Business News
Ex-Pru boss waits to crash $35bn AIA deal
The former Prudential chief executive Mark Tucker and the Resolution chief Clive Cowdery, are believed to be working on plans that could see them join forces with the Chinese insurance giant Ping An, to enter the fray should the Prudential fail to seal its bid for AIA.
Inside Business News
Shareholders urge Eurotunnel board to reject Hewitt
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Shareholders in Eurotunnel have objected to the proposed appointment of Patricia Hewitt, Labour's ex-health secretary, as a non-executive director after she appeared on the Dispatches television programme last week offering her lobbying services to a fictitious US consultancy.
Merrill tries to woo back staff
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Andrea Orcel, the £30m-a-year head of investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is set to play a reduced role in the running of the business in the wake of the retirement of Matthew Greenburgh, head of the firm's financial institutions group and the man dubbed Sir Fred Goodwin's banker.
Bovey’s buy-to-let business is put on the market
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Imagine Homes, the buy-to-let business run by the husband of television presenter Anthea Turner, is set to go up for sale within two weeks.
Munich Re's sights are set east
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurance company, is anticipating expansion into Saudi Arabia through its healthcare division by the end of this year.
Jarvis administrator inundated as predators scent a killing
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Firms flock to make bids for the separated divisions of the failed rail maintenance group
MGM studios on verge of bankruptcy
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Hollywood film-maker faces 'brinkmanship' talks with potential buyers as it sinks under $3.7bn debt
Landlord seeks 10 new pubs
Sunday, 28 March 2010
David Bruce, the pub entrepreneur, is set to raise up to £10m for the next stage of his latest venture.
The City Diary: Sailing by: Ellison makes his own rules for America's Cup
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Slackbelly exposes The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of The Square Mile
Bloomsbury bets on Thompson's tough love
Sunday, 28 March 2010
They say never work with animals or children but actress Emma Thompson has broken all the rules with her children's book and film – Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, released last week – which she wrote and stars in.
£60m loans to save energy
Sunday, 28 March 2010
The Carbon Trust's Big Business Refit will tomorrow confirm that it has lent £60m to small and medium-sized companies.
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