Iraq's rising prosperity is to be symbolically marked this week with the inauguration of a new stock exchange system in Baghdad.

Added: 2008-03-24

Iraq's stock exchange goes electronic

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Even £1bn profit can't hide the trouble in store at Marks & Spencer

He got there. It was close but Sir Stuart Rose has become the first Marks & Spencer chief executive to deliver a billion pounds of profit in almost a decade, helped by the fact that M&S staff missed their performance targets which meant the bonus pay-out was slashed from £91m the year before to just under £17m.

City's gay prejudice that dare not speak its name

The only known lesbian on the board of a top City of London company blames business leaders today for the climate of fear that forces corporate gays to keep their sexuality secret.

Buyout pair Blackstone and CVC eye M&B stake

BUYOUT firms Blackstone and CVC are considering plans to jointly acquire a significant minority stake in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the pub group behind Harvester and All Bar One.