
The New York Mercantile Exchange, the historic home of oil trading on Wall Street, is
going public today, in what has been billed as the hottest flotation of the year … 
The managing director of Saab Automobile, Jan-Ake Jonsson, has given a clear indication
that his troubled company is secure in the General Motors group with a "dramatic
improvement" in its … 
Whitbread yesterday admitted it had Starbucks in its sights as it doubled its expansion
plans for its Costa chain of coffee shops … 
Monsoon, the clothing retailer controlled by Peter Simon, risks being left with an
executive vacuum after Rose Foster resigned as chief executive, just two months after its
finance director quit … 
… Despite a "sell" recommendation from the broker Goldman Sachs on Wednesday and
yesterday's confirmation of an investigation into alleged accounting malpractice at its 50
per cent-owned Nigerian operations, the shares … 
Nationwide, the UK's largest building society, conceded yesterday that it could not rule
out introducing monthly charges to its current accounts, claiming it could not afford to
be left with … 
… & Customs when it unveils plans to provide greater certainty and speed in its
operation … 
Talks to resolve British Airways' £2.1bn pension deficit are to continue after unions
last night rejected an offer from the company to limit the increase in the retirement age
to … 
National Grid, the owner of Britain's gas and electricity transmission networks, yesterday
unveiled plans to spin off its broadcast and mobile phone mast business into a separate
company that could … 