Business Articles January 2003



Hard Rock Cafe chief makes abrupt exit

Stuck with AOL's vision

Fed's rate peg disappoints panicky investors

Shares sag to 50% of dotcom peak

Investors gang up in bid to oust Case

Short war best for economy, say directors

FTSE pares losses

Business leaders lament year to forget

Markets continue to fall

AOL mulls sale of book division

Market clings on to gains

Father of Fiat Dies Amid Company Crisis

Day 9 and FTSE falls again

US regulator to charge KPMG over Xerox

US big business delivers gloomy earnings

AOL Time Warner brought to book

Energizer bunny drums up sharp deal

Yahoo! shuffle moves King to top of pack

Embattled Wallace quits at Cable & Wireless

Lamy hits at US stance on drug deal

BAE dismisses 'dirty tricks'

History is a better judge of when to take chances

Market turmoil as dollar drops

AOL faces row over Parsons' dual role

US buyout specialist joins Safeway bidding war

The return of the corporate raider

Income Inequality in the Uk

Victor Keegan on Aol Time Warner

'Hotdog hero' hits hard times

Third SEC inquiry hits Raytheon

Case admits defeat at AOL Time Warner

US regulator assists inquiry into Indigo

Case quits AOL Time Warner

Supermarket giants to target Safeway with rival £3bn bids

High price of C&W salvation

AOL adds another $10bn to its record write downs

Whistle-blowers win support in US

C&W forced to stump up £1.5bn

Carnival deal brings P&O chief £1m windfall

How Opec's hawks turned dove - and saved the western world

Brussels reads euro spending riot act

AOL braced for £6bn charge

Buffalo Grill Sellers Cause Stampede

Deal gives Glaxo breathing space

BHP Billiton announces CEO's shock resignation

Disney writes toon veteran out of picture

The fortune tellers

Penney drops for NSB

FTSE takes worst ever fall

United Airlines in Worst Ever Loss

Murdoch makes further inroads into China

No Enrons here, thank you

Intellectual Property? You're Taking the Mickey ...

AOL Time Warner sells Hughes stake

Markets yearn for end to uncertainty

Market hits new low after Bush speech

New York Times profits leap 45%

FTSE snaps losing streak

German Business Shows Signs of Confidence

SEC Seeks Rating Sector Clean-up

Millions sign up to Vodafone

US shockwave hits London

Evidence Piles Up Against Tv Guru Martha Stewart

10th fall as war fears grow

Troubled Italian icon may be sold to GM

Novartis raises its stake in rival drugs firm Roche

Amazon posts first UK profit

McDonald's Profits Deep Fried

Force out Murdoch drops the Dodgers

Corruption erodes confidence

Venezuela suspends currency dealing

Echostar revives Murdoch's US satellite ambitions

Wall Street counts the cost

Biggest Bank Makes Japan's Biggest Loss

Yahoo! looks east to expand broadband

Argentina secures $1bn loan reprieve

Microsoft offers dividend spark amid hi-tech gloom

General Motors Injects New Drive Into America

London-Frankfurt merger talk is back

German Economy Hits 9-year Low

US oil stocks evaporate to 27-year low

Wal-Mart joins the chase

Wal-Mart enters Safeway battle

Microsoft to pay out $1.1bn

Jobs gloom increases likelihood of US rate cut

Niche brands threaten US dominance

Elan looks outside lab to recruit new chief

Agnelli empire in need of new shock absorber

Murdoch extends reach into China

Investors go for gold as Iraq digs in

KLM's hopes of making a profit are wiped out

Head of Ikea fears closures

US stores have blue Christmas

IBM plugs pension hole with $4bn

Rolls sees in new year with new plant