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Pick of the early market news

Filed under: Markets, News

Gulf spillTwo major events are due today. This afternoon, BP publishes the results of its internal investigation into the Gulf oil spill (right). It will be available at www.bp.com. And new names to enter the FTSE 100 will be announced after markets close this afternoon. Results from Barratt and Thorntons lead this morning.

What's the B in BA for?

Filed under: Company, News

Pic of BA planeAt the risk of sounding like a little Englander here, there was a time when British Airways meant exactly that – the country's national airline.

Whether you like it or not the airline was synonymous with 'Britishness' hence all the outrage when the company dared to tweak the design on the tail fin from a Union Jack to a, well, er, kind of red, white and blue collage.

But much has changed in recent years and with the ink not dry yet on the deal between BA and Iberia, the merged company is already drawing up a shopping list of potential acquisitions to expand the business further.

Google watches $8.5m Buzz off

Filed under: Technology

Google Buzz logoGoogle's lapse in privacy control when it launched its social network, called Buzz, this year, has cost it dear. It's now paying $8.5m to settle a resulting lawsuit - you have to ask: how did it screw up this badly?

Rail bosses profit from hiding accidents

Filed under: Company, Job Focus

Rail chiefs are accused of cashing in as accidents go unreportedFat cat greed. Bad at the best of times. Grotesque when bosses are lining their pockets by hiding worker accidents. Network Rail directors stand accused of receiving bigger bonuses than if the company had bothered to report accidents properly.

Blair lets slip a blind spot for business

Filed under: Economy, Financial Crisis, News

The appointment of HSBC's chairman Stephen Green as trade minister will raise hopes that business has a voice in government. Not a moment too soon, if the memoirs of the last supposedly business-friendly PM, Tony Blair, are any guide.

M&G debuts inflation-linked bond

Filed under: Investing

Pic of pound coinsM&G Investments is to launch an inflation-linked corporate bond fund aimed at UK retail investors.

The M&G UK Inflation Linked Corporate Bond Fund will invest in a spread of fixed interest securities that should perform well when inflation is high or rising. It aims to deliver returns that exceed inflation over the medium to long-term.

Bean counters rake in consultancy fees

Filed under: Company, Financial Crisis


The Guardian today served up more evidence that big accountancy companies are still profitably flogging their consultancy business despite Enron-style conflict of interest worries. PricewaterhouseCoopers revealed that a quarter of its £2bn income comes from its consultancy operations.

HMRC slammed over cost cutting

Filed under: Taxes

Tax advisers have warned HM Revenue and Customs that a planned cost cutting drive could actually create more work and be detrimental to the tax office and taxpayers alike.

HMRCustoms has announced that as part of the drive to save costs, they plan to stop issuing copies to tax agents of certain mail which is sent to their clients.

10 businesses profiting from the strikes

Filed under: Small Business, Retail, Creative industries, Absurdonomics

Picture of a train going through a tunnelLondoners who normally tube it into the Capital for work aren't having a nice day today because there's a tube strike. It's also widdling down with rain - Twitter is full of the terminally dampened bemoaning their curtailed commute.

Some industries, though, are likely to do rather well out of this.

England women's rugby needs cash

Filed under: Sport

women playing rugbyEngland's rugby team narrowly lost 10-13 to New Zealand in the World Cup Finals at Twickenham on Sunday. The women's team that is. Did the women lose because of a lack of funding?
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