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New boss at Apple supplier ARM hails soaring chip sales
Wednesday 24 July 2013
The company behind the microchips in Apple’s iPhones and iPads today hailed a “strong start” to the year, with more than two billion devices using their chips shipped in the past three months alone.
Goldman Sachs in spotlight over 'aluminium price-hike' scandal
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Financial giant is accused of exploiting rules over metal warehousing in order to manipulate commodity prices
What the Sunday papers said
Monday 22 July 2013
The Independent on Sunday: Crackdown planned on £5bn private hospital sector
Google surprise setback as UK sales start to slow
Saturday 20 July 2013
Google has suffered a surprise slowdown in the UK, with revenues falling for the first time in eight quarters.
Rick Perry's 'Strong' and the 5 funniest US campaign videos
Wednesday 10 July 2013
On Monday Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he is retiring at the end of his term. Perry’s is most famous internationally for his hopeless run to be the Republican Presidential candidate in 2011-2012.
James Moore: Regulators love to give exchanges new toys
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Outlook Exchanges are in vogue right now. The European Union's competition people love them. Last week they brandished a big stick at a group of 13 City banks after exchanges complained that they had been shut out of the lucrative credit derivative market.
Glencore chief strengthens board
Thursday 13 June 2013
Glencore Xstrata's chief executive, Ivan Glasenberg, has announced three new appointments to the board of the wheat trading-to-coal mining empire, including the veteran Wall Street banker John Mack.
US labour market adds 175,000 jobs in May - but is still short of hoped-for levels
Friday 07 June 2013
The unemployment rate rsoe from 7.5 to 7.6 per cent
Sorry Netflix: Arrested Development downloaded illegally by 100,000 fans in 24 hours
Thursday 30 May 2013
More than 175,000 people have illegally downloaded episodes of the revived cult series Arrested Development since it was released exclusively on Netflix on Sunday.
Mixed reviews of new Arrested Development series spells bad luck for Netflix on Wall Street
Wednesday 29 May 2013
The hype surrounding the return of Arrested Development exclusively on Netflix has dissolved into a letdown for the streaming service's American stock value after a series of disappointing reviews.
Plea to Fiat not to abandon Italy
Friday 24 May 2013
The Italian Industry Minister, Flavio Zanonato, has asked Fiat to stay in Italy following its planned merger with Chrysler, which has led labour unions to fear that the car maker plans to move its headquarters to the United States.
New City watchdog kicks off with £3m fine for JPMorgan
Thursday 23 May 2013
The new City watchdog issued a statement of intent today, slapping a £3 million fine on JPMorgan’s wealth management arm.
JP Morgan: Are investors about to clip Jamie Dimon's wings?
Tuesday 21 May 2013
The all-powerful chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan, weakened by gigantic trading losses on his watch, faces calls to split his roles
Also showing: The Liability, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Deadfall
Saturday 18 May 2013
The Liability (95 mins, 15)
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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