Smash hit

‘It's cash or get out and lose the house’

The financial boom in Dubai has well and truly ended, leaving some British ex-pats wondering whether to return home now

Anthony Bolton is back, boxing clever in China

Star turn Anthony Bolton is returning to fund management with an eye on investment opportunities in Chinese companies

‘It's cash or get out and lose the house’

The financial boom in Dubai has well and truly ended, leaving some British ex-pats wondering whether to return home now

Is it Black Monday all over again for Dubai?

The attempt by Dubai’s rulers to bury bad news on the holiday at the end of Ramadan could be as disastrous as 1987

Business big shot: Richard Harvey of PZ Cussons

Part-time role as chairman should allow him to continue his involvement with Concern and other operations in Africa

DSG sales boosted by Windows 7 demand

PC World and Currys owner reveals smaller than expected half-year loss, but says outlook for 2010 is 'uncertain'

BAE cuts 642 Insyte jobs as contracts near end

Latest cuts will affect eight sites of technology systems division and amount to about one in six of unit’s workforce

Vauxhall plant escapes redundancies

Plant at Ellesmere Port will work on production of new Astra Sports Tourer, under an early restructuring plan laid out by GM

AstraZeneca in manufacturing move to China

Jobs and plants at risk as phamaceuticals giant plans to cut costs by outsourcing all production of molecules for drugs

Cuts are prescription for fixing sick firms

Larry Nusbaum mends troubled companies and admits it is not pretty, but it is a great time to be in the distressed business

Saab buyer backs out leaving 3,000 jobs hanging

Koenigsegg, Saab's tiny Swedish buyer, says it 'regrets' being unable to follow through on its planned acquisition of GM's Saab

GM repays €1.5 billion German bridging loan

The German Chancellor says the taxpayer has been left unscathed - and demands a thank-you letter from the car giant

M&B says it is still too early to raise a glass

Pubs may be closing at a rate of 52 a week, but the numbers coming out of Mitchells & Butlers are more encouraging

Toby carves out a niche with Facebook ‘friends’

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

ITV swoops to have GMTV for breakfast

Network takes full control after buying Disney’s 25% stake and begins process of integration that could lead to job cuts

DMGT upbeat despite 23% profit fall

Owner of Daily Mail gives lie to headline figure by beating City expectations in the face of an advertising slump

United Utilities to turn into a pure water group

North West water company to sell its last non-core businesses, Northern Gas Networks and Manila Water Company

Sputtering breakthrough for Shell

As the oil giant prepares to begin producing a superclean fuel, its critics have substituted their own whiff of sulphur

Harvey Nash warns on profits amid jobs dearth

Recruitment group says employers are continuing to delay hiring new full time staff as Britain remains in recession

Your business can be better by design

Tim Brown, an industrial designer by training, says innovation and creative thinking are vital in an economic downturn

Administrators for Borders are named

About 1,150 jobs are at risk at the leading UK bookseller as MCR fights to keep stores open while it seeks a buyer

Tesco aided university that praised bag policy

Manchester University accepted £25m from Tesco then its report used misleading data to endorse the supermarket

Scale of Satyam fraud escalates

Ahead of trial of Indian outsourcing tycoon, investigators revise extent of crime, saying it has doubled to nearly £2bn

Second handset gives Sony Ericsson trouble

Aino model encounters software issues but company dismisses concerns that it will be forced into a recall

Tesco could spark price war in iPhone sales swoop

In surprise move, the supermarket will begin selling Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS before Christmas, and may start price war

Tesco may spark price war in iPhone scoop

Supermarket giant hope to introduce the phone in stores before Christmas, striking a blow against Orange and Vodafone

National Express to hold rail franchise until 2011

Lord Adonis announced the company’s East Anglia franchise would end in 2011, but ruled out a three-year extension

Network Rail chief defends ‘sensible’ hedging

A £326m hedging charge on its colossal debt and a new regulatory regime hit the transport group’s first-half profits

Conservatives propose energy-efficiency loans

Shadow Housing Minister announces plan to offer lending for retrofit of homes but green charities want more detail

Nuclear plans still flawed, says watchdog

Safety regulator points to unanswered questions in French and US-Japanese designs for new breed of British reactors