Microsoft ended its waiting game and moved to turn up the heat on Yahoo, promising an all-out hostile takeover battle before the end of April

Added: 2008-04-06

Microsoft steps up pressure on Yahoo

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Kingfisher slashes dividend as profits fall

The new chief executive of Kingfisher urged shareholders today to be patient as he cut the final dividend in half and announced plans to reduce investment by 25 per cent in an attempt to create a far leaner and fitter business.

Budget 2008: What was Alistair Darling's buzzword?

Every chancellor knows that tax is a blunt instrument and today's binge drinking levy - which is the only way to describe the £1.5billion hike in tax on alcohol - is just that.

UBS blames ousted managers for $37bn writedowns

UBS has detailed the catalogue of failures that led to $37bn (£18bn) of sub-prime writedowns but laid the blame at the door of the ousted management team.