COMPANIES

New measures expected to aid Silicon Roundabout and make London Stock Exchange more attractive.

Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards confirms MPs will interview SMEs being mis-sold derivatives.

Fortune announces the list of America's most powerful businesswomen who have made enormous contribution to mega corporations.

German airliner merging its domestic and European operations with Germanwings under a new low-cost brand.

BP may acquire a stake in Rosneft, as part of the TNK-BP deal, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant.

Banking officials and experts face MPs at select committee hearing on scope and scale of banks mis-selling derivatives.

Thaibev and TCC Assets will back the deal in Heineken's favour

Electronic Arts aims to add 300 more jobs to its customer service centre in Galway, Ireland.

Texan National Guard and police scour desert in hunt for dangerous device that disappeared on truck journey.

The world is hovering on the brink of economic disaster and former Goldman Sachs executive director and a hedge fund manager Chris Clarke tells us why.

Kweku Adoboli used pay day companies, such as Wageday Advance, Wonga.com, after losing his own money on spreadbetting

Britain's iconic toy store Hamleys bought by Groupe Ludendo which could set the stage for further international expansion.

Former Shell executive was downloading indecent images at home before accidentally printing them off at London HQ.

It seems like Apple can do no wrong, because the firm's reported pre-orders for its new iPhone 5 have topped a mammoth 2 million in just 24 hours.

Dutch oil company delays controversial £2.7bn plan to drill for oil in Arctic following safety equipment failure.

Plans for the first new oil wells in Arctic waters in 20 years have been put on hold.

Boots, which already has a foothold in China, expects the deal to strengthen its Asian presence.

Chinese company Alibaba says Google put pressure on Acer to stop launch of phone running its operating system.

Expanded product range and reaching out to new customers help boost Italian car manufacturer's sales and profits.

US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee holds hearing on security concerns posed by Chinese Telecom giants Huawei and ZTE.

Shares in retailer Next dropped on the FTSE 100 despite the group reporting a rise in revenue and profit in the half year to July 2012.

Businesses claiming to be mis-sold derivatives by banks dodge FSA agreement by fleeing to lawyers instead.

US Treasury lawyers recommend a preliminary settlement with Standard Chartered, says New York Times report.

Huawei dubs charges against it as "allegations based on allegations".

Thai Beverages offers £4.5bn for Fraser & Neave, the parent company of Tiger beer maker Asia Pacific Breweries.

Peter Cummings is only former HBOS banker penalised by City regulator as result of near-collapse of bank which was rescued by Lloyds.

Shares in Barratt Developments were down on the FTSE 250 in afternoon trading despite the housebuilder reporting a more than doubling of pre-tax profit for the full year ended 30 June 2012.

Shares in Kingfisher, the owner of B&Q, saw its shares rise on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after performing "as well as could be expected" in the half year ended 28 July 2012.

Deutsche bank has announced plans to cut costs and encourage a change in employee behaviour to overhaul its work culture.