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Massive losses at Vodafone [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company, today announced hundreds of job cuts and the largest loss in UK corporate history
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BAA rejects increased Spanish offer [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Heathrow owner BAA today rejected an increased bid from the Spanish consortium Ferrovial, which upped its offer from £8.75bn to £9.73bn
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Market report: Tuesday 13.00 [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Searching for oil and gas in farflung corners of the globe can be a risky business. Just ask shareholders of Soco International
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Net touts to be kicked out [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The biggest crackdown yet on UK internet football ticket touts is being planned for the start of next season
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Standard buoyant ahead of vote [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Standard Life unveiled a boost ahead of tomorrow's vote on demutualisation by revealing a rise in profits
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Activist in bid to derail Arcelor Russian merger [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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French activist Colette Neuville has written to European steel giant Arcelor, threatening a legal challenge to its planned merger
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Brussels to set VAT in fraud move [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain could lose the right to set its own rate of VAT under radical European Union plans, aimed at combating international fraud
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Councils face legal tangle on supercasinos [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Government's process of choosing the location for the UK's one Las Vegas-style supercasino could be heading for a legal quagmire
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EU increases services competition [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The services market that accounts for 70% of EU gross domestic product is being opened further to international competition
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Drained of £26bn by water firms [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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As the threat of standpipes looms again, we reveal the astonishing profits water giants have made since privatisation - a staggering £26bn
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Tesco to spark PC price war [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tesco is set to spark a price war in the personal computer market by offering a permanent range of major brand products
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Vodafone to cut 500 jobs [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mobile phone giant Vodafone is to cut hundreds of jobs from its workforce when it announces record annual losses this week
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A to Z of the Sunday papers [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Here is This is Money's round-up of some of the bigger stories from the Sunday finance and business pages
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Ferrovial to up BAA bid [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Spanish construction giant Ferrovial will table an increased takeover offer for BAA despite last week's shock competition announcement
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BT to rise amid bid talk [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Shares in BT are expected to be fired up this week by rumours that European rival Deutsche Telekom is mulling over a merger
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Aim hit hard by slump [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The junior Alternative Investment Market, hailed as star performer of the recent bull run, has emerged as the worst loser in the recent slump
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Giants set for big steps [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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With big changes on the horizon, we reveal that Portman almost took part in a 'mega merger' and Standard Life is set to unveil large profits
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Panama trees scandal develops [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Warnings were sounded all over the place about a firm promoting teak tree investments in Britain but in some places they fell of deaf ears
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Insolvencies are 'mis-sold' [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Rogue practitioners are keeping alive 'zombie' companies that ought to have been wound up so they can line their own pockets
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Aegis pair stand firm [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Aegis chairman Lord Sharman and chief executive Robert Lerwill will not quit the British media firm even if French raid suceeds
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£4,000 bonus to beat post strikes [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail bosses are planning to give the 180,000 workforce an extra half per cent pay rise on top of the 2.9% offer to beat strikes
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Sanctuary under investigation [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Music group Sanctuary, which dismissed its chief executive and co-founder Andy Taylor on Friday is still under investigation
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Pensions shake-up is more spin [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Thursday's landmark White Paper was heralded in Government circles, but it's more spin than fact says the Financial Mail personal finance editor
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Even sex doesn't sell without ads [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tony Hetherington looks at a website get-rich-quick scheme, car hire deposit sneakiness and insurance issues
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M&S revival deserves support [05/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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When two nightdresses cost £36 ten years ago, Financial Mail editor Lisa Buckingham knew M&S was in trouble but now it's back to its best
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