Business Articles July 2003



Global Strife Swells Exxon's Coffers

OECD Calls for Reforms in Eurozone

Lara Croft helps Eidos fight back

BP outguns Shell with share buybacks pledge

AOL online faces further investigation

WorldCom inquiry haunts MCI

US watchdog stands firm on media ownership proposals

Burmese Sue Us Oil Company

Chrysler's €1bn dent for Daimler

American revival spurred by upbeat results

Halliburton unit poised for £4bn UK garrisons deal

Bombed-out Boeing sees little but grief ahead

Recovery continues at AOL Time Warner

Hasbro confirms upturn in sector's profits

So Long, Medallion Man...

US War System Reaps $2bn for Bae

Clear Channel laughs off Capital snub

Chancellor's cash crisis

US offers to settle with Lyonnais

Logitech hits tech market hopes

Time to narrow the gap

A policy vacuum

Corporate crooks put economy at risk, warns Unilever boss

BP's New Partners Face Fraud Allegation

Low fashion

Alstom Sways Angry Investors

Unilever overcomes diet problems

Pfizer spikes cactus drug deal

AOL Accounting Inquiry Widened

Murdoch Takes Sky to Italy

MGM drops out of Vivendi race

Radio revenues fall at Clear Channel

McDonald's lures customers back after two-year decline

All Bets Are Off on Terror, Rules Pentagon

Pentagon Scraps Terror Betting Plans

Jet lag for Boeing but Airbus orders pour in

Banks pay for Enron fallout

Clear Channel posts rise in profits

Pentagon to issue terrorism futures

Joint Ventures Buoy Up Vw

Ebay profits soar

Last Cigarette Factory in Seville, Home of Carmen, Closes

Coca-Cola in India Accused of Leaving Farms Parched and Land Poisoned

US cable giant poised to enter Vivendi contest

Kodak struggles in digital age

Ex-Enron Workers Sue Bosses for $72m

Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants

America Online Slide Continues

Amazon sales surpass expectations

Microsoft offers $1bn peace deal to consumers

Indonesia Challenge to Final Bp Mine Sale

Games Sector Under Fire

The Biggest Gamble of His Life

American deficit dependency: kill or cure, the fallout's global

Baugur retreats from US retail venture

Citigroup founder surrenders helm

Greenspan Sees End of Recession

Court Told That Hyatt Hotel Dynasty Looted $1bn From Youngest Heirs

US heavyweights suffer ad fall

$20bn power firm failure

Conservative banks make Wall Street happy

Yahoo! widens search with $1.6bn

Bloomberg in patent row

Prosecutors Start Coca-cola Inquiry

Oil shocked

Yahoo! record profits leave Wall Street unimpressed

Rule Change Aids German Job Figures

Microsoft's Sage brush?

German Unemployment Falls to 10.6%

Public services at risk as US states face financial crisis

US jobless rate hits 9-year high

Microsoft mulls record special dividend

AOL Time Warner retreats from China

US job losses hit nine-year high

BP Benefits From Iraq Oil Delays

Wal-Mart Wakes Up to Gay Rights

Murdoch to launch Italian news channel

WTO challenge India and China team up