State prosecutors in Germany have levelled charges against Rolf Breuer, the former chief executive of Deutsche Bank, marking

...yesterday rejected applications for subsidies from D-Ram chipmaker Powerchip and Taiwan Innovation...the world's second-biggest manufacturer of D-Ram chips, which are found in every computer, but many Taiwanese D-Ram companies were on the brink of collapse...

...released on Monday.While the growth in R&D investment slowed across the world in 2008...According to the European Commission's R&D investment scoreboard, EU companies upped...pattern in the previous six years, when R&D growth at non-EU groups consistently outpaced...

...However, the most recent trend in clockmaking is the new interest in our extraordinary clocks, which are often viewed as objets d'art and sculptures for the home. Our clients are always looking for something exceptional and the new 'Bear' clock (£40,400...

Ministers will rebuff business calls to extend a £5bn government scheme to help protect suppliers, Lord Mandelson signalled

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Cheryl Cole3 WordsFascinationCheryl Cole's inexorable climb, from villainy after her 2003 conviction for assaulting a toilet attendant...

Deutsche Börse, the German exchange and clearing group, confirmed yesterday it had put forward a final bid to buy a majority

...seeing clients migrate back from pure cost-cutting initiatives to strategy projects," says Michael Traem, chief executive of Arthur D Little. "After a period of near silence from the big London private equity players, the phones are ringing again and private equity...

...officials said Portugal was among those who supported one widely touted ticket: Mr Van Rompuy as president and Italy's Massimo D'Alema as foreign policy supremo. Germany and France were also sympathetic to Mr Van Rompuy's cause, but the UK was still pushing...