Film 100

Kenmore Property collapse hits Lloyds

Bank is chasing debts and investments of more than £700m after the collapse of a property developer it was bankrolling

Investment body warns corporate big-hitters

The National Association of Pension Funds is stepping up its campaign to improve corporate governance in UK boardrooms

Landlords see light at end of the tunnel

Rise in buy-to-let loans ends hibernation of housing investors, and reduced forecast for repossessions adds to optimism

Kenmore Property collapse hits Lloyds

Bank is chasing debts and investments of more than £700m after the collapse of a property developer it was bankrolling

City institutions raise their stakes in Cadbury

Analysts say that the move by investors underlines their disappointment at Kraft's bid for the confectioner

Top 100 graduate employers: No 47 - Cadbury

Confectionery group is a household name. It recruits 15 graduates across four areas of the company each year

Peugeot moves into car rental on way back to profit

Carmaker is to offer pre-paid cars by the day to young city dwellers as part its drive to regain market share

Porsche in slow lane with €4bn loss

The huge loss was caused by Porsche’s failed bid to take over Volkwagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker, last year

SFO drops investigation into founder of Merlin

Sir Christopher Evans, the biotech entrepreneur, will not be prosecuted over allegations concerning Merlin Biosciences

IMS Health to be bought for $5.2 billion

TPG and Canada Pension to buy data provider to pharmaceuticals industry in largest leveraged buyout since start of year

GM refused bailout funds from Germany

Car giant must refinance its European business, including Vauxhall and Opel, after its U-turn on plans to sell

Reliance plans swoop on LyondellBasell

India's biggest company weighs up multibillion-dollar swoop on the American assets of the collapsed chemicals group

Stella and Beck’s lite push AB InBev up

The UK was one of five key markets where the world’s biggest brewer won market share in the first nine months

Ladbrokes shuts London casino, 100 jobs lost

The bookmaker has closed its loss-making casino in Paddington, West London, with the loss of almost 100 jobs

37 BBC staff earn more than the Prime Minister

Corporation discloses its senior salaries for the first time but hundreds of its highest earners remain hidden from publication

Disney cable operations spring a surprise

The multi-media company's movies and theme parks have shown a thin time, but the sports and TV channels lifted income

China extends detention for Rio worker

Stern Hu, the Rio Tinto executive accused of industrial espionage, will stay in jail as investigators build case

RBS dismisses concerns over chairman’s role at miner

Calls from investors to cut Sir Philip Hampton’s salary after his new directorship at Anglo-American are ruled out

OFT to investiage corporate insolvency fees

The watchdog is to begin an inquiry into the millions charged by accountants for winding up companies in administration

OFT to investigate the high cost of going bust

Watchdog launches inquiry into UK's corporate insolvency market over fears companies are paying too much to go bankrupt

Entrepreneurs say Rutland breached contract

Court hears that private equity firm exploited a business plan for pawnbroker Harvey & Thompson and then reneged on deal

From $10 clothes to an $8 billion listing

Dollar General, the largest discount store in America, is poised to make its debut on New York’s Nasdaq stock exchange

Intel pays $1.25bn to end feud with AMD

The world’s biggest chipmaker made the settlement with its rival to squash an antitrust case due to go to trial next year

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion in settlement

The two chip giants have agreed to settle long-standing disputes over competition and licensing dating back to 2005

BT seeks to trim £1.5 billion in costs

Telecoms group reduced cost base by £900 million in the first six months, with half of the savings coming from job cuts

BT profits tumble 45% as cost cutting swells

Telecoms group raises cost reduction target to £1.5bn and thinks full-year revenue fall will be less than expected

BA and Iberia merger cleared for take-off

The two loss-making airlines have agreed the basis for a proposed merger expected to be completed in late 2010

Spaniards see merger as a bad move

Iberia is viewed in Spain not just as another airline but as a national symbol

British Gas comes in from the cold

Price cuts have brought customers flocking home, says parent group, with 200,000 energy accounts added this year

Nuclear industry may be climate levy exempt

Department for Energy and Climate Change has been studying possibility of immunity from tax designed to boost efficiency