- Profits are down 79% at the PC maker as consumers snub computers for smartphones and tablets. Could the fall pave the way for founder Michael Dell's takeover attempt?
- WH Smith's, that purveyor of books, magazines and confectionery, has been voted the worst shop in Britain by Which?
- Branson dons lippie and fishnets after losing bet that his Virgin Formula 1 team would beat Air Asia boss Tony Fernades' Lotus Cosworth.
- Currys and PC World owner Dixons has reported a 7% increase in sales across the UK and Ireland.
- Google Play Music All Access was launched last night at the tech giant's developer conference. 'This is radio without rules,' declared Chris Yerga, Google's engineering director.
- The e-tail giant's UK division paid just £2.4m in corporation tax on sales of £4.3bn last year - a rate of less than 0.1%. And that's despite Amazon receiving £2.5m in government grants...
- The Royal Albert Hall opened its doors in 1871 as part of Prince Albert's project to build a centre for arts and science in the heart of London. Here's how the current boss, Jasper Hope, is keeping the Prince's dream alive.
- It turns out that escorts and prostitutes have been using LinkedIn to tout their wares. Well, it is the world's oldest 'profession'...
- No-frills airline EasyJet has reported a pre-tax loss of £61m in the six months to March 31, half its interim losses this time last year.
- The Technology Strategy Board has revealed that it has a £440m war chest to fund innovative businesses and drive growth across the UK this year.
- H&M and Inditex-owned Zara have joined a host of EU high street brands in signing an accord to improve safety conditions in Bangladeshi factories. 'We do not want slave labour,' said Abdul Latif Siddiqui, Bangladesh's minister for textiles.
- Daniel Loeb has been buying up great swathes of Sony in a breakup attempt that could see the US hedge fund billionaire spin off the entertainment arm of the business.
- Entrepreneur Campbell sells her hand-made lingerie to underwear lovers across the globe and once sewed 200 pieces in under a month. Here's a sneak peek into her week.
- Its last great innovation was the Walkman but Sony managed to make some decent cash last year nonetheless. Its first full-year profit for five years...
- Industrial production is up 0.7% in March, says the ONS, with UK factories ramping up their output for a second month.
- The pub chain has reported a 6% increase in like-for-like sales in the last three months. 'Not having to whack up prices just to cover duty has definitely helped us,' says founder and chairman Tim Martin.
- When all the baby boomers have left the building, British business will be ill-equipped to survive, reckons a new report by Odgers Berndtson and Cass Business School.
- The wet weather and ongoing economic gloom have sent retail sales tumbling at their fastest rate for a year, with like-for-likes down 2.2%, according to the British Retail Consortium.
- 'We've all had money troubles at some point, I know I have,' says Katona in the new TV ad for payday loan firm Cash Lady. But her promise of 'fast cash for fast lives' has now been banned by the advertising watchdog.
- Food prices are rising faster than a well-beaten souffle, but one category has stayed affordable: the humble chicken.
