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An outfit called Desk Space Genie is in touch to suggest a little money-making scheme for these difficult times. If your company has been through a redundancy programme, why not earn a few bob renting out the desks that the poor unfortunates vacated. Desk Space Genie even has an online exchange to let you advertise the desk space you can offer.

Looking for relief at a time of stress

What were the regulators up to when the global financial system was crashing?

The advertising industry narrowly avoided catastrophe during the recession, according to Sir Martin Sorrell, but the fear factor remains. Nick Clark reports

As the FA is forced to shelve its campaign against homophobia, Ian Herbert asks why stars are too timid to tackle this taboo

Sir Martin Sorrell, head of the advertising giant WPP, said governments may have to step in and support ailing newspapers if losses bring them to the brink of collapse.

On a positive year for the markets, how did our experts do? There were no stunning disasters, although it's worth noting that only two of our experts' tips outperformed the market.

Much huffing and puffing amongst US expats about a coup pulled off by Patience Wheatcroft, the new editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal in Europe. Once Ms Wheatcroft has finished a revamp of the European edition of the paper, its owner, Dow Jones, plans to stop selling the US edition on this side of the Atlantic. Its small, but loyal, band of readers is not happy.

WPP chief executive forecasts a 'LUV'-shaped recovery around the world

Advertising and media giant WPP today predicted a "marked improvement" in second-half profits but warned that consumer confidence remained fragile.

The oil majors will be in focus this week, with BP kicking off the third-quarter reporting season with its results tomorrow and BG following suit on Wednesday.

Sir Philip Green is getting ready to share that great big brain of his with you. For the Top Shop retail tycoon is offering to give 60 minutes of his "brain time" to the winner of a new online auction for charity.

All eyes will be on what Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP has to say about the world economy when he reports third quarter results this Friday as the advertising giant is such a bellweather of how companies are faring. Analysts reckon that WPP's revenues will be down by 9.4 per cent on the period, albeit slightly better than the second quarter's fall.

Lloyds Banking Group bucked a weak banking sector trend last night, rising even as its peers fell back after Deutsche Bank said it saw share price upside regardless of whether or not the group opts for the Government's asset protection scheme.