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News Corp reaches for the Sky with takeover offer 15 Jun 2010, 4:49 am

News Corporation, the media group headed by Rupert Murdoch, confirmed this morning that it had made an offer to take full control of BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster in which it has a 39 per cent stake.

Economy may never recover from banking crisis, warns OBR 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

The economy, more damaged by the banking crisis than previously admitted, will grow more weakly and may never fully recover, the new Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said yesterday.

China primes house tax to halt runaway prices 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

China is considering a wealth tax on homeowners as it grasps at new weapons to halt a frantic rise in property prices that many fear poses the biggest threat to the Chinese economy.

Dana Petroleum acquires PetroCanada Netherlands 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

Dana Petroleum paid £270 million for PetroCanada Netherlands yesterday, it’s biggest-ever acquisition.

FSA calls Sir Fred Goodwin to account over RBS unravelling 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

Sir Fred Goodwin has been summoned by the Financial Services Authority to answer questions about Royal Bank of Scotland’s management in the run up to its near-collapse in October 2008.

Business big shot: Steve Wiener 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

It is a dilemma familiar to anyone still clinging to analogue radios or cathode-ray televisions: pay to go digital or wait until prices drop?

Business briefing: old guard pin hopes on new media 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

Traditional media, from television to newspapers, is pinning its hopes for a recovery in advertising on mobile devices such as the iPad and on the spread of high-speed broadband.

Virgin ready for shoot-out with internet gaming giants 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

With titles such as Command and Conquer and Resident Evil, Virgin was regarded as one of the cooler geeks in computer games during the 1990s.

Cowdery lays down his challenge to the banks 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

Clive Cowdery appears to have confounded the sceptics once again.

Cowdery goes it alone to cut banks’ fees 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

Clive Cowdery’s Resolution is close to securing a ground-breaking deal to slash investment bank underwriting fees on a rights issue to fund a £2.75 billion acquisition of Axa’s UK life business.

Row over bank card and credit card charges 14 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

Banks are making hundreds of millions of pounds a year and pushing up prices on the high street by levying “unjustifiably high” fees on credit and debit card sales, retailers will say today.

‘A disloyal, dishonest, criminal cheat’ – bank boss denounces rogue trader 14 Jun 2010, 9:40 am

Jérôme Kerviel, the rogue trader accused of losing almost €5 billion, was denounced by a former boss as criminal, dishonest, disloyal and a cheat at his trial in Paris yesterday.

Vantis shares suspended amid survival fears 14 Jun 2010, 6:46 am

The crisis surrounding Vantis, the AIM-listed accountancy firm, deepened today as the group asked for trading in its shares to be suspended amid doubts over its ability to survive.

OBR slashes economic growth forecasts 14 Jun 2010, 6:19 am

Q&A: what is the Office for Budgetary Responsibility? LIVE: question to the experts on inflation

BP shares dive amid US senators’ £20bn escrow plan 14 Jun 2010, 5:59 am

Read how BP managers face years in jail and how America snubbed British offer of help with spill at The Times's new website

TfL cashes in and checks out of Shard 14 Jun 2010, 5:19 am

Transport for London will abandon its plans to move into the Shard at London Bridge after a deal that allows the skyscraper’s owners to find tenants willing to pay a much higher rent.

Shareholders plug into Grid fundraiser 14 Jun 2010, 4:23 am

Investors have given the thumbs up to the biggest rights issue by a British utility.

Resolution in talks with AXA for life unit 14 Jun 2010, 3:54 am

Resolution, the insurance buyout vehicle, detailed its plans today to acquire the majority of AXA's £2.75 billion life assurance division.

Vince Cable backs break-up of big banks 13 Jun 2010, 11:42 am

Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, has given official backing to recommendations that call for investment banks to be broken up.

Million-pound payout for the oil baron with no sales 12 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

THE chief executive of a London-listed oil explorer pocketed a $1.9m ($£1.3m) bonus last year despite recording a $96m annual loss that led its accountants to raise concerns about the firm$’s solvency.

Pension hole trips electricity sale 12 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

THE £4 billion auction of Britain’s biggest electricity distribution network could be delayed by a dispute over how to fill a hole of £100m or more in its pension fund.

Listing plan for ‘son of Lloyds’ 12 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

THE Lloyds Banking Group is working on plans for a stock-market flotation of the chain of 600 branches it is being forced to sell by the European Commission.

Tesco chairman stays on to smooth Sir Terry Leahy transition 12 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

DAVID REID has pledged to stay on as chairman of Tesco for at least another 18 months to maintain boardroom stability at Britain’s biggest retailer, insiders say.

Apple’s grip on apps probed 12 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

AMERICAN regulators are planning to investigate Apple’s business practices to see if it is harming the developing market for software that runs on mobile phones and the iPad, its latest hit device.

Return Fares: Ministers put supersaver plan to rail bosses 12 Jun 2010, 8:01 pm

MINISTERS have asked train companies for ideas to cut the cost of running the railways — and have told them they can keep half the savings. The idea is to give the firms an incentive to agree to changes in their contracts.