Starbucks has lost half of its share value since the beginning of 2007. Are customers swapping value-added for value?
You know how annoying it is when you are sitting down to watch a film or a motor race and within minutes your enjoyment is spoiled by advertising breaks that ruin the flow or, worse, make you miss part of the action. Is a decision in a Swedish c...
After previous bailouts have come to nothing, Bear Stearns has at last succumbed to its injuries. It's being bought for the apparently bargain basement figure of USD234 millio...
The Carlyle Group says it has failed to agree terms with bankers to try to stave off margin calls and demands for liquidation of assets to reduce banks' exposure to falling a...
E.U. Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson's fortunes are likely to be in freefall unless his best pal Tony Blair succeeds in his current endeavours to garner support to be appointed President of Europe - something he thought had been lost to him....
Corporate tax revenues have dropped by USD17.4 milliard because U.S. multinational corporations are better able to shift their profits overseas,...
The UK's stamp duty regime is perhaps the most hated of all, with frequent calls for its abolition as a pointless tax. But under Gordon Brown's r...
The European Commission, fresh from its successes against US software giant Microsoft is now turning its attentions to Intel, claiming abuse of d...
The Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest investment companies, and it is generally regarded as one of the less risk-averse of fund groups....
The fear of stagflation is causing central banks to hold interest rates.