UK Business News

Stagecoach shares up despite profit fall

Transport group's earnings slip by 28% as costs increase, but analysts welcome advance in its bus and train revenues

Tax fears over RBS-linked bonus pool

Top RBS Sempra Commodities traders may receive $5m each this year, provoking new anger at financial sector pay

• The great RBS exodus: 1,000 bankers quit over bonus row

• Treasury prepares to veto £1.5bn RBS bonuses

North Sea coal to be burnt underground

Vast deposits lying under water will be burnt in situ to generate up to 5 per cent of Britain’s energy needs

Tullett case suspended over unseen evidence

Papers that could be central to case against BGC Partners were not shown to Tullett Prebon’s lawyers, High Court is told

World Business News

Japan takes axe to GDP in 'ridiculous' revision

World's second-largest economy reveals third-quarter GDP grew by just 1.3%, compared with initial estimates of 4.8%

Volkswagen buys slice of Suzuki in £1.5bn deal

VW's first major Japanese investment will help it to to build small, energy-efficient cars in emerging markets

• Volkswagen closes in on slice of Suzuki

• China car sales jump 37% on tax breaks

Markets fall on Dubai developer's losses

Traders send shares plunging for a third day as Nakheel, the Dubai World-owned property group, unveils its financial state

• Documents show earlier Dubai World bailout

• Last days of Rome in Dubai

Ex-Fed chief tells bankers to 'wake up'

Paul Volcker questions claims by senior figures in the financial world that they have orchestrated innovation

Analysis

Shareholders have to get out and vote

The increasing importance of hedge funds means the rules governing shareholder democracy may need to be re-examined

Clean-thinking America makes dash for gas

Power generators, oil refiners, chemical manufacturers and cement makers have been warned: the EPA will hunt you down

Tempus: Northgate may be on the road to recovery

Britain’s biggest white van rental group have had three profit warnings in a year, a rights issue and a debt restructuring

Law  

Parents to sue Maclaren over finger amputations

At least 15 British families are to sue pushchair manufacturer claiming its buggies severed children’s fingertips

Case of 'abandoned' boy angers judge

Family judge left with a 'sense of disbelief' after two local authorities distanced themselves from sick boy to save money

• Straw has second thoughts over media coverage

• 'I do not remove a child unless it is the right thing to do'

‘Unmarried couples need new legal rights'

Senior judge now in charge of law reform says change is needed to protect people’s rights when they separate

Money  

How can I spice up my business?

A foodie couple need a recipe to help them save for the future — and a second honeymoon would be the icing on the cake

• Money MoT: Help me to deal with job insecurity

• Money MoT: How can I ride out the recession?

We lost our dream home

Borrowers are continuing to miss out on mortgage deals because of flawed data from credit reference agencies

• Hopes rise of recovery in new build property market

• Developer discounts spark buy-to-let spree

Where next for the stock market lost decade?

Should you be in shares, cash, property or commodities for the next 10 years? We weigh up the arguments for and against

business travel  

Profile: Leisure boss John Morphet

The man who runs the estate where Freddie Flintoff and Wayne Rooney have homes shares his views on business travel

International rail compensation brought into line with air travel

New rules mean cross-border train passengers will get more in the event of delay or cancellation

Rail nightmare for Gatwick and Luton

Industrial action and service restrictions from the £5.5bn Thameslink programme are causing headaches