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The fund manager has joined a growing group of Xstrata shareholders seeking a change in the terms proposed by the commodity group

Standard & Poor?s cuts credit ratings of Italian institutions citing concerns over ability to finance given the broader problems facing Italy

Barclays chief executive has said he is not satisfied after announcing results showing return on equity was lower than in 2010

It is dangerous to ignore the negative consequences of the European Central Bank?s actions, such as the risk to inflation, writes Sarah Gordon

Trustee puts gap owed to futures customers at $1.6bn, up from $1.2bn, partly because of a reclassification

Calls to remove?Nat?Rothschild from the board of the London-listed coal miner he helped to create are sparking corporate governance fears

The group?s fledgling clearing house in London shares some of the clearing of Liffe futures exchange?s derivatives with LCH.Clearnet

The diamond miner?s CEO says the eurozone crisis is weighing on the industry but China and India will a resumption of robust growth

Employees are urging possible buyers not to break up the indebted retailer and to keep its head office and distribution centre in Wales

Move comes after a failed attempt by the owner of Nine Entertainment to seek a deal with lenders to extend the maturity of its debts

Associate editor and chief reporter are among eight people arrested by officers investigating bribes to police and public officials

David Cameron has called for a truce in the battle over bank bonuses in an attempt to repair fractured relations with the City

Mood darkens before parliamentary vote that political leaders cast as referendum on whether the country would stay in eurozone

Deputy PM furious that three Conservative ministers have been lobbying against the health bill, amid fears the issue could split the Liberal Democrats

Gulf states, the US, Europe and Turkey are leading diplomatic efforts to force Assad to end his 11-year rule, but have ruled out a military intervention

Trustee puts gap owed to futures customers at $1.6bn, up from $1.2bn, partly because of a reclassification

Savers approaching retirement face further cuts to their pension income, following the resumption of the Bank of England?s gilt purchasing programme

The UK market, with about £120m a year in revenue, has more than 800 dating websites, many of which see an increase in activity from December to February

Most financial advisers say they plan to continue taking payments from product providers next year, rather than charging upfront fees to clients

The White House has been forced to modify a new rule requiring employers to offer health insurance covering contraception, after a conservative uproar threatened to revive the culture wars that once dominated US politics

The White House has been forced to modify a new rule requiring employers to offer health insurance covering contraception, after a conservative uproar threatened to revive the culture wars that once dominated US politics

As thousands of workers lose jobs, many move in with retired parents to leave three generations living off their meagre pensions and savings

Arab and western states caught between allowing regime to continue its brutal crackdown and risk of escalating conflict by arming the rebels

Finding a middle ground between advancing China?s interests and accommodating the west may be difficult during outspoken Xi Jinping?s US visit

De facto opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi kicks off her campaign for a parliamentary seat, marking a ?metamorphosis from icon to politician?

With control of Congress divided between Republicans in the House and Democrats in the Senate, the final result is unlikely to resemble the proposal

President expected to launch official candidacy next week with his party hold ing ?big rally of support? at weekend

Mining magnate Rinehart battles to block journalists reporting a family legal dispute ? as she increases her media interests

The presidential race may not officially start until late March, but to judge by this week?s theatrics, you would never know it

While a smattering of foreign business people are trickling back, most companies are reluctant to restart operations until after June elections

Global stocks fell and the euro retreated from a two-month high amid growing unrest in Greece and signs consumer confidence in the US is faltering

Share indices are near 2011 highs but investors wonder whether the rally is sustainable as they point to the risks that could check the advance

Standard & Poor?s cuts credit ratings of Italian institutions citing concerns over ability to finance given the broader problems facing Italy

US stocks are enjoying their best start to a year since 1987, but the week ended with echoes of 2011, as events in Greece had Wall Street on edge once again

Bankers point to the valuation creation of tie-ups such Misys/Temenos and Glencore/Xstrata ? such arguments were common in the dotcom boom

Stunted economic growth in Europe takes a toll as the IEA, the oil watchdog for industrialised countries, makes its sixth consecutive reduction

Under new financial regulations in the US the banking industry?s profits will be curbed ? or so it was thought. Goldman notes otherwise

?Unusual? and bold comments from Jun Azumi, finance minister, about unilateral intervention threaten to stoke tensions with the US over currency

January consumption was strong despite lunar new year distortions, but iron ore ? a key steelmaking ingredient ? suffered a fall in demand

Single currency ?in limbo? ahead of austerity ratification while sterling holds up despite the Bank of England pumping £50bn more into economy

Saving the euro is not everything. We must also ensure that more tested aspects of the EU survive an all-too-possible euro break-up, writes Martin Taylor

Cecil John Rhodes himself might be proud of the the ambitions of Mick Davis, Xstrata chief executive, writes Sylvia Pfeifer

Egypt cannot begin to build a real democracy when the corrupt former regime is in effect still in power, writes Alaa Al Aswany

Capello thought he was dealing with the question of who appoints the captain, when in fact the issue was all about race, writes Mihir Bose

An outsider and self-promoter, the writer born 200 years ago was no one?s stereotype of an Englishman, writes Christopher Caldwell

Pierre Sudreau was typical of a generation that fought as hard to resolve the problems of peacetime as they had to end Nazi occupation

David Cameron?s Nudge unit is back in the news ... and could be pushing in the right direction, writes Tim Harford

Knocking down office walls might promote a greater sense of transparency, but is it all good, Gillian Tett asks

To listen to Moscow?s explanations for backing the Assad regime, you would think the Syrian rebellion was a US-inspired plot, writes Philip Stephens

The important question is how the world deals with its excess savings potential, writes Samuel Brittan

Chief executive Jean-Yves Hocher reveals changes to corporate and investment bank in response to Basel III regulatory overhaul

Christian Meissner handed sole responsibility for the business, while Michael Rubinoff will become chairman of the division

Headhunters are busy in anticipation of a wave of layoffs that could make the market for investment banking talent the busiest for more than a decade

Professionals in work want to stay put but those seeking jobs are looking at options they would not have considered previously

The investment bank reveals a series of dramatic cost cuts after grappling with tumultuous trading conditions in the latter part of the year