...models are gaining ground but the industry is not out of the woods, writes Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson .This month, Vivendi's Universal Music disclosed a 61 per cent drop in third-quarter earnings on a 12 per cent fall in revenues. Sony Music has been cushioned...

...its planned acquisition of networking equipment maker 3Com. Analysts might also press...world's biggest maker of agricultural equipment, reports full-year results and gives...year, driving stronger demand for farm equipment.The more bearish view is that after years...

...admits that the Christian faith while an important contributory factor throughout the world, nevertheless, is de facto not universal. It is the challenge of globalism to find common ground for the great moral traditions, and thereby provide the groundwork...

...burdens of the developed economies, are now the highest for an individual country, according to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation.In contrast, the outstanding volume of CDS linked to emerging nations such as Russia, Brazil, Ukraine and Indonesia have...

...ere's different market structure with all these offerings. FT: They are bringing their technology together on one platform, the Universal Trading Platform, though.HM: Yes but all that will do is be a connectivity layer that sits above all these things to try and...

...business in the Gulf, where sand and high temperatures mean equipment needs to be repaired and replaced more often.Earnings per...future business following its planned acquisition of networking equipment maker 3Com. Furthermore, analysts will want to know more about...

...per cent first-year capital allowances for another 12 months, until April 2011. The EEF wants the small companies' rate of corporation tax frozen until the same date.To assist exporters, it called for talks with the European Union to allow the government to...

...per cent first-year capital allowances for another 12 months, until April 2011. The EEF wants the small companies' rate of corporation tax frozen until the same date.To assist exporters, it called for talks with the European Union to allow the government to...

Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft drinks company, is planning to more than double its number of bottling plants in China

...economy moving again."He did not set out any new policies to achieve that objective, other than repeating a planned cut to corporation tax from 28p to 25p, funded by ending some allowances, and by scrapping national insurance contributions for start-up companies...