touched a record high of $600 as investors awaited the release of iPad3, but analysts say it could go much higher......
Breakingviews: Lloyds bonus rules smack of double standards
Mar. 16 - Blocking payouts to former bosses, including ex-CEO Eric Daniels, lacks consistency. Plus - why Spain should get an additional seat at the ECB......
New iPad: will you, won't you?
Mar. 16 - The CEO of Hugo Boss, the UK employment minister and the ECB's Ewald Nowotny among the guests and analysts telling Insider whether they'll be camping out in queues to buy the latest Apple iPad......
Reuters Today: Get in line for iPad launch day
Mar. 16 - The world waits in line for a new iPad, while the U.S. and UK join forces to push for cheaper oil......
Apple's new iPad sales still run hot
Mar. 16 - Apple's latest iPad launch in Hong Kong was a more subdued affair, with customers ordering online. But the product has proved to be a red hot-seller at stores across Asia......
Dominating Asia's wardrobes
Mar. 16 - Asia - with your billions of consumers, why are Western firms like H&M and Zara dressing you? Japan's retailing giant Uniqlo has big plans to change that......
Asia Week Ahead: Are China's factory lines slowing down?
Mar. 16 - Preliminary PMI figures from HSBC will show how China's economy is performing, along with earnings results from big firms like China Construction Bank and Foxconn......
Citi needs a CEO who understands credit, Whalen says
Mar. 16 - Tangent Capital Partners' Chris Whalen says Vikram Pandit doesn't understand the core issues with Citigroup, whose credit card portfolio suggests it's more of a subprime lender than other big banks......
U.S. Morning Call: Google in new privacy probes -WSJ
Mar. 16 - Regulators are looking into whether Google's effort to bypass privacy settings of Apple's Safari web browser users violates previous settlements, says the WSJ......
Rugby 6-nations, FA Cup and F1 season preview
Mar. 16 - Crunch time in the 6 Nations, FA Cup quarter-final weekend plus the start of the F1 season and the latest odds on the Cheltenham Gold Cup -- we have the weekend's big bets......
Market Pulse: Opening pumps won't drive down oil price - CMC
Mar. 16 - The plan by the U.S. and UK to release strategic oil reserves is unlikely to have much impact on prices, says Michael Hewson of CMC Markets......
Pension funds turn on Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook flotation
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is facing a backlash from some of the world's major pension funds over his plan to keep a controlling grip on the company after its multi-billion dollar flotation.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.fee.....
London Mayor Boris Johnson hails 1.2m plan for derelict city area
A historic part of east London that has lain derelict for decades is in line for a 1.2bn transformation creating about 9,500 jobs.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915cc/mf.gif' border='0'/>&l.....
Co-Op held talks with Lloyds rival NBNK over hiring chief Garry Hoffman
The Co-operative Group has held talks with Garry Hoffman, the chief executive of its main rival in the 1.5bn race to buy a prized network of Lloyds Banking Group branches.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/56.....
Health and safety inspectors to charge 256 an hour to tell companies what they're doing wrong
Inspectors to charge businesses to tell them if premises are safe.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915d0/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/1292.....
Budget 2012: Chancellor George Osborne faces growing anger over 50p tax rate
Business anger over the 50p top rate of income tax has leapt in the past year, a survey of some of Britain's biggest companies has shown.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915d1/mf.gif' border='0'.....
FSA probes fresh bank swap claims
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is examining fresh claims that banks have mis-sold derivatives to small businesses following The Telegraph's investigation over the past week.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/.....
Barclays apologises to FSA after imposing swaps secrecy clause on customers
Barclays has been forced to formally apologise to the FSA after evidence uncovered by The Telegraph revealed that the bank had demanded its clients withhold information from the regulator over the sale of 'swap' products.<img width='1' height='1' .....
Music industry blasts Government attempts to modernise copyright laws
The UK's creative industries have attacked the 'bizarre, overstated and unrealistic' growth projections attached to a Government intellectual property (IP) consultation that closes on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feeds.....
Airlines braced for 'depressing' Government inquiry
Airline bosses are braced for another 'depressing' whitewash over aviation policy as the Government prepares to launch the 11th aviation inquiry since the last full-length runway was opened in the South East in 1946.<img width='1' height='1' src='.....
Premier Foods to focus on 'power brands'
Premier Foods is to reveal how it will accelerate its disposal plan and focus on eight key "power brands" after a re-financing deal last week gave it some breathing space to stabilise trading and reduce debt.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://t.....
Anglo American accuses Codelco of 'bullying' tactics over Chile's Los Bronces copper mine
Anglo American accuses mining giant Codelco of 'bullying' tactics over valuable Los Bronces copper mine in Chile.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915d8/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/&.....
Budget 2012: Chancellor George Osborne should cancel his Budget, we don't need it
The UK doesn't need a Budget statement this week. The Chancellor George Osborne should cancel his annual set-piece.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915d9/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br.....
The oil price is the new eurozone crisis
No sooner has the pressure on markets from the eurozone crisis begun to ease than investors have found something else to worry about - the oil price.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915da/mf.gif.....
Budget 2012: Why Chancellor George Osborne is right to cut the 50p top rate
Eleven years ago an incandescent Gordon Brown reportedly stole into Tony Blair's den in No.10, faced the Prime Minister and railed: "You've stolen my f*****g Budget."<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/.....
Tesco's new leader Phil Clarke asserts his dominance as Richard Brasher leaves
Richard Brasher's departure from Tesco highlights the turmoil within the retailer, writes Sarah Butler.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915de/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a h.....
The financial crisis is at the heart of the problems with Solvency II
Solvency II is not a subject likely to excite the hearts of the British consumer.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915df/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedspo.....
German MEP Burkhard Balz: the man holding the key to Europe's insurance industry
Ahead of a crucial vote in the European Parliament, Jamie Dunkley reveals why the City should be worried about Burkhard Balz.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915e0/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/.....
Budget 2012: It's time to set a 'death day' for the 50p tax
The Chancellor's Budget on Wednesday should see the culmination of five years of ongoing changes to the corporate tax system, which have sought to make the UK a "great place" for businesses to locate, invest and employ.<img width='1' height='1' sr.....
Budget 2012: UK companies are sitting on billions of pounds, so why aren't they spending it?
UK businesses are playing Scrooge and hoarding billions of pounds.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915e2/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/1292.....
Lloyds/Telegraph awards reveal the best British entrepreneurs
We reveal winner of 50,000 prize from Telegraph and Lloyds.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915e3/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/12920032463.....
We must do more to support Britain's start-up companies
In November last year, when we first launched the Lloyds TSB Enterprise Awards with The Telegraph, I remember wondering what type of businesses would apply and who the eventual winners might be.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feeds.....
With ideas like these, the UK's future is bright
Last month, The Sunday Telegraph revealed Sir Anthony Bamford's report for the Prime Minister on the importance of manufacturing to the UK.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915e5/mf.gif' border='.....
Sir Terry Leahy: one year on from Tesco departure
Former Tesco chief explains why the retailer's woes are just a blip.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915e6/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/12.....
Business week ahead: March 19 - March 23
The focus of the week will be the Budget on Wednesday, which George Osborne will deliver to Parliament at 12.30pm.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d8915e7/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/.....
UK house price rise put in shade by soaring India
British house prices have risen by 50pc since 2001, ranking the UK 13th in a Lloyds TSB table of the best-performing international housing markets.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d83269b/mf.gif' .....
