From FINANCIALS 3:02am

Doughty drops its diversification drive

Private equity firm abandons move into real estate and technology

St Martin in the Fields School ©Bloomberg From WORLD 11:12pm

Downing St calls ‘horsemeat’ summit

Fears of ‘criminal conspiracy’ as European scandal spreads

From WORLD 10:41pm

DNA testers latch on to scandal

Full tests cost £300 and can check for only one species

From FINANCIALS 9:43pm

Cantor steps in to save Seymour Pierce

Deal comes hours after bank was placed in administration

Julian Horn-Smith ©Bloomberg From ENERGY 9:02pm

Bumi co-founder admits float is ‘failure’

Horn-Smith and Rothschild show contrition for fiasco

From FINANCIALS 8:48pm

Embattled Hester aims to finish the task

Hester leadership is regarded as crucial to RBS revival

JJB ©PA From RETAIL & CONSUMER 8:43pm

Ex-chairman of JJB charged with forgery

Sir David Jones accused by SFO along with son

From ENERGY 8:03pm

DoJ stresses BP’s role in Gulf oil spill

Filing gives preview of case US will make against group in trial

A pedestrian walks past a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in the City of London ©Reuters From PERSONAL FINANCE Feb 8, 2013

Bank shares unbowed

Shareholders come through a difficult week unscathed

From WORLD Feb 8, 2013

Hacking victims resolve to go to court

Seven people want to take News International claims to trial

From FINANCIALS Feb 8, 2013

Catlin annoyed at Costa Concordia costs

Insurer, which missed expectations, must remove wreck in one piece

From ENERGY Feb 8, 2013

Personal standings at stake in Bumi fight

Rothschild campaign to shake-up board coming to a head

Inside London from FINANCIALS Feb 8, 2013

Cable lays his RBS joker on the table

Savers’ attention drawn to old sin of poor fund management

From LEX Feb 8, 2013

Letter from Lex - let’s make a deal

The big deal this week was the return of the big deal

From FINANCIALS Feb 7, 2013

Beazley doubles dividend payout to £70m

Pre-tax profit quadruples to $251m

Lombard from RETAIL & CONSUMER Feb 7, 2013

Burberry’s board changes beg more finesse

Year-long search for COO was poised for a messy ending

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Feb 7, 2013

Cartwright out in Burberry board shake-up

Finance director leaves and former BBC man becomes COO

From FINANCIALS Feb 7, 2013

RBS staff at centre of Libor tactics

Four other groups linked to lender

From FINANCIALS Feb 7, 2013

Aviva pay row executive set to quit

Trevor Matthews to leave insurer as new chief announces shake-up

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 7, 2013

Carney charms MPs in first big test

Canadian wins over some sceptical Labour members

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