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The ground-breaking features…
Five reasons why the London property bubble will burst
Jul 2013: Stop being overly optimistic
How China bought Britain
June 2013: Heathrow? Check. Thames Water? Check. Superdrug? Check.
Weetabix, as the British cereal is to come under Chinese ownership
7 most annoying Thatcher myths
Apr 2013: Sinking the Belgrano was a crime? Not even the Argentinians believe that
How Burberry conquered China
Jan 2012: Burberry reports another strong performance: Q4’s revenue up 21% on Q3 at £574m. We ask, how does it do it?
Burberry in China
Drugs and dotcoms: How the legal highs industry exploded online
Aug 2012: Public outrage over “research chemicals” is at a peak. We meet the people behind the websites selling them
One Hyde Park: failure or fortune-maker?
May 2012: One in four of the apartments lies empty. Can One Hyde Park really be called a good investment?
E-GUIDE: Cloud for business: How cloud enables strategic advantage
May 2012: Confused by cloud? Want to know how it can help you gain long-term competitive edge, cut costs and innovate?
The untold story of squats: gentrification and regeneration
Oct 2012: Should squatting be a criminal offence or can it have a positive impact?
Backstage at London’s lap-dancing clubs
Jul 2012: Crazy legal wrangles, enraged councillors and tight-fisted punters are hurting London’s finest bordellos
Eight reasons to fear Google
Feb 2012: Google’s motto is “Don’t be evil”. So is it?
Reasons you should fear Google
Hurrah for Qatar? The tiny emirate powering London
Sep 2011: From Canary Wharf to Camden Market to keeping the heating on – the tiny oil-rich state is becoming one of the most powerful forces in London
The interviews with the people really shaping London…
Nigel Farage is a “sexist, Stalinist dictator”, says UKIP treasurer Marta Andreasen
Feb 2013: Rebel UKIP speaks out
The £500m-turnover London telecom business you’ve never heard of
Jul 2012: Ratheesan Yoganathan is the CEO of Lebara, the sim card business aiming for 1 billion customers by 2020
The Interview: The mysterious founders of Gumtree.com
Apr 2012: The low profile founders of one of the dotcom era’s greatest successes give us a rare interview
The Boris Johnson interview: “I’m more powerful than any secretary of state”
March 2012: Boris Johnson says the mayoralty is effectively a monarchy. But is the king doing enough for business?
Mayor of London Boris Johnson
Exclusive interview: Bernie Ecclestone on bribery, women and Murdoch – part 1
Sep 2011
You’ve got to hand it to Bernie Ecclestone. He’s almost 81. A ripe old age. And yet he’s never been more powerful.
The exclusives that changed the game…
Green Party leader blames Woolwich attack on UK acting like “the world’s policeman”
May 2013: The killing of a serving soldier on Wednesday afternoon in Woolwich was a consequence of UK foreign policy, the leader of the Green Party has warned.
“Osborne is manipulating the Bank of England and OBR’s independence” – Tory MP Mark Field
Apr 2013: Exclusive: Senior Tory MP tells all
Stop the press! Apple is NOT the world’s most valuable company
August 2012: The news reports are wrong. There is another company which is much, much bigger
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Inside Occupy LSX’s Bank of Ideas
Nov 2011: The previously vacant UBS-owned office block in Shoreditch is a new hive of activity as the Occupy LSX activists turn it into a Bank Of Ideas. We went down to take a look around.
EXCLUSIVE: One in 10 London managers take drugs at work
Nov 2011: And 21 per cent of users do it because their boss does!
Some brilliant columnists…
Data Baron: Forget Tech City! It’s Silicon Jungle, more like…
August 2013: Long-time tech CEO Gregory Kris dissects tech’s animal kingdom
AdMan: The sexiest toilet in the world
July 2013: Steve Henry, the advertising legend behind “You’ve been Tango’d” and other iconic ads, on why advertising should stop advertising
Charlie Mullins: It makes no sense to ditch your staff at 65!
February 2013: Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins says that senior staff have more experience than you’ll get in a training manual
Brown’s beer: Alcohol Concern is wrong. We’re not a nation of binge drinkers
January 2013: Beer guru Pete Brown slams the national agency for being “both hypocritical and morally repugnant”
Alessio Rastani: Are traders greedy psychopaths?
Jul 2012: Remember the trader who told the BBC that “Goldman Sachs rules the world”? This is his column
James Max: In defence of Goldman Sachs
Mar 2012: James Max believes everyone has got it wrong about Goldman Sachs, and we should applaud its economic contribution. Do you agree?
A few laughs and eyebrow-raisers…
TWILLIONAIRES: The 7 richest people on Twitter
May 2013: Warren Buffett’s just joined, but he’s not the most loaded tweeter in the world
NSFW! Tory MP accidentally tweets porn site instead of news
Apr 2013: Someone’s enjoying their 11am coffee break…
Best Jimmy Carr tax avoidance jokes on Twitter
Jun 2012: Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. Obviously everyone has been hitting you back with lots of witty one-liners. Here are our favourites
Jimmy Carr got into some trouble last month over his involvement in a tax scheme
Inside London’s £30m+ houses
Jan 2012: Home hunting? Take a look at these gilded mansions currently for sale – they’d make even Lakshmi Mittal’s eyeballs pop
The London Top 20 Fastest-Growing Companies
Sep 2011
In the face of economic turmoil, these 20 London companies have excelled. Find out how they’ve grown
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