Business Articles September 2002



Former Worldcom Controller Admits Fraudulent Entries

Dresdner 'not for Sale'

Black entrepreneurs 'face bank bias'

Whites join slide into poverty as US incomes fall

European Markets Rally

Fed holds firm on rates

FTSE index falls 1.8%

Investors run for cover as war looks inevitable

Qwest set to make further restatements

War Fears Wound Shares

FTSE retreats amid bleak outlooks

Athens Acts to Crush the Euro Profiteers

Bleak mood in City

Mobilcom Awaits Its Fate

EU threatens US with £9bn worth of sanctions

Civil aviation downturn hits BAE profits

The Missionary

WorldCom May Rescind Ebbers' Golden Farewell

Things can only get better - or can they?

Safeway denies Asda bid rumour

BP alarms City with growth slip-up

WorldCom Finance Chief Denies Fraud Charge

FTSE edges up after slide

The Bears Are Back in Town

Gütersloh Goes Off Line

New York's Spitzer Files Suit Against 'spinning' Bosses

Wall Street heaps woes on FTSE-100

Brown pleads for growth

Colt and Mobilcom Cut 2,600 European Jobs

British American Tobacco Shares Fall

£5.5bn Gas Deal Boosts Bp

Brothers score £120m on Xbox

IMF opposes rate cuts

It's the economy, stupid

Barclays Tangled in Enron Web

Bank loses £100m in two-minute frenzy

Record Losses Mean Jobs to Go at Alcatel

Bargain hunters save UK

Bank of Japan Intervention Begs the Eight Trillion Yen Question

Manufacturing stagnates as retail sales continue to rise

Town Saved As Hershey Sale Called Off

BA leads market rally as war fears recede

Premier Oil Gets Out of Burma

WorldCom to cut 2,000 jobs

Télécom hangs up on MobilCom

EU threatens $14bn imports

British Bankers Indicted Over Enron

France Télécom Readies Lifeboat

Kidnappers Seize Russian Oil Magnate

War Will Hit Markets Hard, Warns Imf

Perils of the private life

Deep wounds keep sombre Wall Street under a cloud

Billions lost as travellers stay at home and cut their spending

Marching in step with the US

Safeway added to Wal-Mart shopping list

Oil Prices Slide As Iraq Takes Softer Line

Greeks Desert Shops in Price Rise Protest

Zurich in £1.5bn cash call

£8bn Bid Tale Has Vodafone Spinning