Glencore Xstrata put its $5 billion (£3 billion) Las Bambas copper project up for sale today to meet a crucial condition of being allowed to form the wheat-trading-to-coal-mining empire.

A decision by America's largest pharmacy group dispensed a large dose of panic yesterday to shareholders in the consumer goods group Reckitt Benckiser.

Swiss banks could be left out of pocket as a result of a tax-evasion deal agreed between the Alpine state and the UK.

Swiss banks could be left out of pocket as a result of a tax-evasion deal agreed between the Alpine state and the UK.

Gatwick airport posted a £29.1 million loss today, despite new routes to Beijing and Istanbul boosting the number of passengers in its arrivals and departure lounges in the year to April.

University dropout cashes in 15 per cent stake in the business

We are losing £100bn annually through aggressive tax avoidance

Travel giant Thomas Cook today took a huge step towards recovery with a £1.6 billion refinancing of its vast debt pile, just 18 months after the 172-year old company veered close to collapse.

Rising gas and electric bills are making energy providers extremely unpopular. There is outcry over the bonuses paid to its executives and now British Gas has even become unpopular with its shareholders. Its owner, Centrica, will update the market today. Analysts think it will admit it has been hit by business and home customers looking elsewhere for better deals to reduce their ever-increasing bills.

Eurotunnel sees revenues rise 8%

Former Credit Suisse employee convicted for mortgage fraud

Brady Dougan, chief executive of Credit Suisse, received a 34% pay rise last year, taking his total package to Swfr7.7 million (£5.4 million).

The online grocer Ocado is best-known for its delivery vans on the UK's well-heeled suburban streets. But until recently it has often been in the red column of heavy fallers on the stock market since floating at 180p in July 2010. The loss-making firm looked healthier after its confirmation of talks with supermarket Morrisons over licensing its technology sent its shares soaring by nearly a quarter on Thursday. And yesterday the good times kept on rolling, ensuring its all-time low of 53p in December 2011 disappeared further into the rear-view mirror of its vans.

How bad will the UK's loss of its AAA rating be for gilts? The short answer is that we don't know, but what we can reasonably assume is that gilts will be a bad investment over the next decade, maybe much longer.