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Hardcore riches of the iron ore magnate who is wealthiest woman on the planet
Thursday 24 May 2012
By Kathy Marks
Skiers and miners lift Compass profits
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Supplying healthy US hospital food, Disney’s staff canteen, the Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California and miners canteens in Australia all helped Compass post a strong 7.7 per cent rise in first-half profits today.
Starhawk; Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition; Velocity; Sniper Elite V2 – Review shorts
Tuesday 15 May 2012
A bite-size guide to the week's gaming releases.
Secondhand Daylight, By D J Taylor
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Following At the Chime of a City Clock, this is D J Taylor's tenth novel and his second James Ross mystery. The narrator, Ross, is a déclassé ex-public schoolboy footloose in pre-war London who earns a crust (the idiom is catching) as a rent collector, nightclub doorman, aspiring poet, ladies' man and copper's nark.
UK-only index mooted
Tuesday 08 May 2012
The FTSE Group, the provider of stock indices based in Canary Wharf, pictured, is looking at introducing a share index to rival the FTSE 100 that would measure the performance purely of companies that contribute heavily to the British economy.
New FTSE index would better reflect UK economy
Tuesday 08 May 2012
A rival is planned for the FTSE 100 which critics say is dominated by multinationals
FTSE to track UK Plc firms
Sunday 06 May 2012
Canary Wharf group pitches plan for shares list of companies who predominately operate in Britain
The Blagger's Guide To: Tony Harrison
Sunday 29 April 2012
Wonder why he's not Poet Laureate? Read his poem to Camilla
From the depths to the heavens: star director sets out to mine asteroids
Wednesday 25 April 2012
After his journey to the bottom of the sea, James Cameron has a new far-flung idea
'Greenest ever' Olympics claims dismissed as corporate spin
Monday 16 April 2012
Lord Coe’s claim that London 2012 will be the greenest ever Olympic Games is “corporate spin” say human rights groups, who today launch a campaign to highlight the environmental record of three multinational sponsors.
Page profits halved by City hiring freeze
Thursday 12 April 2012
A hiring freeze among struggling financial services firms halved banking profits at the recruiter Michael Page in the first three months of the year. Financial services firms – which account for about 8 per cent of Page's profit – axed thousands of jobs last year and have not yet started hiring again.
Nine trapped miners rescued after Peru cave-in
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Nine miners have been rescued after spending five days trapped in a collapsed gold and copper mine in Peru.
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