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The Business Matrix: Saturday 20 April 2013

Levi's wins 'red tab' trademark case

Overcoming financial pain of the battle against illness

In bowel cancer awareness month, Edmund Tirbutt assesses the budgetary fallout that arises from dealing with such diseases.

Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, has warned there are “lots of abuses” of the minimum wage

Scandal of firms that dodge paying the minimum wage

Although it is supposed to be illegal to pay staff below those levels, employers are using a variety of ruses to sidestep the rates

Santander tells homebuyers they may be in line for payout

Santander UK is writing to more than a quarter of a million of its mortgage borrowers, saying they could be due compensation because it failed to make it clear the terms on which it changed the cap on its standard variable rate in December 2008.

'Callous' Aviva slammed over plans to axe 2,000 and cut pay-off levels

Aviva is to make 2,000 of its staff redundant in the next six months as its new chief executive Mark Wilson moves to slash costs.

Ex-Legal & General chief's pay quadruples

Tim Breeden, the recently retired former chief executive of Legal & General, saw his total pay, benefits and bonus package quadruple to £9.4m last year, helped by the vesting of a deferred bonus scheme.

Richard Hughes and Toronado win the Craven yesterday

Toronado blows open betting for 2,000 Guineas

This really has been a blasted Heath over the past couple of days, but today the gale was rendered incarnate by a colt named Toronado. His runaway success in the last of its Classic trials crowned a pleasing revival in the significance of this meeting, Hot Snap and Garswood having won their own rehearsals impressively the previous day. But while both arguably owed something to the shelter they found from fierce gusts across the track, Toronado went gliding clear of what had become a tailwind – and blew apart the betting on the Qipco 2,000 Guineas. Though Dawn Approach remains favourite, Toronado is no better than 4-1 to beat him back here in a fortnight.

Simon English: Will outspoken Mr Buxton continue to talk out loud when he joins Old Mut?

Last month Richard Buxton suddenly quit as head of UK investment at Schroders, the venerable City fund-management house which commentators can seldom resist describing as "blue-blooded".

Next man takes hot seat at easyJet

EasyJet has drafted in Next's John Barton to replace Sir Mike Rake as chairman at the budget airline in a move that should soothe the board's relations with founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. Sir Stelios repeatedly clashed with Sir Mike over aircraft orders and executive pay.

New ombudsman to help in battle against rogue landlords

Government announces that letting agents are now to be properly regulated

Investment View: Steer clear of the Pru, but if you do invest, be careful

Getting on the wrong side of your regulator is a bad idea. Particularly  in financial services

FCA flags up Barclays as the most complained about bank

Lloyds TSB and Bank of Scotland also at the top of the list in the table of shame

Usain Bolt is expected to appear at the Olympic Stadium this summer

British Athletics predict drop in sponsorship in run up to Rio Olympics

Aviva deal ended after the London 2012 Olympics

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