Business Analysis & Features
Throw your caps in the air! The LSE brings bonds to the masses
The London Stock Exchange is offering retail investors the chance to trade corporate bonds. James Moore says many believe it is long overdue
Inside Business Analysis & Features
AIM faces tough challenge to keep small firms afloat
Sunday, 31 January 2010
More companies are being delisted from the Alternative Investment Market at a time when growth in fledgling enterprises is needed to help recovery. Richard Northedge reports
Medical miracle man in an ivory tower
Sunday, 31 January 2010
An academic who failed his 11-plus has come up with a wireless digital plaster that could save the NHS millions
The family firm making a killing in the crunch
Saturday, 30 January 2010
As Italy’s economy declined 5 per cent, its largest crime groups raked in billions of euros. An anti-racketeering group has drawn up accounts for ‘Mafia Inc’. Nick Clark reports
Keith Harris: At the end of the day, the beautiful game is facing financial crisis
Thursday, 28 January 2010
The Business Interview: Footballing success is too fickle for clubs to be treated like normal businesses, the top industry financier tells Sarah Arnott
Bar-room brawl at M&B; turns nastier
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Mitchells & Butlers' investors have been trading the sort of insults that would get them ejected from many of the company's pubs – and the row is about to come to a head
A road trip round the recession
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
So Britain is officially back in growth. Andy McSmith travels from London to Birmingham to find out whether the public's experiences correspond with the statistics.
Experts warn of 'uncertain' economic recovery
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Industry experts said the outlook for economic recovery was "uncertain", despite the 0.1 per cent increase in growth which signalled the end of the recession.
The strength of the pound shop
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
They are the ultimate value retailers. James Thompson reports on how the recession has been the catalyst for a dramatic increase in the number of pound shops on Britain's high streets
Bye, buy British: Beloved names with foreign owners
Sunday, 24 January 2010
As Cadbury, a national treasure, faces an overseas takeover, Greg Walton and Mark Leftly reflect on how other beloved names have fared with foreign owners
Will Davos be a damp squib?
Saturday, 23 January 2010
There'll be no Obama, Brown or Bono at next week's economic forum, but does it matter?
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