Business Articles March 2003



'Left and Right Took Elf Cash'

War uncertainty hits markets

War saps consumer confidence

War confidence returns

Malone makes homecoming plans

Trade-off

War-driven rally pushes up stocks for seventh day

Airline hopes stay grounded

Liberty looks to bond sale

Markets rally on war gains

War Adds to Airlines' Woes

Diller steps down from Vivendi

Market jittery in face of war

Boycott Call Alarms Pernod

Procter & Gamble to pay 6.5bn euros for Wella

US troop movements spark market gains

Market mirages

Gamble on Short, Sharp War

Heads roll in Tyco chief's clean up

Malone to take control of UPC

FTSE surges as investors pin hopes on quick war

Smith moves quickly on book sale

Rival takes a cut of Wella

Bristol-Myers Squibb admits $900m overstatement

Deutsche Telekom posts 25bn loss

US firms set for postwar contracts

Deutsche Telekom reports record losses

Buffett seeks top pay curb

Dump the dollar is order of the day

America expects 1% rates

Vivendi posts £16bn record French loss

Quattrone quits CSFB

US audit watchdog backs dual registration

Procter & Gamble in $6bn takeover talks with Wella

Boss trousers the profits

Analyse this: corporate culture is in a midlife crisis

Halliburton misses $600m Iraq contract

Liberty helps rival bid for Hughes

Murdoch and Malone in stock deal for possible DirecTV bid

Oil Prices Rise Over War Fears

Food Giant Did Not Hire Illegal Staff

IMF warns of threats to economic recovery

Shell Plans to Cut 4,300 Oil Exploration Jobs

Bush Fiddles With Economy While Baghdad Burns

4m in Europe Sign Up for Al-jazeera

Iraq setbacks rock markets

Bush war budget 'does not add up'

NY Stock Exchange Bans Arab Tv Network

Markets Slide As Hopes of Quick War Fade

Wall Street Plunges on War Fears

Price of crude expected to drop

Markets brought down to earth as Bush warns war may drag on

Shell faces violence in Nigeria

Oil prices rise as Iraqi wells set ablaze

Fog of doubt lifts to reveal golden scenario for investors

Murdoch raises $1.3bn on BSkyB

AOL should be dumped, says Turner

Hopes of victory force oil down

Hollywood mogul wins Kirch plum

EU fears conflict will bring on recession

Hope of quick war lifts markets

Germany Faces a Thatcherite Conversion

Turkish Market Plunges Amid Us Aid Fears

Wal-Mart goes shopping for Safeway shares

Portugal brings recession into EU

Bayer insurance may not cover claims

Surging markets feed on Wall Street gains

BP Faces Record Fine for Spoiling Los Angeles Air

Media giant could offload music assets

Billions lost since 'axis of evil' speech

FTSE tumbles by 5%

Markets bounce back

War fears plunge airlines into crisis

Mobiles won't stand still

BP Panel Warns of Risk to Human Rights in Indonesia

Supply Fears Push Oil Prices Higher

Enron scams fill 2,000 pages

War fears and poor corporate news buffet markets

Boeing raises BAE merger stakes

Report sets stage for Enron bankruptcy battle

Germany: a Powerhouse in Crisis

Scandal costs Martha Stewart

Sluggish Germany makes General Motors see red

American patent ruling hits GSK

Liberty to offer QVC stake to Comcast

Quattrone faces Wall Street ban

US tycoon stirs Old Trafford bid rumours

Europe's Theme Parks