Sacha Sadan leads L&Gs governance charge
One of the UK's most powerful investors talks to FN about boardroom pay, responsible capitalism and why long term is the best investment period.....
UK services sector in strong growth
The UK economy is 'firing on all cylinders' after the latest services figures show strong growth......
IMF admits mistakes on Greek bailout
The IMF admits mistakes in handling Greece's first bailout, saying its growth forecasts were too optimistic and a debt restructuring should have been considered earlier......
Markets fall on EU and US worries
Better-than-expected growth in the UK service sector was not enough to stop European markets falling on Wednesday......
Electric heating 'up by 282'
Millions of people who use electricity to heat their homes may have to pay 282 more a year by 2020, it is being claimed......
France criticises Chinese wine probe
The French government calls a Chinese anti-dumping probe into wine imported from the European Union "inappropriate and reprehensible"......
Price website founder makes 170m
The co-founder of a Flintshire-based price comparison website makes 170m after selling a 15% stake in the company......
Ikea founder Kamprad steps down
The founder of Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is to step down from the board of the firm, with his son taking on the role of chairman......
Tesco shares hit by drop in sales
The UK's largest supermarket chain, Tesco, says UK sales fell over the past three months, with food sales affected by the horsemeat scandal......
Amazon launches online site in India
Internet retailer Amazon launches first site in India to capitalise on the country's growing e-commerce market.....
Latvia to be 18th eurozone member
Latvia is set to become the 18th country to use the euro after being approved for membership by the European Commission......
900,000 owed premium bond payouts
Officials are trying to track down 898,000 bond holders who are owed 44m in premium bond prizes.....
Apple loses patent case with Samsung
Apple has lost a trade panel ruling in a dispute with rival Samsung which could see older models of iPads and iPhones banned from sale in the US.....
Co-op Bank appoints new chairman
The Co-operative Group looks to strengthen its management team, appointing a new group finance chief and a new chairman for the Co-operative Bank......
Australia's growth misses forecasts
Australia's economy growth is lower than forecast in the first three months of the year, as a dip in investment offset gains in exports and consumer spending......
Fixed fines for middle-lane hoggers
Motorway tailgaters and middle-lane hoggers are to face quick justice with on-the-spot penalties under new measures announced by the government......
Chrysler refuses 2.7m Jeep recall
Chrysler is refusing to heed a US government request to recall 2.7 million Jeeps that it says are at risk of fuel tank fires in collisions......
EU imposes China solar panel duties
The European Commission announces it is imposing temporary anti-dumping levies on Chinese solar panel imports......
Families 'to lose 1,800 a year'
The average middle-income family in Britain is likely to be nearly 1,800 a year worse-off by 2015, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS)......
Investment schemes face new rules
The promotion of some types of risky investment schemes, which put money into products such as wine or timber, are to be more tightly controlled......
Charity Commission criticised by MPs
MPs have questioned whether the Charity Commission is fit for purpose, after it failed to spot a charity apparently set up for tax avoidance......
IMF urges France to reform economy
The gap between France and its European neighbours will widen unless it introduces fresh economic reforms, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned......
Government sees off carbon rebellion
The government sees off a rebellion by Lib Dem and Conservative MPs over calls for a carbon emissions target for the energy industry......
UK construction returns to growth
The UK construction sector returns to growth after a rise in house building activity, a closely-watched survey indicates......
Southend pay latest HMRC arrears
Southend United pay an outstanding tax bill, meaning a High Court winding-up petition will be dismissed on 24 June......
Billabong takeover talks collapse
Shares in Australian surfwear maker Billabong plunge after the firm says takeover talks with two potential bidders have collapsed......
Ashraful sorry for 'wrong-doings'
Mohammad Ashraful sorry for "wrong-doings" as investigation into allegations of corruption in Bangladesh takes place......
VIDEO: Saving for pensions 'not rocket science'
A comfortable retirement is by no means guaranteed unless people start to save more at an earlier age, pensions specialist Margaret de Valois advises......
AUDIO: Tesco: 'Our plans are long term'
Philip Clarke, chief executive of Tesco, says it had been hampered by weaker demand for its general merchandise products and by the discovery of horsemeat in products labelled as beef......
VIDEO: Will EU entry help Croatia's economy?
Croatia will become the 28th member state of the EU at the end of June, but its economy is expected to go into recession this year and unemployment is climbing......
AUDIO: Today business round-up
The Today programme's business news with Simon Jack......
VIDEO: Coca-Cola opens new plant in Burma
Coca-Cola has opened a bottling plant in Burma and will invest $200m in the country over the next five years, following the lifting of sanctions......
VIDEO: China wine probe sparks French anger
The French government has labelled a Chinese anti-dumping probe into wine imported from the European Union (EU) "inappropriate and reprehensible"......
VIDEO: Chrysler recall row 'a big PR issue'
Chrysler has refused a request by the US government to recall 2.7 million Jeeps......
Fukushima's lessons from nuclear disaster
Re-building schools after the Fukushima disaster.....
Could Coca-Cola put fizz into Burma?
Could Coca-Cola put some fizz into Burma's economy?.....
UK expats 'struggling to buy a home'
Why UK expats are struggling to get a mortgage.....
Try and try again
Successful entrepreneurs need to keep changing direction.....
Liberty Reserve 'criminals' move on
Where will criminals turn next to launder dirty money online?.....
U.S. Day Ahead: More signs of a sluggish economy ahead
June 5 - Don't expect any positive surprises from first time jobless claims on Thursday, according to one economist......
No straight answers when it comes to the Fed
Correspondent Jonathan Spicer discusses the Fed's Beige Book findings that point to 'modest or moderate' pace of economic growth......
Daily Digit: Apple to hire 7,400 by 2016
June 5 - Apple lays out a plan to hire 7,400 new full-time employees by the time its new Cupertino campus is completed in 2016. Conway G. Gittens reports......
FACTBOX: Where the U.S. gov't won and lost in the bailout
Jun 5 - As the Treasury gets ready to sell 30M GM shares, here are the numbers behind some of its big bailouts........
Techquity: Apple hiring, Facebook staying power
Jun 5 - Apple plans to boost California workforce. Plus, analysts gauge Facebook's ability to remain a major player in tech......
Downside risk to Friday's jobs report- UBS's Cummins
June 5 - After a couple of weaker-than-expected employment reports, UBS economist Kevin Cummins sees downside risk to Friday's monthly jobs report- but says that could have an upside. Bobbi Rebell reports......
Avoiding the box office movie megaflops
June 5 - With this year's crop of summer blockbusters bigger and more expensive than ever, the pressure is on for the big movie studios just to break even. Executives will be hoping to avoid any repeat of last year's most under-performing film John C.....
Breakingviews: Dell vs. Icahn
June 5 - Dell's independent committee has made a compelling case for just how bad a shape the company is in and how much better Silver Lake's buyout proposal is than Carl Icahn's......
Trading at Noon: Clock ticks on offers to buy Sprint
Correspondent Liana Baker gives us the latest in the Softbank-Sprint-Dish saga, as the deadline for voting on the offers looms......
Latvia can join euro in 2014 - Rehn
June 5 - The European Commission's economic chief Olli Rehn says Latvia is ready to adopt the euro from January 2014. (Rough cut - no reporter narration).....
China targets EU wine after solar panel duties
June 5 - Tensions between two of the world's biggest trading blocs are increasing. China says it's investigating European Union wine after the EU took action over Chinese solar panels. As Joanna Partridge reports, there are fears the trade row could .....
'Fetching and carrying' robots swarm nearer to reality
June 5 - British researchers have created a swarm of self-organising robots which can carry out simple fetching and carrying tasks. They say their work sets the stage for the development of autonomous teams of robots to help in disaster rescue effort.....
Fears grow over S. Africa's weakening currency
June 5 - South Africa's weakening currency is causing concern among investors. As Joel Flynn reports, the economy in this once thriving emerging market is slowing, and many blame the President......
Wealth Strategies: Prepping for rate rise -TD Ameritrade CEO
June 5 - Fred Tomcyzk, CEO of TD Ameritrade, says the recent market rally has made investors more bullish on equities, but feels the biggest risk might be for fixed income investors as rates rise......
Europe Day Ahead: ECB to sit tight and wait for recovery
June 5 - ECB President Draghi is likely to resist pressure to ease policy - preferring instead to wait for more signs of recovery. French President Hollande travels to Tokyo to learn about 'Abenomics'.....
Daily Digit: Tesco's horsemeat hit
June 5 - Doubts are being raised about a one billion pound recovery plan being implemented at Tesco after the world's third-biggest retailer slipped back to an underlying sales decline at the lower end of expectations in the first quarter. As Joel Fl.....
U.S. Morning Call: Some Apple products could be banned in US
Jun 5 - The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Apple had infringed on a Samsung patent and imposed a sales ban on older iPhones and iPads......
Market Pulse: UK firing on "all cylinders" but stocks slump
June 5 - A sea of red across European stocks after a 4% slide in Japan. Britain's FTSE underperforms despite yet more upbeat economic figures. Tesco sales disappoint, hedge fund loss hammers MAN Group......
Markets lose faith in Abe's aim
June 5 - There was a time investors thought Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could do no wrong. But the initial response to the third arrow of his economic revival strategy has been less than enthusiastic......
Breakingviews: Abe's greatest hits
June 5 - He's only been Japan's prime minister for half a year, but Shinzo Abe has already notched up a few policy home-runs -- and the odd miss, according to Breakingviews Asia editor Peter Thal Larsen......
Breakingviews: Germanys worrying investment slowdown
June 5 - Germanys investment freeze raises questions about its real economic strength and its future prospects, says Breakingviews......
Europe is Top M&A 'Hot-Spot'
June 5 - The European M&A market remains a favourite destination for international investors, according to a new report by law firm Clifford Chance......
Reuters Today: Abe's 3rd arrow bleeds the Nikkei another 4%
June 5 - Japanese PM Abe fires the so-called "third arrow" of his economic recovery plan...the Nikkei slumps 4% and global markets wobble. Tough times at Tesco, and why China may not raise a glass to EU wine......
Tide of rising rates does not lift all boats
June 4 - Interest rates hover near 13-month highs and that is impacting mortgages and investments, but is having less of an influence on auto loans and savings accounts. Fred Katayama takes a look......
Stocks snap Tuesday 20-week winning streak
June 4 - Summary of business headlines: Stocks fight back deep losses but fail to overpower lingering Fed stimulus worries; Dollar General warns; Wal-Mart goes after fresh fruit market, Amazon goes after super market-source; Amazon inks big streaming.....
Green fuel policies will cost some families 400 a year, watchdog warns
Government estimates of savings that will be made on household energy bills from its green measures have been dismissed as "unduly optimistic".<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce51b79/mf.gif' bord.....
US economy expanding at 'modest to moderate' pace
The US economy expanded at a "modest to moderate" pace since mid-April while hiring remained relatively subdued, according to a Federal Reserve report.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce48dd3/mf.g.....
Philip Clarke's added problem is Tesco's struggling empire overseas
The worldwide decline in like-for-like sales shows that the retailer has plenty of hard work ahead.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce46f32/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><t.....
Emerging markets displace Europe as fulcrum of world risk
There is a wicked double edge to the emerging-market boom that has so enthralled us for the past decade. The economies of these rising powers are by now big enough to shake the entire world if they come off the rails.<img width='1' height='1' src=.....
Three UK men arrested over $200m credit card fraud
Three men in the UK are among 11 people arrested and accused of running a $200m (130m) worldwide credit card fraud ring, law enforcement officials have said.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce46f4.....
First time buyers more reliant than ever on mum and dad
Almost two thirds of first time buyers had to rely on parental support to get on the housing ladder last year.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce46c45/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-vira.....
London threatened by plans to move Libor regulation to Paris
Supervision of the scandal hit Libor interest rate could move to Paris under plans being drawn up by the European Commission, dealing a potential blow to London's financial pre-eminence.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.c.....
EU put eurozone safety before Greece during bailout, IMF report claims
The highly critical report on the handling of the Greek crisis has detailed a catalogue of errors leading the IMF to break three out of four of its own rules when lending to bankrupt countries.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsp.....
FTSE 100 suffers steep drop
The blue-chip index slumped 2.1pc during trading today as investors took fright.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce38822/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'>.....
Man Group shares dive 16.7pc amid fears over AHL
Shares in Man Group plunged 16.7pc yesterday after the hedge fund group's flagship fund posted its worst monthly performance in more than a decade.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce38396/mf.gif' .....
MPs have 'serious concerns' over Clara Furse appointed to FPC
The Treasury Select Committee has said it has "serious concerns" about the appointment of Dame Clara Furse to the Bank of England's new financial stability arm.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce3.....
Tesco shares fall as sales slump sparks doubts about strategy
Shares in Tesco fell by 5pc after Britain's biggest retailer reported a decline in like-for-like sales around the world, sparking doubts about whether the 1bn plan to turn around its performance is working.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://tel.....
Britain sending 'money on the TGV to France'
The Government has been accused of sending "money on the TGV" to France by allowing foreign train operators to run Britain's railways but not a company owned by the UK taxpayer.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/3272.....
Dreams chief executive Nick Worthington to leave retailer
The long-serving chief executive of bed retailer Dreams is to leave the company, just three months after it was bought by private equity group Sun European Partners.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s.....
Property company Helical Bar launches bond paying 6pc
Helical Bar has launched its first ever retail bond, pledging to pay investors 6pc for seven years.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce2ee9b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><t.....
Business news and markets: as it happened - 5 June, 2013
Despite raising "serious concerns", the Treasury Select Committee has approved the appiontment of Dame Clara Furse as an external member of the FPC.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce2c48c/mf.gif'.....
Letting out spare rooms could net 69bn
Around 13.7m bedrooms in owner-occupied households across the country are currently lying "idle".<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce2c491/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><tab.....
Business news and markets: live
Despite raising "serious concerns", the Treasury Select Committee has approved the appiontment of Dame Clara Furse as an external member of the FPC.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2cdbdbb8/mf.gif'.....
The knock-on effects of solar panel tariffs will be huge
The UK and Sweden stand unequivocally for free trade, open borders and an ambitious climate and energy policy.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce20809/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-vira.....
Dell: Carl Icahn's offer is $3.9bn too low
Dell says a buyout offer from shareholder Southeastern and billionaire investor Carl Icahn is about $3.9bn (2.5bn) short of the amount needed to pay shareholders as promised and operate the business.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph......
Not all bankers want to bonk an intern. Stop bashing.
Contrary to the popular Goldman Sachs @GSElevator Twitter feed, which spills the beans on idiotic bankers, former investment banker Emma Sinclair says the stereotype of bankers being sexist, callous or greedy has become spineless - and boring.<img.....
France demands emergency EU summit over China's wine tax threat
France has demanded that the EU holds an emergency summit after Beijing threatened retaliatory levies on wine imported from Europe.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce2003e/mf.gif' border='0'/>&.....
Moneysupermarket co-founder banks 200m
Moneysupermarket co-founder Simon Nixon has raised 200m after selling his first significant stake in the price comparison website since its stock market flotation in 2007.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/56.....
Moneysupermarket co-founder sells shares worth 160m
Simon Nixon, the co-founder of price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com, is to sell a 14.8pc stake in the company worth around 160m.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/2ce20043/mf.gif' border='0'.....
Less than one in 100 are farmers, census shows
Less than one in 100 people in England and Wales are farmers compared to almost a quarter of the workforce 170 years ago, analysis has shown, revealing far-reaching changes in the country's industrial landscape.<img width='1' height='1' src='http:.....
