Business Articles August 2003
French Discount Chain Tati Set to Wrap Up
Bronfman warns Vivendi off NBC bid
War paved way for US recovery
State of Oklahoma files suit against Ebbers
Vivendi delays bid decision
Carnival's tax break
Canary Wharf still beckons Reichmann
A Tough Message to Corporate America
US investment outfit makes a play for gift group
EU and US demands threaten trade round
Vivendi hit by $1.5bn tax bill blow
BHP Billiton Goes Public on Top Pay
FCC seeks to still media law critics
Oslo knocks Tokyo from top spot as most expensive city
Crunch time for Vivendi's US assets
Goldman set to bid for Canary Wharf
FirstEnergy Loses Power
Former Alstom Chief to Return His £2.7m Pay-off
Not yet out of the woods
Fed Puts Up $20bn to Cushion Markets
It's Mach 3 versus Quattro as Gillette crosses swords with Schick
Liberty Media reaffirms interest in Vivendi
US markets to stay open despite blackouts
Outmoded Penthouse Lands in the Poorhouse
Fed Vows to Peg Rates Until Growth Improves
Saban seals deal for ProSieben
Conglomerate may call time on including AOL in corporate name
New Tigers Bare Their Teeth
Adidas sees profits slip
Alstom Secures £1.9bn Rescue Deal
Saban beats rival to win ProSieben
Gillette lathers up for wet shaving's four-blade battle
Breaking bonds
Saban makes sweeter Kirch bid
Bond traders shaken by switchback Friday
Kremlin threat to US-Yukos deal
US revenue fall punctures Vivendi's $14bn sale hopes
BP Bill for Russian Asset Grab Hits $8bn
US stock exchange chairman gets his share - $140m nest egg
Raffarin Expects Leniency on Deficits
Russia gives BP the black gold go-ahead
German Data Fails to Boost Euro
Bush's Tax Cutting Could Cost America Dear
No Camp Edges Ahead As Swedes Struggle to Make Up Minds on Euro
Pension Age to Rise in Italy and Germany
VW pins hopes on the new Golf
Nestlé perks up on improved sales of coffee and bottled water
Monsanto in $700m pollution settlement
HP's fall punctures tech market hopes
GSK and Bayer's orange pill challenges Viagra
Enron headquarters put up for sale
Brazil, India and China Turn Up the Heat on Subsidies
Charles Schwab Targeted By Suspected Bombs
German Job Losses at Post-1990 High
Blackout Cost New York $36m an Hour
Shell Opens Door in China
World stock markets surge
Germany suffers worst quarterly job loss since 1990
Iraq Victory Fails to Oil World Economy
China takes to capitalist road with a vengeance
Oil prices rise after Iraq pipeline sabotage
Qantas Splits Into Three
Comcast pulls out of the bidding for Vivendi's entertainment assets
Return of Recession Dashes German Hopes
Germany slides into recession
Investment Fever is Running Too High, Says China
The Hulk adds muscle to Marvel's profits
Martha Stewart Empire Warns of Ballooning Losses
Merrill Lynch Rocked By $43m Embezzlement Claim
All Talk and No Action - How the Us Bond Market Rodeo Broke Away From the Fed
Brothers win $1.8m in day trading case
Cheney Firm's Rival is Forced to Drop Oil Bid
California Investigates Us Banks' Tax Shelters
Top Merrill Lynch boss steps down
Microsoft Faces Brussels Fine
Dow tumbles to two-month low on interest rate fears
EU gives Microsoft 'last chance' to reform
EU Threatens France's Plans to Save Alstom
New York fashion world in disarray