The contribution made by the insurance sector is largely invisible, but that doesn’t mean the government shouldn’t nurture it What will the inevitable tax rises that will accompany the cut on public spending mean for economy? The recession will change industries such as housing and investment banking, but the future of others is in Obama's hands There was a reason The Sopranos was set in New Jersey, where corruption between business and politics has long been a problem Steve Jobs reported some of the best financial results in Apple’s history despite the recession, boosted by the new iPhone Hopes of economic recovery dashed when official figures showed output down by more than expected in the past quarter A classic piece of new Labour box-ticking as the department is required to fill in various "achievement" performance indicators The biggest driver of the stock market rise in the past two weeks seems to have been better-than-expected company results Much could change before Ofwat issues its "final determination" in November and the permitted bill rises will almost climb Regulators are proposing to reduce the chances of big banks failing by forcing them to fatten up their capital cushions His arrival has sparked a debate over whether the island should really be a Monaco-style low-tax bolthole Attempting to negotiate a middle way, Jane Platt is trying to pitch rates so as to attract no net new money This is turning into the sort of saga that makes many Western companies wary of doing business in the continent Andrew Witty could point to progress in his efforts to move away from reliance on blockbuster prescription drugs City's top dignitary to be put on the spot after wife of detained businessman Mukhtar Dzhakishev seeks assistance The whole upset about guaranteed bonuses could have been avoided if the banks had chosen their words more carefully George Osborne's idea is not completely bonkers. A one-stop shop has surface attractions, but the drawbacks look bigger The draw of a market leader is undimmed ... DTZ is a buy for the brave ... Gloom is priced in at Brammer The Government and BAA do not seem to be listening to Mr O’Leary, perhaps because they are used to being monopoliesCOLUMNISTS
Insurance isn’t sexy, but vital to the UK
Vat will surely rise to fill the Treasury hole
Trouble ahead as politics replaces market forces
New Jersey, old sleaze
Weekly accounts: Steve Jobs ... Porsche chief
Dark clouds thicken in record economic decline
Treasury leaves a few blanks in self-assessment
Those green shoots ... so near, yet so far
Ofwat turns taps back
Bank reform must not fade away
Guernsey proves no easy hiding place for Hands
National Savings stuck in the middle
The going gets tough for Rio in Africa
Flu could give GSK another blockbuster
Lord Mayor flying into a storm in Kazakhstan
Bonus by any other name
If it ain’t broke, just a tidy up . . .
IG shareholders should ride out rocky times ahead
Ryanair’s fees move is no flight of fancy
Tempus Analysis: a taxing problem
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