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The performance of the world’s largest companies over the past week

Features

Tesco’s price squeeze: a genius PR move or a huge mistake?

Tesco’s price squeeze: a genius PR move or a huge mistake?

At a party, I bump into one of the country’s best-known supermarket bosses.

Paulson’s bail-out: a feeding frenzy for free cash

Paulson’s bail-out: a feeding frenzy for free cash

Our New York correspondent James Doran says the outgoing Treasury secretary’s $700 billion bank rescue plan failed to restore market confidence, and its chances of success in revised form look little better

Investor

Rock the world

Rock the world

You don’t have to be a millionaire to invest in rock and pop memorabilia, says Ivan Macquisten, and it may even prove a safe bet in difficult markets

Tough times for tax havens

Tough times for tax havens

The EU and the US President-elect are determined to pursue wealthy tax-avoiders, says Tom Owen. There are still some safe harbours for your cash, but you may have to look beyond the traditional choices

In this week's issue

City Life

Corruption is the hot election issue, but the biggest fish are yet to be fried

Eric Ellis

Lessons for life from the Crash of ’73

David Young, who later served in Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet and as chairman of Cable & Wireless, recalls his struggle for survival as an up-and-coming entrepreneur

David Young

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