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Consultancy Industry News

News Corp reaches for the Sky with takeover offer »
News Corporation, the media group headed by Rupert Murdoch, confirmed this morning that it had made an offer to take full control of BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster in which it has a 39 per cent stake. (Jun 15, 2010)

Business big shot: Steve Wiener »
It is a dilemma familiar to anyone still clinging to analogue radios or cathode-ray televisions: pay to go digital or wait until prices drop? (Jun 15, 2010)

China primes house tax to halt runaway prices »
China is considering a wealth tax on homeowners as it grasps at new weapons to halt a frantic rise in property prices that many fear poses the biggest threat to the Chinese economy. (Jun 15, 2010)

Dana Petroleum acquires PetroCanada Netherlands »
Dana Petroleum paid £270 million for PetroCanada Netherlands yesterday, it’s biggest-ever acquisition. (Jun 15, 2010)

Row over bank card and credit card charges »
Banks are making hundreds of millions of pounds a year and pushing up prices on the high street by levying “unjustifiably high” fees on credit and debit card sales, retailers will say today. (Jun 15, 2010)

Virgin ready for shoot-out with internet gaming giants »
With titles such as Command and Conquer and Resident Evil, Virgin was regarded as one of the cooler geeks in computer games during the 1990s. (Jun 15, 2010)

Cowdery lays down his challenge to the banks »
Clive Cowdery appears to have confounded the sceptics once again. (Jun 15, 2010)

Cowdery goes it alone to cut banks’ fees »
Clive Cowdery’s Resolution is close to securing a ground-breaking deal to slash investment bank underwriting fees on a rights issue to fund a £2.75 billion acquisition of Axa’s UK life business. (Jun 15, 2010)

Economy may never recover from banking crisis, warns OBR »
The economy, more damaged by the banking crisis than previously admitted, will grow more weakly and may never fully recover, the new Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said yesterday. (Jun 15, 2010)

Business briefing: old guard pin hopes on new media »
Traditional media, from television to newspapers, is pinning its hopes for a recovery in advertising on mobile devices such as the iPad and on the spread of high-speed broadband. (Jun 15, 2010)