Business Articles October 2002



Shell pumps up pressure on BP

Account chief's past stirs up SEC row

BA blamed as government ends air cover

The Agent-Principal Conundrum

Unilever profits surge

EU fines Sotheby's for price-fixing

Cut, cut and cut again at BP

US consumer confidence at nine-year low

The Disruptive Engine - Innovation and the Capitalistic Dream

Canadian Company Fined £1.6m for Lesotho Bribes

The Benefits of Oligopolies

Carnival wins P&O Princess

US firms move to clean up books

The Roller Coaster Market

Corus Seals Aluminium Sale to French Group

Europe issues gloomy forecasts

Begging Your Trust in Africa

Multinationals in scramble for Congo's wealth

Powergen buys up TXU UK

Financial Services Baulk at Eu Rules

Bears go into hibernation - for now

Boeing attacks rival over EasyJet air raid

The big ships are back

Island's economy faces devastation

US Firms Target Mytravel

Dry weather waters down Monsanto profits

European slowdown starts to bite in UK as exports falter

Greenpeace Hails Deutsche Warning

Fiat lay-offs stoke fears over car division

Yahoo! celebrates £18.5m profit

January deadline for Echostar deal

P&O Princess keeps all its offers open

Barclay twins buy Littlewoods

'Flipping' Goldman Fingered

UK bankruptcies reach new highs

Isidore Blows a Hole in Bp's Output

AOL boss admits to 'lack of leadership'

Deutsche figures deepen Germany's banking gloom

Hollow victories as Japan dilutes loan reform

EU Fines Nintendo £94m for Rip-off

BP chief fears US will carve up Iraqi oil riches

The Spectrum of Auctions

The Fabric of Economic Trust

The Merits of Inflation

BP Pipe Plan to Pour Oil on Conflict

European bank under pressure to cut rates

Board Stupid

The Misconception of Scarcity

The European Bank for the Retardation of Development

The Industrious Spies

The Enrons of the East

Citigroup to shed 1,000 bank jobs

UK Doc Marten production gets the boot

The Golden Sham - Privatizing with Golden Shares

Employee Benefits and Ownership

Entrepreneurship and Workaholism

Migration and Brain Drain

Employment and Unemployment

The Friendly Trend

The Morality of Child Labor

Microsoft mounts direct challenge to AOL

Russia's Missing Billions

Bush takes on drugs firms

Narcissism in the Boardroom

Turbulence continues for US flyers

Ebay unveils higher profits

Software lock-in helps double Microsoft profits

Things Go Worse on Wall Street With Coke Warning

Imclone chief admits corruption - finally

Vodafone bids for Vivendi telecoms group

Bad company news drags market back down

Wall Street surges on

UK markets pass 4,000 mark

Deflation is a bigger threat than Saddam

Texas pulls plug on UK power arm

Lucent's losses grow as 10,000 jobs are cut

NBC ad recovery helps GE's revenues rise 25%

US shoppers lose nerve

How Germany paid for the boom

US telecoms firm cuts 10,000 jobs

Grubman Aids Us Clean-up

Bank keeps rates on hold

Bucking trends earns Nobel prize

BSkyB recruits heavyweight non-execs

JJB Sports chief found hanged

Supertanker attack fears underline global market anxieties

Commerzbank may sue Merrill over email

Abbey shares rise after merger proposal

European Markets Slide

Bank of Ireland admits Abbey overtures

Global Crash Fears As German Bank Sinks

Share Price Falls Infect the Us Jobs Market

Portents of Eurozone Recession May Force Ecb to Act

US Unemployment Falls

Black & Decker cuts jobs in Czech move

Branson raises broadband stakes

Congress Accuses Goldman of 'spinning' Tactics

And Today's Company Under Investigation Is. . .

Enron Finance Chief is Handcuffed

FTSE gains 3% in line with Wall Street rally

US dome chief accused of market profiteering