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Precious metal shows no sign of losing its sheen
GOLD: PRICE EXPLOSION – High demand and inflation fears drive market If the eighteenth century English lexicographer Samuel Johnson was right
Goodwin’s turning point
Fred Goodwin turned RBS into a global institution with an aggressive takeover policy matched by a strident rationalisation strategy… he
Murray hits out at Scottish Executive’s ‘social vision’ as metals profits soar
DAVID Murray has attacked the Scottish Executive for failing to understand entrepreneurialism as he unveiled a strong set of financial
Intelligent Finance: not so smart after all
BANKING: BRAND ON THE RUN IT was launched with much razzmatazz by local hero Jim Spowart at after the doctom
STALLED: WHY AMERICA’S BIGGEST CAR COMPANY IS IN CRISIS… AND WHY GEORGE W BUSH WON’T LET IT GO BUST
YOU might have thought that running the world’s largest car-maker would be a piece of cake. But for Rick Wagoner,
Artemis profit rises 143 per cent as Cornelian prospers
FUND management group Artemis has posted a 143% increase in its annual profits to £21.7 million In a separate development,
The bridge to PFI riches
This is the Scottish banks’ bridge into Europe. As the La Risle viaduct in northwestern France carried its first cars
Is Marconi sale the death knell for British manufacturing?
DEAL OF THE WEEK – ERICSSON ACQUIRES MARCONI IMAGINE what would happen if one of France or America’s proudest corporate
Works in oil from years in the North Sea
Review of: Oilwork: The North Sea Diaries, by Sue Jane Taylor (Birlinn, £14.99) FOR a brief decade from 1973, it
Hedge fund warning from M&S chairman Paul Myners
PAUL Myners, the Marks & Spencer chairman who led a review of institutional investment for the UK government, has warned
Miller takes the grind out of expansion by buying big
DEAL OF THE WEEK KEITH Miller has just pulled off the biggest deal of his life, with Miller Group swallowing
Adam Crozier: UK firms sitting ducks for takeover
THE chief executive of Royal Mail claims UK utilities have been left as ‘sitting ducks’ for overseas predators because of
‘Journalism is in terrible trouble . . . a large amount of it is repetitive garbage.’ Broadcaster Andrew Marr on how to restore standards in journalism
British journalism is in decline and newspapers and journalists have only themselves to blame. For the decline — in newspaper
Peer challenges HBOS over Irish operations following Flynn revelations
HBOS has been challenged to explain its approach towards recruitment and lending in Ireland — north and south of the
How Walter Scott is turning Charlotte Square around, town house by town house
With an eye for Georgian town houses – and Ferraris – Walter Scott is a key figure in the renewal
Loyal clients neglected as pension firms chase new custom. Ian Fraser explains why the simplification of tax rules is creating new obstacles for savers
INSURANCE companies are so obsessed with mopping up new business in the run-up to “pensions simplification” next April that they
Smart Cookies?
It’s the silly season but RBS executives are certain their plunge into eastern markets makes good business sense IT was
The black art of oil pricing
The oil price is rocketing, but is a looming world shortage behind the hike or some kind of public relations
Iain Noble sparks fresh round of whisky wars
A SMALL Skye-based whisky company is taking on the might of the Scotch Whisky Association by accusing its “self-appointed” arbiters
RISING FROM THE ASHES? An interview with Standard Life’s Trevor Matthews
It’s Standard Life but not as we know it THE chief executive sat back in his leather office chair and