• A to Z of the Sunday newspapers

    Updated: 2010-01-31 13:15:46
    Our summary of what the Sunday papers are reporting from the financial world this week

  • GSK to axe 4,000 workers as it moves East

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:00:00
    GlaxoSmithKline is this week expected to announce it will axe around 4,000 workers as it continues to restructure its workforce and focus on emerging markets

  • Sunday newspaper share tips

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:00:00
    Each week we round up share tips from the Sunday newspapers

  • Taking stock: Trains make continental shift

    Updated: 2010-01-30 19:01:20
    The prospect of Gallic involvement in British transport sent shares jumping on Thursday as Arriva announced merger talks with French group Keolis

  • Will you buy an Apple iPad?

    Updated: 2010-01-30 00:01:00
    The dust from the iPad launch has settled; was all the hype justified?

  • Midas share tips: Asian Plantations | Velti

    Updated: 2010-01-30 00:00:00
    The Mail on Sunday's share-tipping column sees an ethical bonus for a producer of palm oil and updates on Velti

  • Are Credit cards the only choice for the overstretched?

    Updated: 2010-01-29 14:09:37
    While most people are cutting back their debt, credit card lending is on the rise. Who is borrowing and why? 

  • Are Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl really the UK’s best supermarkets?

    Updated: 2010-01-28 13:01:30
    And if so, why do we all keep trooping off to Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco?

  • Should universities be allowed to increase tuition fees?

    Updated: 2010-01-28 11:07:37
    Or would hiking tuition fees further risk putting off those from poorer backgrounds from going into higher education?

  • 'Mad Men' take the helm at ITV

    Updated: 2010-01-28 00:00:00
    I am all for fresh thinking but is newly appointed ITV boss Adam Crozier really the one to take the UK's leading terrestrial channel into the iPad age

  • Turner wants new powers to restrict lending in a boom

    Updated: 2010-01-27 16:52:32
    : Accessibility links Text only Skip to content Skip to local navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search Help Accessibility Help Access keys help Previous Main Next Turner wants new powers to restrict lending in a boom Robert Peston 16:52 UK time , Wednesday , 27 January 2010 Adair Turner , the chairman of the Financial Services Authority , says that banks should be forced to rein in lending when there are signs that a market is overheating . In an interview with me at the World Economic Forum in Davos , he threw his weight behind the creation of a new official body , which would have a mandate to assess whether financial bubbles are being created and would have powers to deter lending in those circumstances . He used the example of the commercial property sector , which has crashed spectacularly over the past two years . If in the future commercial property prices started to rise excessively fast , Lord Turner would want to see a new official body pushing up the cost for banks of lending to commercial property businesses and projects . It would do this by obliging banks to hold much more capital relative to their property loans which would have the effect of

  • Is it fair to charge an obese person for two airline seats?

    Updated: 2010-01-22 00:01:00
    And should the NHS spend more tax money on providing access to weight-loss operations?

  • The top 20 dream jobs of the future

    Updated: 2010-01-21 17:01:32
    : Money Central Times Online WBLG Money and finance comment from the timesonline.co.uk Subscribe to a feed of this Times Online blog at http : timesbusiness.typepad.com money_weblog rss.xml The Money Surgery : this week we focus on your investments , 3pm All Posts e-Poll : Do you support Barack Obama’s crackdown on the banks January 21, 2010 The top 20 dream jobs of the future What do you think you , your children or perhaps your grandchildren will be doing in 20 years time If you are worried you or they may be stuck in a dead end office job with few prospects and little excitement , think . again Fast Future which makes a living from predicting what might be about to happen , has come up with 20 new careers that it expects to emerge over the next two decades . Read on to find out what your next career move might . be 1. Body part maker Advances in science will make it possible to create living body parts , so we could need living body part makers , body part stores and body part repair shops . 2. Nano-medic Advances in nanotechnology for creating sub-atomic devices and treatments could transform personal healthcare so we would need a new breed of nano medicine specialists to

  • Kraft poised to make knockout bid for Cadbury

    Updated: 2010-01-18 20:05:58
    Kraft may increase its takeover offer for Cadbury by more than the market expects, to between 840p and 850p per share, I have learned. At that level, Cadbury's board may recommend the bid by the US food giant. This would bring to an end the intense animosity between the companies that has been manifested since Kraft announced its desire to own Cadbury last autumn. It would also end any doubt at all that Cadbury will lose its independence. There would still be a theoretical possibility that the US confectioner Hershey would come in with a higher offer. But if Cadbury's board recommends Kraft's bid, it means that the company will be taken over. Negotiations between Cadbury's bankers and Kraft's bankers are taking place overnight. If a deal is agreed between Kraft and Cadbury, which seems highly likely, it will probably be announced at 7 tomorrow morning. Under British takeover rules, an announcement by Kraft of its intentions has to be made by close of business tomorrow. At 850p, Cadbury would be valued at £11.7bn. Please see my earlier note for more on the implications of a takeover of Cadbury.

  • Stock market predictions - to be trusted?

    Updated: 2010-01-13 00:00:00
    With constant predictions on what next for the stock market, house prices and much more, we sum up our cynical stance in 30 seconds

  • Six FTSE 250 stock tips for 2010

    Updated: 2010-01-07 00:00:00
    Investors' eyes tend to focus on the FTSE 100, but savers should not neglect the FTSE 250. We list half a dozen share picks from the market

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