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article 21 May 2013 Business
Marks and Spencer store (getty)
by Felicity Spector Crisis at M&S as profits plunge to worst in four years

As Marks & Spencer posts its worst annual profits in four years, we ask: can Chief Executive Marc Bolland's new team turn the company's fortunes around?

post 20 May 2013
News Read more on Faisal Islam's blog Hundreds of new homes from Help to Buy: at what cost?

It's the centrepiece of the government's plans to get the economy going after three years of meagre growth.

article 20 May 2013 Business, China
Chen Guangcheng
Blind Chinese lawyer tells of family's persecution

Blind Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng tells Channel 4 News how his family are being persecuted after he campaigned against forced abortion.

article 20 May 2013 UK
David Cameron is to tackle business leaders, including Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, over tax evasions (picture: Getty)
Google chief Schmidt at No 10, but not challenged on tax

David Cameron hosts a summit of his business advisory group in Downing Street, but does not raise the issue of tax avoidance with Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt.

article 20 May 2013 Business, United States
Yahoo and Tumblr logos (getty)
by Felicity Spector Yahoo! buys Tumblr in bid to recapture some cool

It is young, hip and has more than 100 million users around the world. Now Yahoo! has agreed a $1bn dollar deal to buy Tumblr - will it recapture its long lost cool?

article 19 May 2013 UK
News
Google 'cheats taxpayer out of millions' - whistleblower

A former Google executive turned whistleblower claims the internet giant has cheated UK taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of pounds.

post 17 May 2013
Siobhan Kennedy is the Business Correspondent, and her beat includes everything from industrial action and the long term impact of the recession to where growth is coming from in the economy. Read more from Siobhan Kennedy Are Marks & Spencer missing a trick with online shopping?

Why is Marks & Spencer shunning online retail? Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy explores the growth of online, and if M&S is missing a trick.

article 17 May 2013 UK
News
Ocado signs £170m deal with Morrisons

Morrisons supermarket confirms a £170m 25-year tie-up with Ocado, sending the online grocer's shares soaring and potentially enraging its former exclusive partner Waitrose.

post 16 May 2013
Siobhan Kennedy is the Business Correspondent, and her beat includes everything from industrial action and the long term impact of the recession to where growth is coming from in the economy. Read more from Siobhan Kennedy Google in the hot seat - but HMRC feeling the heat

Matt Brittin, Google's boss in northern Europe, will be showing a humble face in front of MPs this morning. But it is the taxman who should face the toughest questions.

article 16 May 2013 World
Amazon's tax bill and government grants revealed (G)
Amazon pays less corporation tax than it got in grants

The UK arm of internet shopping giant Amazon received more money in government grants than it paid in UK corporation tax in 2012, according to new figures revealing the internet giant's accounts.