Hostile takeovers don’t often work, but even so, keen negotiators regularly turn bidding wars into ignominious battles

World Finance interviews David Norgrove, Chair of the Low Pay Commission, on the impact of minimum wage legislation on the UK economy

US pharmaceutical giant announces it made approach to UK firms’ board in January, and is seeking support from shareholders for a second time, writes Jules Gray

Sam Walsh’s remarkable turnaround of a billion-dollar loss at one of the world’s largest mining companies has marked him out as one of last year’s most impressive CEOs, writes Sandra Kilhof

World Finance looks at some of the biggest criminal masterminds behind the worst cases of financial fraud the world has ever seen

The policy of complete pay transparency is a huge departure from accepted motivational structure, but some companies are starting to consider what the benefits of opening up incentive schemes might be

World Finance interviews Nigel Stanley, Head of Campaigns and Communications for the Trades Union Congress, about the implications of George Osborne’s pension reform on annuities

Finance chiefs from the group of leading economies have told the US that they must ratify long-proposed IMF reforms by the end of the year, or the other members will move forward without them

One of the world’s most notorious activist investors, Carl Icahn, has been stirring up trouble among some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies in recent years

A sharpened focus on corporate social responsibility has given rise to a legal framework by which non-financial performance can be measured

Silicon Roundabout, London’s technology hub, has been talked up by the government, but it is little more than a marketing exercise?

Under new rules, the eight biggest US banks have until 2018 to boost their capital by $68bn, say US regulators, who are still tightening policy in the wake of the financial crisis

Mary Barra attempted to calm safety concerns voiced by the public, though admitted that the underlying reasons for the late recall are yet to emerge

India expected to elect pro-business Modi, despite concerns over his past

The WTO has ruled against China for imposing restrictive rare earth export quotas that sent prices soaring and distorted the market