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Struggling JJB to close 95 stores and asks for emergency £31.5m funding
Takeover by JD Sports looks unlikely as troubled retailer makes second attempt to slash store rentsJJB Sports is to close up 95 stores as part of a last-ditch restructuring plan designed to stave off...
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Switzerland to vote on gun law reform
Reformers hope referendum vote will toughen gun ownership laws and cut Europe's highest firearm suicide rateSwitzerland votes on Sunday in a referendum on whether to tighten its gun laws in an attempt...
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Russian 'spy' has bail conditions relaxed to apply for TV job
Katia Zatuliveter has had restrictions eased to allow her to apply for job on Russian television and have visitors in her homeA Russian woman accused of being a spy while working for an MP has had her...
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Go-ahead for fluoride in tap water
High court rejects complaint by Southampton resident and rules fluoride can be added to water thereRenewed efforts to add fluoride to tap water across the UK are likely after the high court gave the...
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Margin Call – review
Debutant director JC Chandor attempts to inject a little humanity into Hollywood's latest Wall Street crash thrillerA not-unentertaining excavation of the recent stock market crash on Wall Street, as...
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Noel Rankin obituary
My husband, Noel Rankin, who has died aged 76, was a journalist, idealist, atheist, linguist and socialist. He could recite Russian poetry, sing a bawdy Spanish bar song, revelled in Irish rugby and...
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Surge in manufacturing costs prompts inflation and interest rate fears
Producer input prices rise by 13.4% – the biggest year-on-year gain since 2008 – after sharp increases in cost of commoditiesThe price British manufacturers pay for raw materials surged at the fastest...
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Maria Altmann obituary
She wrested back from Austria five Klimt masterpieces looted by the NazisIn 2006 Maria Altmann, who has died aged 94, won possession of five paintings by Gustav Klimt that had been seized by the Nazis...
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These brutal cuts form a turbo-charged programme for accelerating inequality...
Beware the tales of statistics-wielding ministers – the poorest areas will be hit hardest by the council cutsAttack is the best defence and this government is pretty good at it. But holding the line on...
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Thomas Cook shareholders stage pay revolt
Investors oppose remuneration policy in protest at bonus awards to top 100 executivesThomas Cook's shareholders have staged the biggest revolt of the year, with nearly half withholding their support...
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Ivory Coast crisis intensifies as largest bank shuts its doors
Banks with half of civil servants' accounts close down and cocoa farmers burn crop in protest against Laurent GbagboIvory Coast's largest bank has shut down, joining other international banks pulling...
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Doubts over Shrien Dewani case after torture claims
Two men arrested in South Africa over killing of businessman's wife were tortured by police, their lawyers have told the GuardianTwo men arrested in South Africa over the killing of the wife of British...
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Easy money
Events at easyJet illustrate the absurdity of advisory shareholder votes on pay"The board of easyJet acknowledges the concern expressed by some at the retention arrangements of Andy Harrison," chairman...
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Ladbrokes needs to click with the high-rollers
The chief executive is right about investing online, but that can't be his only priorityProfits excluding high rollers up 20%; profits including high rollers down 12%. Richard Glynn has had a rough...
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Surely bank liquidity rules aren't being diluted already?
Banks' complaints about the unfairness of UK liquidity rules seem to be receiving a sympathetic ear. But where's the unfairness?Was Project Merlin even better for the banks than thought? Investors bet...
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City regulatory reforms criticised
Financial Policy Committee members announced as plans to allow regulators to name firms under investigation are criticisedPlans to hand the new City regulator powers to name the companies it is...
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Opinion directs the boot of truth at the crotch of power. Long may it sting |...
After Baltimore's raucous HL Mencken died, some felt the age of the column was over. Yet today news is the endangered speciesAre you Beatles or Beethoven? Chelsea or Arsenal? Mencken or Montaigne? You...
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Arab capitals braced for violence as unrest spreads
Killing of demonstrators in Bahrain and violence in Libya threaten an escalation of regional unrestArab capitals are expecting further violent clashes after the killing of three demonstrators in the...
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Barack Obama books in for a stay at Buckingham Palace
Red carpet treatment lined up for US president and Michelle Obama for first UK state visit by American president since 2003They may not (yet) have been invited to the royal wedding in April, but the US...
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Libya's day of rage met by bullets and loyalists
Gaddafi supporters clash with protesters in al-Bayda and Benghazi on the second day of unrest in the countryLibya's government has brought out its supporters to express their loyalty to try to stifle a...
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