BUSINESS

Petropavlovsk, the Russian gold exploration company, has increased the production target for the FY 2012 by 11 percent to 680,000oz compared to FY 2011 and a compounded yearly growth rate of 26 percent since the group first listed in 2002.

It has been speculated that the government is in advanced talks with Abu Dhabi investors to sell part of the state-owned bank RBS.

Melrose Resources, the oil and gas exploration, development and production company remains on track to achieve its target to reduce financial gearing to below 60 percent by this year end.

Social-networking site shifts focus to compete with Facebook and Myspace

MPs believe that Google and social networks must censor content that breaches privacy

Tim Cook will speak with Chinese government officials this week to try and clean up Apple's image in the country.

Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland, the holder of the master franchise for Domino's Pizza Inc, remains in good health and ready for the challenges ahead to deliver another successful year of growth.

Catering Group says challenging market conditions will slow revenue growth in first half of year

Copper miner lifts dividend as revenues, but cash costs remain an investor concern

World's biggest building supplies company sees US strength, but Europe slowing

A security expert says the move away from BlackBerrys is not a good one for mobile phone security.

Stores stop refunds, exchanges, reward points and gift cards as 40% of workers face sack.

For some time past, articles in the national press and media programmes dealing with current affairs, have indicated that the current younger generation is unlikely to match the living standards of their parents. The Chancellor, George Osborne's latest Budget did almost nothing to change that situation though ultimately we all depend, to a greater or lesser extent, on the drive and wealth creation of those up-and-coming.

EG Solutions, the back office optimisation software company, has announced that it secured a further services contract from an existing UK enterprise customer in the financial services sector for the value of approximately £340,000, which will appear in the current financial year results.

Babcock International Group, an engineering support services company, believes that it is well placed to gain from the size of its business, the width of its experience and track record of delivering operational and financial effectiveness in the current economic environment.

Game Group is in administration with 6,000 UK jobs at risk, but what happens now?

Bellway, the housebuilder, enters the second half of the year with an order book of £423 million, having already reserved or legally completed 83% of this year's target, with an expectation to reach double digit operating margin for the six months to 31 January.

Financial Times reports that plans being drawn up to float Royal Mail Group on stock market in autumn 2013.

Apple is likely to announce the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 6, in the mid of June, reports Techradar.

Compass Group, the contract foodservice and support services group, has recently secured 'A-' long-term corporate credit rating from Standard and Poor's and remains very optimistic about the opportunities to grow the business.

2,119 jobs gone in a single day with the closure of 277 stores

Discount airline posts smaller-than-expected H1 loss on marketing, cost-control efforts

Aggreko has agreed a potential £160m acquisition of Brazil's Poit Energia.

European markets kicked off the final week of the first quarter on a positive note this morning after a surprise jump in business confidence from the region's largest economy. The closely-watch IFO index of German business sentiment rose to an 8-mont

easyJet, an European airline carrier, anticipates its first half financial performance for the year to go beyond the guidance set in its first quarter of the year.

Evelyn Paswall, an 83-year old Queens woman, is suing Apple seeking $75,000 for medical expenses plus punitive damages totalling $1m, after smashing her nose against a glass wall at the Apple Store Manhassett on Long Island.

A G Barr sees solid performance in UK soft drinks market; posts 6.2% rise in full year profits.

Discount airline posts smaller-than-expected H1 loss on marketing, cost-control efforts

The inability of the US government, to take advantage of Apple's technological capabilities, seems to have been Jobs' major lament, according to the biography.