There were no more £40m pension top-ups for Richard Desmond last year, but there have been compensations for the publisher of OK magazine. He has set aside £17m of his company's money to buy a corporate jet

Added: 2008-05-27

Desmond says OK to £17m Gulfstream jet

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Co-op admits to Somerfield takeover talks

The Co-operative Group admitted for the first time today that it is in talks to buy Somerfield, the supermarket chain.

Macquarie admits crunch threat as it boosts London staff

Macquarie Group, the prominent investor in British infrastructure, admitted today that volatile credit markets might break its 16-year run of rising profits next year even as it said that the credit squeeze appeared to be easing.

US bans military sites on Google maps

The US defence department has banned Google from taking pictures of its military sites because it says it is a "potential threat" to security.