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UK minister admonishes all-male boards of FTSE firms
British Business Secretary Vince Cable will write to the bosses of the eight companies in the FTSE 100 index that still have men-only boardrooms..
Drive to limit executive pay
Government and business could be in for a standoff over regulations on executive pay, if local authorities decide to tackle excessive salaries.
Wealthy China flexes its muscles
Huge foreign reserves has given the emerging superpower a tighter grip on business, finance and politics.
Fresh revelations hit UK coalition after Murdoch row
UK’s coalition government was hit by fresh evidence of internal tensions on Thursday from a newspaper sting that has already caused a major row.
UK has left behind murder and chaos in Basra
The full scale of the chaos left behind by British forces in Basra was revealed on Sunday as the city’s police chief described a province in the grip of well-armed militias…
Brown faces MPs over illegal funding scandal
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces a grilling in Parliament on Wednesday over the funding row that has engulfed the Labour party. Despite pledging to return the donations,…