Lonmin restarts work at death mine but shares fall again
SHARES in mining giant Lonmin fell for the sixth day running yesterday after a third of the workforce returned to production at the South African mine at the centre of the violence that saw 34 people...
View ArticleGerry Farrell: Marketing success is proof of freedom, not coercion
ADVERTISERS are seen as scapegoats for society’s greed but that absurdly overestimates our power.It’s the Embra Festival again and the plywood hoardings are plastered with posters hyping comedians. As...
View ArticleInside politics: Hague’s mishandling of Assange affair casts fresh doubt on...
IT NEEDED something spectacular to burst the bubble of the Olympic Games, where the UK had generally shown its best face to the rest of the world and done wonders for its relations with other...
View ArticleOptimism from Scots business
SCOTTISH businesses are among the most optimistic in the UK about their future growth prospects, according to research published by Santander today.A survey found that companies with a turnover of up...
View ArticleTax hike threat bringing French high earners across the Channel
LONDON’s financial district may be suffering from scandal and mistrust, but it is attracting some of France’s richest citizens seeking refuge from the threat of a 75 per cent tax rate.The City is...
View ArticlePeter Jones: Renewed hostilities fuelled by oil
CHINA and Japan have a history of enmity but a rise in tension over disputed islands is more about resources.Reading of current anti-Japanese protests in some Chinese cities, it is tempting to shrug...
View ArticleSovereign wealth funds ‘essential’ for success of any new investor forum
Some of Britain’s largest investors say plans for a new body to improve relationships between shareholders and UK companies are doomed unless “notoriously low-profile” sovereign wealth funds (SWF)...
View ArticleAmlin back in black as disasters raise premiums
Lloyd’s of London insurer Amlin swung back to profit in the first half of 2012 as the spate of natural disasters that pushed it into the red last year drove a rise in premiums.The group reported a...
View ArticleConstruction firm in receivership
BROWN Construction, based in Dundee, has collapsed under mounting debts, leading to the loss of about 130 jobs.Derek Hyslop and Colin Dempster of Ernst & Young have been appointed joint receivers...
View ArticleSandy Clark: Vote against garden project is a vote against Aberdeen
TOMORROW, Aberdeen City Council will vote on whether or not to proceed with a transformation of the city’s heart made possible by Sir Ian Wood’s £50 million donation. Despite a majority in a...
View Article‘It’s ridiculous that addicts should be taking methadone indefinitely’
SCOTTISH ministers are facing growing calls to reduce Scotland’s £32 million methadone habit, and put more addicts on abstinence programmes instead.It comes just days after new figures revealed the...
View ArticleOil giant paid millions to ‘corrupt’ Nigerian government security force
Royal Dutch Shell spent almost 40 per cent of its $1 billion (£784 million) global security budget between 2007 and 2009 in Nigeria, pressure group Platform said, adding that much of the money went to...
View ArticleThousands of jobs will be sustained by ships – MoD
The Type 26 will operate as a multi-mission warship and is due to come into service after 2020. It will be used by the Royal Navy in combat and counter-piracy operations, and to support humanitarian...
View ArticlePinnacle hits new heights after virtual desktop deal
Shares in Pinnacle Technology jumped as much as 7 per cent yesterday after the Stirlingshire-based firm signed an exclusive distribution deal for “virtual desktop” software made by Welsh group DVS...
View ArticleEwan Crawford: Darling’s mixed messages hearten Yes camp
THE former chancellor backs Westminster rule yet warns that its present incumbents in government are doing us all great damage. Go figure.Readers of The Scotsman yesterday may have noticed a remarkable...
View ArticleCase study: ‘I might use heroin to wean myself off methadone’
AFTER 17 years on methadone, Philip Nichol is so desperate to quit he is considering using heroin as a way of weaning himself off it. The 44-year-old has tried to kick the habit four times, but on each...
View ArticleHugh Reilly: Fringe is no match for teaching comedy gold
IN TERMS of sheer dread, the thought of going through to Edinburgh for the Festival is right up there with being dragged along by your better half to visit her mother on a Saturday afternoon and listen...
View ArticleTB confirmed in Scottish herd
BOVINE tuberculosis has again reared its head in Scotland, with the Scottish Government yesterday confirming that a “number of cattle” in a 340 cow herd in Upper Nithsdale in Dumfriesshire had...
View ArticleStansted sale could attract bid from long-time critic Ryanair
STANSTED airport is likely to attract interest from the owner of Manchester airport and budget airline Ryanair after BAA yesterday threw in the towel on its legal challenge over a forced sale.The £1...
View Article£1.5m hit for banker over insider deals
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) netted its biggest ever proceeds of crime haul yesterday as it secured a confiscation order for more than £1.5 million against a jailed banker and his wife....
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