04-Jun-10
BSkyB has confirmed it will buy Virgin Media’s television channels, including Living, for up to £160 million in a...
Microsoft chief tells Apple: Tablet is a PC in a different shape04-Jun-10
Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, fought back against Apple’s claims that the iPad tablet will take the...
BP ordered to fund $360m barrier island project03-Jun-10
BP has been ordered to fund six barrier island projects to protect Louisiana marshes from the oil spill off the...
RBS upgrade leads to job cuts at Coutts03-Jun-10
Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting 500 jobs from its UK wealth management business, with the sword falling most...
IBM to organise summit at invitation of Prince of Wales02-Jun-10
IBM, the US computing and consulting giant, has been invited by the Prince of Wales to organise a nine-day global...
Investors are too easily spooked on BP’s costs02-Jun-10
To judge from the gut-wrenching fall in BP’s share price yesterday after its latest failed attempt to kill the oil...
Nuclear giants stockpile fuel while price is cheap01-Jun-10
Some of the world’s biggest energy companies are stockpiling the nuclear fuel used to power reactors as they try...
EDF breached rules on complaints01-Jun-10
EDF Energy, one of the UK’s largest gas and electricity suppliers, has donated £200,000 to consumer advice...
Asda picks up Netto in £778 million sale28-May-10
Asda is to buy Netto Foodstores in a £778 million deal that it hopes will arrest five months of declining market...
BP launches ‘junk shot’ to stem oil leak28-May-10
BP pressed ahead today with last-ditch efforts to cap the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, which is now the biggest...
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