2:23am

Daisy in talks to acquire collapsed 2e2

IT companies in ‘fairly advanced’ negotiations

11:56pm

Competitors hit De La Rue profit growth

Banknote printer says industry has more capacity than demand

Feb 1, 2013

Zombies disappearing as UK conditions ease

Worst-hit industries showing tentative signs of recovery

Feb 1, 2013

DWF snaps up Cobbetts

Deal to catapult combined group into top 30 UK law firms by turnover

From WORLD Jan 31, 2013

Tax blow for holiday homeowners

Thousands denied relief from inheritance tax

From WORLD Jan 31, 2013

Outsourcing soars in public services

Overall contract value doubles to £20bn in four years

Jan 31, 2013

Slower holiday season dents UPS growth

Superstorm Sandy also takes toll on package delivery service

The Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell MP visiting the village of Dolo in Somalia. From WORLD Jan 31, 2013

Ministers attacked on aid spending

MPs highlight series of problems with burgeoning budget

From MARKETS Jan 30, 2013

Illinois pulls $500m bond sale

State acts after S&P downgrade over $96bn pension deficit

Jan 30, 2013

Brussels blocks UPS takeover of TNT

Surprise that delivery group ended negotiations early

Jan 30, 2013

Cobbetts enters administration

Law firm has more than £10m in net debt

Martin Wolf from WORLD Jan 29, 2013

Israel’s loss could be someone else’s gain

Prominent macroeconomist steps down from central bank

From FINANCIALS Jan 29, 2013

Ernst & Young escapes disciplinary action

UK accounting watchdog will not pursue charge

From PERSONAL FINANCE Jan 29, 2013

One Budget? How about none at all?

What’s the point of the Budget?

From WORLD Jan 29, 2013

Childcare reforms ‘put quality at risk’

Charity denounces plan as recipe for disaster

Jan 29, 2013

Brazil opens prison doors to investors

São Paulo’s London roadshow includes jail contracts

Jan 28, 2013

Mitie sees rise in local authority demand

Outsourcer expected to bid for £1.6bn of contracts in London

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 27, 2013

Economic policy revived on the internet

Blogger lifts GDP targeting out of obscurity

From WORLD Jan 27, 2013

Republicans back off from Lew battle

Geithner replacement expected to be confirmed

From MARKETS Jan 25, 2013

S&P downgrades Illinois’ credit rating

Move could raise the state’s borrowing costs ahead of bond auction

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