Northern Rock has increased its borrowing from the Bank of England by £2.2bn to almost £23bn, according to Bank of England figures today. By Phillip Inman.
Retail sales growth in October slowed to its lowest rate for almost a year as consumers continued to feel the pinch from higher interest rates. By Angela Balakrishnan.
An investment banker who claimed he was pushed out of his £2.2m-a-year job at Dresdner Kleinwort because he was not German or German-speaking has lost his employment tribunal case. By Katie Allen.
Silicon Valley's male techies have lambasted a report that reveals Apple and many other leading hi-tech companies have no women in senior management roles or on the board. By John Sterlicchi.
BT is believed to have lost out in the race for the government's £500m contract to connect airports and ports to a central IT infrastructure as part of the Home Office's 'e-borders'scheme. By Richard Wray.
Canadian company Cobalt Pharmaceuticals said it was seeking US approval to sell a copycat version of the cholesterol treatment Crestor, one of AstraZeneca's best-selling drugs. By Marianne Barriaux.
On Europe: The German car-maker will turn its traditional old-new media advertising split on its head with the marketing campaign for its latest model. By David Gow.
