Has a new world of stable, competitive banking been created by recent announcements about Northern Rock, RBS and Lloyds?
I'm afraid the answer is no.
Starting a business during a recession, are you mad?
For many people it may seem like complete madness to even consider starting a business in the current economic climate.
Vast is the word that best encapsulates Shanghai.
This city is not simply big, sprawling or large, although it is all of those things.
Aviva, the world's fifth largest insurance group, announced last week that it will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and plans to start trading on October 20.
There are less than 80 days to Christmas, I heard someone say.
Crikey, I remember someone travelled round the world in that time, so Turkey Day is still a long way off.
Does Britain make anything anymore?
It's a question that many people will ask themselves after decades of apparent government neglect of our manufacturing base in favour of financial services.
A few months ago, I wrote about the Digital Britain report from the then culture secretary, Andy Burnham.
He has since been replaced and a lot of his initiatives are slowly being undone by his successor, Ben Bradshaw.
He's best-known as the "Beermat Entrepreneur" - a mentor, best-selling author and Financial Times columnist. But what does Mike Southon think marks out a successful sales person?
Especially in a recession, everyone should be an evangelist for their company, to be able to describe what they do in a social situation, to be enthusiastic, and to pick up any buying signals.
Two weeks ago, my co-columnist Paul Tholen eloquently extolled the virtues of asking “why?” five times over as a root cause analysis technique.
Paul explained that children are experts in this, but I find that by adulthood we seem reluctant to use this key fact-finding tool.
A bold £200,000 campaign was launched this week under the banner "World class: normal for Norfolk".
But why launch the campaign now and what is it trying to achieve? Business editor Paul Hill reports.
This summer may have been the barbecue summer that never was, but it has provided us with a masterclass in how to create noise about your company.
Brew Dog is a small Scottish independent brewery, started in 2007 by two blokes in their 20s who wanted to create better-tasting beer than they were used to buying.
Are you “tweeting” yet, someone asked the other day.
Er… no.
Why not?
Will it help me do my job better?
Will it attract readers?
Maybe I should?
Social networking website like Twitter, Facebook and its professional rival Linked-In - where you will find me - have been rapidly growing in popularity for some time now.
The recession has been a deeper slump than many expected at first, but how soon will the recovery come?
Robert Hallam reflects on trading at John Lewis in the last three months.
There's no business... like no business.
The latest idea to gain weight in the United States is that the future is giving away goods and services.
It's the free economy.