Smash hit

Dubai's debt crisis is a lesson to us all

If the overborrowed emirate state can flirt with bankruptcy, then why not overborrowed Ireland, Greece, Iceland - and Britain?

Numis has cause for optimism

With the media focusing on the big banks, smaller entrepreneurial companies such as Numis can easily get overlooked

Give thanks for US consumer confidence

On the second-biggest shopping day of the year, early signs suggest US consumers have decided to loosen the purse strings

Eddie Jordan sued over £134,000 bets

City Index, the spread-betting firm, has filed a claim in the High Court against Eddie Jordan who, it claims, owes £134,000

Banking’s fragility is exposed

Scare has provided timely reminder that the hangover from the great debt binge will still inflict more pain

Silver linings emerge from chaos for LSE chief

If you thought you had a bad week, spare a thought for Xavier Rolet

Weekly business accounts

Anthony Bolton; Simon Lane; Whyte & Mackay; Paul Morrell; Sir Stuart Rose; educational standards; United Utilities

UK needs clear tax plan to be ‘fit for business’

Businesses need regime that allows flexibility to take commercial decisions without being hampered by tax complexities

Toby carves out a niche with Facebook ‘friends’

The social networking site has generated half a million Christmas inquiries for Mitchells & Butlers’ brands

Tempus: DMGT breaks with tradition

Comparisons with DMGT’s newspaper rivals look increasingly out of place on the evidence

Recollections of HBOS deal draw blank at No 10

Funny, we all got the idea at the time that Gordon Brown was rather keen on Lloyds TSB buying HBOS

A location you can bank on

The Bank of China plans to become the Bank of England’s neighbour in the City of London with the purchase of One Lothbury

Dubai World and properties built on sand

The state-owned conglomerate is seeking a six-month standstill on $60bn of debts, raising the prospect it may sell assets

Drop in trades shock at LSE

The days when the London Stock Exchange was a near-monopoly are over but its rivals have difficult decisions to make too

Funds relieved at Sir David Walker’s line

His final report on the corporate governance lessons of the banking crisis backtracks on some of its original suggestions

The future office — not an office at all

Companies will make use of city-centre facilities that are publicly available — coffee shops, restaurants, pubs, parks

The top traders don’t need luck, just grey hairs

A serious study by two Cambridge academics claims risk-averse traders do better than those who rely on testosterone