Sunday, 18 September 2011

Cable in new attack on pay gap

Vince Cable is planning to launch a renewed attack on excessive pay in the private sector and force companies to publish controversial "pay ratios" revealing the gap between the highest and lowest paid employee.

Jaguar confirms £400m plant in the Midlands

Jaguar Land Rover is poised to deliver a major boost to the Government's plans to boost growth by confirming this week that it will build a £400m engine plant in the Midlands that will potentially create up to 2,000 jobs.

Greek PM cancels trip amid Ecofin tensions

The Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou unexpectedly cancelled a planned trip to the US at the last minute, citing a “critical” week ahead for his country.

China 'faces subprime credit bubble crisis'

Monetary tightening in China threatens to pop the £1.07 trillion credit bubble in local government finance and expose the country's simmering "subprime" crisis, according to the Communist Party's economic guru.

UBS chief under threat as crisis deepens

Oswald Gruebel's tenure as chief executive of UBS is in doubt after the bank's own "honorary chairman" questioned his future and the bank took the unusual step of writing to major clients to plead with them to stay.

Coalition aviation policy 'failing'

The Government's aviation policy will face a new attack this week when a new report reveals that Heathrow is falling further behind its European competitors in the battle for lucrative routes.