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03/12/2010 03:32 PM

Lehman report blames top executives

A one-year probe into the collapse of Lehman Brothers found ‘credible evidence’ that top executives, including the former chief Dick Fuld, approved misleading financial statements and used an ‘accounting gimmick’ to flatter results

03/12/2010 03:07 PM

KKR offering values private equity group at $7.5bn

Listing allows firm, founded by cousins Henry Kravis and George Roberts, to match their great rival Blackstone, which completed its IPO at the top of the market in 2007

03/12/2010 03:17 PM

Brown and Sarkozy ‘united’ on bank levy

The UK’s prime minister says France and Britain are united on the need for a global bank levy, after warm talks in Downing Street with the French president

03/12/2010 04:13 PM

BA cabin crew reveal strike dates

The UK carrier will be hit by seven days of strikes later this month after talks between the airline and unions to avoid industrial action over cost-cutting measures broke down

03/12/2010 05:39 PM

Solid economic data paint positive backdrop

Global Markets Overview: Record rise in eurzone industrial production help global stocks build on Wall Street’s overnight advance, but advances tempered by weak US consumer sentiment

03/12/2010 11:01 AM

Survey shows jump in house prices

UK house prices registered an unexpectedly sharp rise in February according to a closely watched index, drawing a sharp contrast to the indices from mortgage lenders showing the first drop in house prices since the middle of last year

03/12/2010 08:12 AM

Liberty confirms bid approaches

Designer brand and fashion retailer confirms it has been approached by possible bidders but declines to give update on possible sale and leaseback of its Regent Street store

03/12/2010 09:09 AM

Promethean and Supergroup set for £400m listings

Fashion label Supergroup and education group Promethean to float at mid-range of their mooted price ranges as sentiment towards new issues recovers

03/12/2010 11:44 AM

Eurozone industrial production speeds ahead

Industrial production in the eurozone grows at its fastest level for over 20 years in January, amid signs of a far more sustained recovery than had been seen previously

03/12/2010 12:42 PM

F1 gears up for new season

The return of seven-times champion Michael Schumacher has raised fans’ hopes for a vintage campaign, but worries persist over the sport’s fragile financial structure

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