Bradford & Bingley says 27.8% of the shares offered under its £400m rights issue have been taken up by investors.
An adjournment is a break in the course of parliamentary business.
An adjournment debate is a short half hour debate that is introduced by a backbencher at the end of each day’s business in the House of Commons.
Recruitment firm Michael Page urges the Takeover Panel to impose a "put up or shut up" deadline on Swiss rival Adecco.
Shares in Woolworths soar after the struggling retailer rejects a takeover bid for its network of 815 stores.
US video game giant Electronic Arts decides to reassess its £1.9bn offer for Take-Two Interactive Software.
For the majority of homeowners, the credit crunch means a drop in the value of their biggest investment. But what if that did not matter? Welcome to the world of the super rich.
British entrepreneurs are working 50-hour weeks and some take less than the UK statutory holiday minimum, a survey says.
More than 150 staff at a County Antrim telecommunications company are staging a half day strike in a dispute over wages.
Great Britain win a sixth gold in cycling, a silver in sailing, Usain Bolt strolls through the 200m heats, while Chinese star Liu Xiang limps out of the Olympics on day 10.
