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Standard set to cut windfalls [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Millions of policyholders at Standard Life could have their windfalls reduced when the mutual life assurer embarks on the biggest flotation of the year
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£1,000 fines for watching World Cup [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Staff watching World Cup matches on office computers are facing a legal crackdown, if their employer doesn't have a TV licence
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Market report: Monday 12.30 [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Smith & Nephew was one of the bigger blue-chip risers for the second trading session in a row today, amid mounting bid speculation
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House-price rise hit 11-month high [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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A surge in the number of homebuyers led house prices to rise at the fastest rate for almost a year during April
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Barclays to boost High St presence [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Banking giant Barclays is set to increase its number of high street branches in prime locations, a report said today
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UK rules to stay if LSE finds US buyer [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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A US takeover of the London Stock Exchange would not force strict US regulations on companies and broking firms listing and working on it
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Bidders circle homes builder [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Retirement homes builder McCarthy & Stone is thought to have opened up the books to at least two private equity bidders
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Watchdog to mull Vodafone pay deals [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Association of British Insurers meets today amid reports that one of its members plans a rebellion at Vodafone's annual meeting
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£1bn cuts threat to defence industry [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The defence industry is facing up to the prospect of the first Government spending cuts since Labour came to power 10 years ago
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A&L's bad debts on the rise [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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A&L today told investors it has delivered 'strong franchise growth' in the first three months of its financial year
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Arcelor to tell Mittal to stump up more [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Arcelor chief Guy Dollé is to press Lakshmi Mittal to raise his €22bn (£15.1bn) bid for the European steel giant
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Standard Life axes sales staff [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The mutual insurance company has shocked staff by making more job cuts ahead of its £5.5bn summer flotation
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Linpac poised for £1bn sale [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Fierce bidding is expected to take place for the company that supplies packaging to McDonald's and Harley-Davidson
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Energy imports continue to soar [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's growing dependence on imported energy will be in the spotlight as figures reveal how our oil and gas surplus was wiped out in two years
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£2.3bn secret talks for reborn Ratners [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Signet, the world's biggest jeweller, is poised for a tie-up with US-rival Zale after seizing top spot in America
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Jobless total approaches 1m [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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A string of high-profile job losses has put the spotlight back on unemployment as the Government's big economic achievement begins to unravel
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [06/12/2006 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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Pessimism yields value at Wolseley [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's top stockpicker believes the sell-off at the world's biggest plumbing supplier has been overstated and there are bargains to be had
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Convicted conman with a licence to trade [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The ace investigator takes a closer look at Network Debt Recovery and the part played by the bumbling Office of Fair Trading
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Blair must surrender on pensions [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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It's time the Prime Minister stopped thinking about only his own plans for retirement
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Who should protect the assets of sell-off Britain? [06/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Insiders tell me they are gutted as yet another British 'institution' falls into foreign hands
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