At the risk of being a hostage to fortune I wouldn't be selling today and going away

With public anger currently focused on US multinationals and their tax affairs, Britain's battered banking industry has been enjoying an overdue breather. But there are still storm clouds brewing. The summer may yet be a hot one for a number of players, and then there's the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards. Here we assess the likely impact of some scandals that will continue to shake the industry, and their potential toxicity

Outlook AstraZeneca and Yahoo could be corporate twins. They operate in very different sectors but the problems facing both are remarkably similar, and so are the drugs their respective chief executives have settled upon to treat what ails them.

Outlook There is a simple solution to the problem of payday lenders – one that has been highlighted again by Citizens Advice, whose admirable service is being swamped by the industry's victims: an interest rate cap, such as one that already exists in the Irish Republic.

Britain’s biggest companies should lose their ability to hide their tax  affairs behind confidentiality rules, the chair of the powerful Public Accounts Committee has told The Independent.

As the tax affairs of Google and Amazon have risen up the agenda, one MP has led the charge. So, James Moore asks her, what’s she planning next?

Warning to sort out capital shortcomings amid frustration over the delays

It’s one of those secrets that’s whispered between parents behind hands; something you never, ever, tell a health professional

Already troubled ENRC's computer systems were hacked this week after the theft of a laptop. The incident underlines the need for businesses large and small to beef up security

Outlook Remember when the Bank of England said Britain's banks were short of £25bn? Pfah. Storm in a teacup. Nothing to see here, move along.