A January 15 deadline for a European Union ruling on mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc's bid for rival Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc could slip by up to three weeks after BHP missed a deadline to offer asset divestments, the Australian Financial Review paper reported on Thursday.
Ron Sandler, chairman of nationalised Northern Rock, said the lender has not been subject to government influence since passing into public ownership.
Enterprise Inns , the country's second-biggest pubs group, reported a 12.6 percent decline in full-year pretax profit on Tuesday as sales were hit by a smoking ban and deterioration in consumer spending.
Phone company to cut 6,000 more jobs despite 2Q net profit rises
South African investment bank and asset manager Investec said on Thursday it made a first-half operating profit of 241.8 million pounds, unchanged from a year ago, and that its business would remain slow.
Britain's largest property investor Land Securities has abandoned year-old preparations for a radical three-way demerger of its business, the company said on Wednesday.
One water’s Duncan Goose is in the spotlight this month as Exec looks at the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship, which is replacing the cut and thrust of Nineties’ business ethos as the way forward.
The “dos and don’ts” of pitching to investors
We’ve seen Dragon’s Den - but surely there’s more to a business angel than reality television’s redux version? Exec looks at the determining factors which make business angels invest.
In 1986 the London Stock Exchange (LSE) relaxed its legislation that saw an influx of international competition in the late 1980s and kick-started London’s bid to become the financial centre of Europe
Gordon Brown’s government of all the talents looks good for business, but will it be allowed to do its job?
20 November 2008 18:32