INTERNET advertising group Media Corporation believes changes to US online gambling legislation could have a significant impact on its business.

CONSUMERS must watch out that they do not hold savings with more than one brand run by one institution after the Financial Services Authority announced it will not be requiri

THE City's earnings season will be in full swing next week with figures from heavyweights including British Airways, BP and British Gas owner Centrica.

MICROSOFT, the once-swaggering giant of the personal computer industry, has been humbled, both by the recession and by problems of its own making.

WELL-planned property improvements can be a wise financial investment. But you need to do your homework carefully to avoid cowboy builders and the horror stories which follow.

I HAVE had an accident-free driving record for 20 years, but was recently hit by a run of bad luck. First a deer ran out in front of me late one night and I hit it. Then my c

JULY is a major tax payment month. Falling as it does at the height of the summer holiday season, it often attracts less attention than its counterpart month in January, but

IF YOU want to get the very best from your teams then invest in a drum kit. According to wannabe entrepreneurs in the Dragons' Den, fast-paced, high- energy drumming is th

THE recovery is like an oversized dog sleeping in a small room. Every time it wakes up, stands up and wags its tail, it knocks all the furniture over and causes chaos. So it l

MISERABLE economic performance but stronger retail sales; dire forecasts on our prospects but the UK stock market having its best run for years: what is going on?

IT'S been less than a month since Ray O'Toole took the hot seat at struggling bus-to-rail company National Express. On 1 July he stepped up from his role as chief oper

AN ORGANIC toiletries company set up by Scottish transport tycoon Ann Gloag has signed a deal with Boots which will see sales double over the next 12 months.

INDEPENDENT technology consultancy firm Rocela has achieved record revenues and profits and is expanding through a number of senior appointments, including a divisional managi

A MILLIONAIRE Edinburgh property developer has spoken about the damaging impact of the internet after winning a defamation case against the publishers of the Gulf News.

THE RENTAL investment market has been turned on its head, with new landlords being motivated by the attraction of monthly income, rather than capital growth.

PROPERTY tycoon Ken Ross is to appoint a chief operating officer to his Elphinstone group as he splits his current dual role as chairman and chief executive.

I SOMETIMES despair at the amount of jargon that attaches itself to pensions, in particular when it is used in letters and other forms of communication with an unsuspecting g

WHEN IAIN Murray set out to start his own technology firm he knew it would be no easy feat, but he had little idea that a problem with dodgy American mortgages would potent

BANKS are preventing hard-pressed couples from extending their homes to accommodate growing families by profiteering from customers who wish to "improve rather than move

RAMPANT fraud and errors with tax credits have caused £16 billion to be lost from public funds, according to the latest data from HM Revenue & Customs.