Ajit Patel the former boss of Goldshield Group could face a "put up or shut up" call after the pharmaceutical group revealed that it had received approaches about a bid.

Shares in Imagination a small British company which designs microchips used in Apple's iPhone jumped 30pc on Wednesday after the Hertfordshirebased company announced a 45pc jump in pretax profits.

Marks ? Spencer's boardroom woes have deepened with corporate governance bodies coming out in support of a resolution to split Sir Stuart Rose's joint role as chairman and chief executive.

Global recession sees China climb to fourth in list of nations with the most millionaires as UK slips a place.

The Duke of York has urged London and New York to work together in a spirit of cooperation to overcome the financial crisis rather than compete against each other.

What is it about the Marks ? Spencer boardroom that makes it such a dysfunctional place? The retailer's board is yet again split and as usual it's all being played out in public.

And Templeton Emerging Markets remains a core strategic holding.

Xstrata increases pressure on rival to enter merger talks by releasing details of its letter to the board last week highlighting cost savings of 1bn.

The pace of America's slowdown is beginning to temper says Fed but warns economic activity is still "weak".

Eurotunnel the company once regarded as a subterranean basket case has set its sights on joining France's CAC40 index of leading shares as it completes a tortuous financial restructuring.

Woolworths which collapsed into administration at the end of last year has been revived as Woolworths.co.uk an internet business with the muchloved pick 'n' mix making a return.

Students in Swindon are facing an uncertain future as the onetime boom town takes a beating at the school of hard knocks. In the last of his series on recession Britain Mick Brown finds that the degrees and certificates waved

StatoilHydro Petroleum AS (StatoilHydro), the operator of production license 120, has concluded the drilling of wildcat wells 34/8-13 A and 34/8-13 S. These wells, both of which proved oil, were drilled east of the Visund field in the North Sea.

EDF Energies Nouvelles SA (EDF Energies Nouvelles) has announced the commissioning of the 32 MW Minervino wind farm in southern Italy. The Minervino wind farm is located in the Bari province of the Apulia region. With installed capacity of 32

Cooper Energy Limited (Cooper Energy) said that the Butlers-1 well in PEL 92 has encountered oil shows in the Namur sandstone primary target. Butlers-1 is located just south of the Perlubie-1 and Perlubie South- 1 oil discoveries. The well will

Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a manufacturer of heavy machinery, has signed final agreements with GE Energy to co-develop steam turbines for use in gas turbine combined-cycle power plants.

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO), a Japan-based solutions provider for the environment, energy and lifestyle, has announced that its subsidiary Shimane SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (Shimane SANYO) will start up a new Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin layer (HIT) solar cell

World Improvement Through The Spirit Ministries claims to have gravity motors, magnet motors, radiant energy devices, cars that run on water, inertial propulsion devices. It's director, Timothy Thrapp, sees promise in Mylow's magnet motor design. (PESN; May 6, 2009)

Another non-boring day in the Mylow magnet motor saga, as it becomes more real, and the new world it paints begins to come more sharply into focus. What role will you play? (PESN; May 5, 2009)

Pakistan cricket chiefs said on Saturday that they will restart legal proceedings against the International Cricket Council after talksover hosting World Cup matches in 2011 broke down."The PCB sought the support of its fellow Asian co-hosts for matches to be