From COMPANIES 12:10am

Li Ka-shing pays £5.8bn for UK utility

FRANCE-US-ENERGY-EDF-CONSTELLATION...(FILES) Logos of French state-controlled electricity giant EDF are pictured at a press conference in London, on September 24, 2008. EDF said on December 3, 2008 it was ready to pay 4.5 billion dollars (3.53 billion euros) for half of the nuclear activities of US group Constellation Energy. Getty

Billionaire could buy EDF Networks’ SE England business

From COMPANIES 10:39pm

US banks in rush for cheap finance

Action amid low rates and rising demand

From COMPANIES 11:41pm

Results underline strength of Europe’s corporate recovery

Industrial companies lead after crushing fall in earnings last year

From UK 7:52pm

Business attacks UK cap on skilled immigrants

Outcry over scarcity of UK permits for non-Europeans

From UK 10:39pm

FSA unveils tough pay and bonus code

More than 2,500 financial services groups affected

From COMPANIES 1:25am

Wyly brothers charged over ‘undisclosed $550m’

US regulators allege billionaires in ‘elaborate sham’

From COMPANIES 12:27am

Fed reports paper profit on Bear and AIG bail-outs

Raises hope of repayment to US public

From COMPANIES 1:07am

Google says China ‘blockage’ miscalculation

Blames machines for misreading accessability

Global Overview from MARKETS 9:40pm

Global stocks flat as rally runs out of steam

Euro nears highs while US dollar tumbles

President Hamid Karzai delivers a speech during his swearing in ceremony Agence,France-Presse From WORLD 11:47pm

Karzai attacks ‘shocking’ leak of files

FBI joins Pentagon in probe into data release