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Times Online Business, 12.03.10 01:06 UTC

AstraZeneca in deal with generic drugsmaker

AstraZeneca moved to broaden its presence in the huge South Asian market yesterday when it signed a partnership with a generic drugs maker. The deal with Torrent Pharmaceuticals gives the ...

Times Online Business, 12.03.10 01:06 UTC

Indian helicopter deal saves 4,000 Westland jobs

Westland will build 12 AW101s for the Indian Air Force, which will be used for transporting the country s Prime Minister, President and other VIPs. The helicopters, called Merlins by the British ...


Times Online Business, 12.03.10 01:05 UTC

Swiss theft puts HSBC in spotlight over tax evasion

The theft of information about thousands of HSBC Private Bank customers and their accounts from a branch in Switzerland could put the bank into legal conflict with authorities pursuing tax evaders ...


Times Online Business, 12.03.10 00:39 UTC

Insider dealer Calvert sentenced to 21 months in prison

A former Cazenove partner found guilty of insider dealing was behind bars last night after being sentenced to 21 months imprisonment. Malcolm Calvert was expressionless as the judge at Southwark ...


Times Online Business, 12.03.10 00:39 UTC

Lehman bosses used lazy gimmick

Dick Fuld, the former chief executive of Lehman Brothers, and some of his closest lieutenants used a lazy accounting gimmick to hide the fact that the bank was insolvent, an explosive report by a ...


Times Online Business, 12.03.10 00:39 UTC

Cineworld s 3-D pays dividends

No 3-D glasses were required to bring Cineworld s figures into focus. Britain s second-biggest cinema operator reported results that were comfortably ahead of City expectations: earnings per share ...


Times Online Business, 12.03.10 00:39 UTC

Baby P: the tragedy that still haunts reformers

Plans to overhaul social work and cut red tape in the highly regulated service are being drawn up by the Conservatives. The party believes that reforms introduced after the Baby P tragedy fall well ...


Times Online Business, 12.03.10 00:39 UTC

Should prisoners have the right to vote?

Yes: Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust and secretary-general of Penal Reform International People are sent to prison to lose their liberty, not their identity. The case for allowing ...


Times Online Business, 12.03.10 00:15 UTC

Old Mutual to keep streamlining

The chief executive of Old Mutual promised further asset sales from the Anglo-South African group s sprawling financial empire as he unveiled a partial float for its US asset manager and a sale of ...