Win a holiday

Braemore pays for ambition

Braemore Resources uccumbed to an all-share offer from Jubilee Platinum and fell after the news

Punished Reed Elsevier seen as ‘compelling’ buy

Reed Elsevier shares hve fallen so low that they look compelling, since they have been unfairly tarnished

From the City scrapheap to television stardom

Channel 4 signed up for the broadcast about bankers who have lost their jobs, which suggests it will definitely go ahead

Harnessing power of TV star machine

All the cash is behind celebrity-based brands . . . The challenge for Simon Cowell and Philip Green is to harness enough of it

July 4 is now jobless day

Almost one in ten Americans of working age will be marking the Fourth of July celebrations jobless

A door shuts at Pru but more will open

For Prudential’s UK staff, the long march to greater efficiency that began under Nick Prettejohn is only set to continue

But it’s not game over for video games industry

Thanks to Nintendo’s Wii, 2008 was an extraordinary year as video games finally acquired a degree of mainstream acceptance

Nicely placed Greene King welcomes back customers

The chill wind of recession that hit the pub trade is being dissipated by the hot weather, according to the brewer

David Miles needs to keep his distance

Closer links between the Bank of England and the FSA are to be welcomed, but there is a question of conflict of interest

Rolling Stone hates the sound of a Sachs solo

National Express goes wrong way fast

The rail company's mistake was to argue with Lord Adonis when he said that the East Coast line would be renationalised

Win win situation

Sir Win Bischoff would be a good choice for the job of chairman of Lloyds if Eric Daniels were to remain chief executive

DVDs lose the magic touch

Cinemas may be looking forward to the Harry Potter effect, but as the sales figures show, film recordings are falling flat

Seize the day as Centrica eyes Venture

Having blocked out potential rival predators, the energy company can afford to bide its time and return at a later date

US taxman's long arm must be resisted

If President Obama gets his way, US tax authorities will be informed whenever banks do business with American content

The party’s over — for now

It was deja vu all over again for Virgin Atlantic as another grand launch for the airline's route to Chicago ended in closure

A short, boring story about Billingsgate

The preliminary work on Crossrail at Billingsgate Fish Market has struck water