In profit...It's not quite like the glory, pre-Gulf of Mexico disaster days, but pension funds were cheered when BP raised its dividend 14 per cent to 8 cents on Tuesday.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
(Independent )
More than 4.5 million Britons have fallen victim to a jobs crisis far deeper than unemployment figures suggest, according to a new analysis of government data.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
(Independent )
High street banks are to create new accounts that automatically deduct income tax as part of government attempts to "nudge" entrepreneurs into taking on staff.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
(Independent )
Executives at Britain's biggest PLCs could lose up to 30 per cent of basic pay for not doing their jobs properly under unprecedented government plans to crackdown on City fat cats.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
(Independent )
Takeover talks between the insurance company Phoenix and the private equity house CVC that have been rumbling on since November collapsed yesterday.
Friday, February 10, 2012
(Independent )
China showed signs of spluttering domestic demand yesterday as imports crumbled to their lowest in more than two years and bank lending came in 75 per cent weaker than expected.
Friday, February 10, 2012
(Independent )
De Beers, the diamond miner which acts as the canary-down-the-mine for the ultra-luxury goods sector, yesterday sounded a warning call that the party may be coming to an end.
Friday, February 10, 2012
(Independent )
Weir Group, the deal-hungry FTSE 100 pump manufacturer, revealed more appetite for acquisitions yesterday, when it made an A$294m (£200m) offer for an Australian mining equipment maker.
Friday, February 10, 2012
(Independent )
More evidence of turbulence in the aviation sector emerged yesterday as Flybe's UK passenger revenues fell in the four months since October.
Friday, February 10, 2012
(Independent )
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) shares yesterday tumbled more than 16 per cent after the emerging-markets telecoms firm warned that its business in Panama "has not progressed as planned".
Friday, February 10, 2012
(Independent )