The River

A CANADIAN company dedicated to stamping out bland supermarket muzak and helping stressed mums get their babies to sleep is coming to Aim in next month. (read this article)

A CAR dealer which boasts the world's biggest Triumph motorbike shop is ready to roar onto the Aim market. (read this article)

BANK customers face a higher cost of borrowing or a squeeze on credit if chancellor Alistair Darling imposes a tax on banks in this week's budget, industry sources warned yesterday. (read this article)

LAST year was undeniably a dire year for retailers but hopes of a quick rebound this year look to be ill-founded. We continue to favour retailers which enable households to manage their outgoings prudently. Our favourite is Halfords, as we expect its (read this article)

FASHION retailer New Look is considering plans to revive its £1.7billion stock market float, but not until after the General Election, it emerged yesterday. (read this article)

EMI is believed to be in talks to let rivals manage its back catalogue in order to raise money to stop it falling into the hands of its bank. (read this article)

VIRGIN Money has secured enough backing from Middle Eastern investors and private equity and will be looking to bid for the Royal Bank of Scotland branches and Northern Rock. (read this article)

Mitchells & Butlers will this week announce plans to open Harvesters and Toby Carveries in out-of-town retail parks and centres. (read this article)

Published at 00:33 (GMT) 22 Mar   Stuck in tight consolidation last 2 trading sessions... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports. (read this article)

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Arrow Energy agreed to a fresh takeover offer from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina , raised by six percent to A$3.4 billion (2.06 billion pounds) for most of its Australian assets. (read this article)

Despite oversold in 4 hours charts, pair seems ready to extend current bearish movement; key... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports. (read this article)

Nestle boss spells out the biggest global threat (read this article)

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) – Gold price was rattled on Friday, loosing nearly 2% of its value to... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports. (read this article)

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Shares in Arrow Energy dropped as much as 4 percent after it accepted a lower-than-expected takeover offer from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina . (read this article)

LONDON (Reuters) - China's yuan could become a reserve currency accounting for at least five percent of global foreign-exchange reserves as early as 2025, central bankers said in an annual global survey. (read this article)

President Obama has promised to use every tool at his disposal to reform Wall Street, despite what he said was an “army of lobbyists already arm-twisting members ... to reject these reforms”. (read this article)

City bankers have scoffed at the pay and terms being offered by the Treasury as it tries to recruit top-flight staff for the Asset Protection Agency. (read this article)

The head of Britain’s biggest drinks group has launched a blistering attack on the Government’s duty regime ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, warning that further tax rises could threaten investment and jobs. (read this article)

Tesco charges higher prices by stealth in areas where it faces less local competition ? and regulators say they can do nothing about it, an investigation by The Times has found. (read this article)

A new type of nuclear reactor that could permanently “destroy” atomic waste is being developed by French scientists, according to the chief executive of Areva, the world’s largest nuclear energy company. (read this article)