From COMPANIES BY REGION 10:41pm

Vodafone goes bottom-fishing

C&W Worldwide would be a tiddling acquisition for the telecoms group

From FINANCIALS Feb 9, 2012

Libor probe will supply new anti-banking munitions

Regulators are opening up a squirmy new can of worms

From COMPANIES BY REGION Feb 8, 2012

Bunionator’s rejig must not wreck Reckitt Benckiser

Powermarkets plan bears execution risks as well as rewards

From ENERGY Feb 8, 2012

Bounteous BP battles to regain yield appeal

Bob Dudley is waking up to the attractions of a well-placed cashback deal

Feb 7, 2012

Glencore’s prettified premium

From COMPANIES BY REGION Feb 6, 2012

Ousting Nat would be bad for Bumi and the Bakries

Director Julian Horn-Smith should try to negotiate a rapprochement between parties

From COMMENT Feb 2, 2012

Xstrata investors well-placed in proposed Glencore deal

The signals that are sent by job titles

From MEDIA Feb 1, 2012

Investors underline need for Sly’s pay to mirror returns

Trinity Mirror chief executive is paid about £1.7m a year

From UK Jan 31, 2012

Humbling of Fred, capital for Cameron

For extraordinary services to getting up everyone’s nostrils

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Jan 31, 2012

The foundation garment salesman of Cupertino

From FINANCIALS Jan 30, 2012

Hounded Hester exposes RBS to pack of meddlers

From COMPANIES BY REGION Jan 26, 2012

Lombard: Trustbuster must go beyond stalemate

Problems in audit services are easy to analyse, hard to fix

From FINANCIALS Jan 25, 2012

Einhorn case highlights need for broker discretion

Fine imposed on the hedge fund manager is not a simple morality tale

From ENERGY Jan 24, 2012

Trammelling of Gammell shows superfluity of reform

City investors shoot down Cairn chief’s £3.5m award

From FINANCIALS Jan 23, 2012

High-viz Vince has transparent motives for pay reform

The business secretary is in a sticky spot and probably knows it

Jan 19, 2012

Expediency requires business to heed the Greedbusters

From ENERGY Jan 18, 2012

Cairn’s gushing praise puts Gammell in the line of fire

Sir Bill is preparing to trouser share options worth £2.5m

From FINANCIALS Jan 17, 2012

Dismay of MF Global clients should spur change

Revision of bankruptcy regime is a chance to restore confidence

Jan 16, 2012

City’s thousand-mile journey begins with yuan step

The deal is underwhelming, but the UK has stolen a march on Singapore

From COMMENT Jan 16, 2012

Cash cow for Wisemans

The three brothers whose father founded Robert Wiseman are right to sell out

Lombard

Jonathan Guthrie Jonathan Guthrie is the City editor of the FT, writing and editing Lombard, the agenda-setting column on London-listed businesses and on finance. He has worked for the FT Group for 17 years. For eight years he contributed a weekly column on British business and politics that blended humour with serious comment. His posts have included enterprise editor, Midlands correspondent, UK companies editor, and magazine editor.

Jonathan has edited or contributed to books on eurobonds, derivatives, investment management and M&A published by The Economist, International Financing Review and Mercury Asset Management.

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