A former UBS trader was today charged with offences of conspiracy to defraud in connection with the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into the manipulation of the Libor interbank lending rate.
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Ed Miliband warns Google: I'd make you pay more tax
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Google is betraying its founding principles by going to extraordinary lengths to avoid paying taxes in Britain, says Ed Miliband.
Apple CEO Tim Cook tells Senate: Tiny tax bill isn’t our fault – it’s yours
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Tech giant ‘avoided’ paying more than $1m every hour due to use of international loopholes
Admiral turnover in a prang as cost of car insurance goes into reverse
Thursday 25 April 2013
Admiral's fortunes took a turn for the worse during the first quarter of the year as the cost of insuring cars finally began to fall.
Japan's trade deficit hits record levels
Thursday 18 April 2013
Japan's trade deficit hit a record high in the last financial year, the Ministry of Finance said.
Beleaguered farmers' third poor harvest in a row means British shoppers will rely on imported food - and prices will rise
Monday 01 April 2013
Crops from potatoes and peas to cereals are being hit, leading to increased reliance on imported produce
Investment View: Buy LSE while they're cheap and hold on to them
Friday 29 March 2013
The British economy might still be slumbering, but despite what you might have read, parts of the City have woken up. That ought to make for good times on the London Stock Exchange, or at least the company headed by Xavier Rolet which runs the London Stock Exchange, whose markets have been soaring.
BBC under fire as it loses £80m on Lonely Planet sale
Tuesday 19 March 2013
The BBC came under heavy criticism from its own trustees today after selling the Lonely Planet travel guides business to an American billionaire and making a loss of £80 million.
Diageo saves £60m in supply costs
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Diageo, the world's biggest drinks firm, is simplifying its supply and distribution business over the next three years to save £60m a year.
Margareta Pagano: It's time to stop playing politics with our energy
Sunday 24 February 2013
Julie Meyer: Now is the time for the UK to rediscover its exporting mindset
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Who on earth actually thinks Mary Portas is the solution to the crisis on our high streets?
Thursday 14 February 2013
Irreversible changes in consumer behaviour, disruptive technologies, and recession are together destroying our High Streets. I know, send for the Queen of Shops!
UK's AAA credit rating 'still at risk'
Tuesday 15 January 2013
Britain's prized AAA credit rating remains under “significant pressure”, the Fitch rating agency warned today.
A ballooning problem: the great helium shortage
Friday 04 January 2013
It’s used in everything from kids parties to medicine – but now supplies are running so low scientists want to ration it. Steve Connor reports on the great helium shortage
Arsene Wenger hampered by Arsenal fans' clamour to see 'next Lionel Messi'
Thursday 03 January 2013
Arsenal manager admits he was not aware of Michu
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- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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