8 Mar 2011:
Leading shares are off to a positive start, as Brent crude slips on hopes Opec will pump more oil to make up for any lost Libyan production, and investors turn to defensive stocks
10 Nov 2009:
Imperial Tobacco has named Alison Cooper as replacement for Gareth Davis, who has led the cigarette maker for 14 years. She joins a very select group of female FTSE 100 bosses. By Julia Finch
Heather Connon:The proposed merger between the Alliance and Second Alliance trusts is such an obvious thing to do that the main question is why it took the company so long to do it.