2:05pm

HSBC: ready for take-off?

The bank denies the move is to do with cost cutting ©Reuters

If the UK bank is an aircraft, it is just leaving the gate, with costs still a big area of concern

4:04pm

Debenhams: investors get a chill

Like its clothes, UK retailer’s shares could get cheaper yet

Japanese yen 11:26am

Bank of Japan: all in an RoE

New governor should highlight low corporate efficiency

3:17pm

Kuehne & Nagel: big packages

Bad news comes in threes for the Swiss freight forwarding company

Bank of America Mar 3, 2013

MBIA: high legal stakes

Settlement with BofA, if it ever happened, would unlock a lot of upside for the monoline bond insurer

Mar 3, 2013

Pay: why brickies and bosses differ

Swiss hullabaloo shows that, while economic theory plays a role, power is key

The White House ©Getty Mar 1, 2013

US sequestration: drama, comedy, horror

A collective case of shock fatigue suggests we have reached mid-series malaise

Mar 3, 2013

CommonWealth Reit: shaking up the status quo

Activists can give investors a say on management performance

lloyds bank ©Bloomberg Mar 1, 2013

Lloyds Banking Group: pick a number

There is a lot of noise around the bank

Mar 1, 2013

WPP: it all ads up

Ad world proves resilient, but companies have to keep winning ugly