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Haymarket has produced record profits 04/11/01 N 2 7>8 Photograph * Plans by Scottish Power to sell its water subsidiary, Southern Water, for £1.5bn are thought to be on the verge of collapse 04/11/01 N 2 1>2 * Fur flies over fat cat pay 04/11/01 N 3 1>8 Illustration * One of the City's best known feuds has been reignited at Belgo, the mussels-and-chips restaurant chain 04/11/01 N 5 1>8 Photographs * Plastic surgeons are working around the clock to save six steelworkers horrifically burnt in the blast at Corus's Port Talbot plant - see Disasters 11/11/01 * Hopes that the management of Sunday Business, the financial newspaper owned by the Barclay brothers, might organise a buyout are fading 11/11/01 N 1 6>8 * The case brought by the US Department of Justice against auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's, will pit two former chief executives against their respective chairmen 11/11/01 N 1 3>5 Photograph * Thomson Corporation, the giant Canadian company that sold the Times and Sunday Times to Rupert Murdoch in 1981, is preparing a $10bn bid for the business empire of Michael Bloomberg 11/11/01 N 1 1>2 * Cable & Wireless is expected to signal that it will return about £1.5bn of its £4bn cash pile to shareholders via a special dividend or share buy-back 11/11/01 N 2 1>3 * CBI chief Digby Jones, tells the Treasury what he wants from this month's pre-Budget Report - see Economy 18/11/01 * Interview with political animal Lord Haskins, retiring head of Express Dairies and Northern Foods - see Haskins, Lord 18/11/01 * How Marconi blew £3bn 18/11/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph * Cash-strapped ITV Digital is to declare a counterfeiters' amnesty on its smart-cards 18/11/01 N 2 1>3 * Inventor James Dyson's eponymous company produced pre-tax profits of £35m in 2000 18/11/01 N 2 4>5 Photograph * Gordon Brown wants his pre-Budget Report to mend the Government's increasingly strained relations with British business 18/11/01 N 5 5>7 * As Brussels blasts the drug giants, the man who took on Roche and was jailed for it talks to Nick Mathiason - see Adams, Stanley 25/11/01 * The BBC has apologised for linking diamond firm Oryx with the al-Qaeda, but was it manipulated? - see BBC 25/11/01 * British mobile phone operator mm02 is ready to quit Germany and Holland in a bid to stem losses of hundreds of millions of pounds 25/11/01 N 1 5>8 * Levi Strauss is planning to sell a wider range of jeans and jackets at almost half their high-street prices, despite winning last week's court battle to prevent Tesco from doing just that 25/11/01 N 1 1>2 Photograph * AWG, the owner of Anglian Water, is expected to signal this week a return of up to £600m to shareholders as part of an overhaul of the group 25/11/01 N 2 1>3 * Bookmaker Ladbrokes is offering prices on whether David Beckham or Harry Potter will dominate the lucrative Christmas market in PlayStation games 25/11/01 N 2 4>6 Photographs * Granada's ill-starred investment in ITV Digital will push it into the red when it reports annual figures this week 25/11/01 N 2 5>7 * Hopes for a Christmas boom are fading as the mobile phone OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC 2001 41 market reaches saturation 25/11/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs, graph * Richard Wachman meets mm02 chief Peter Erskine, who has one of the toughest jobs in Britain 25/11/01 N 3 1>4 Photograph * At first sight the latest figures are grim: women have failed to bag more seats in the boardroom, but they're queuing in the corridor 25/11/01 N 4 1>6 Photographs, graph * Golf chain, Clubhaus could find itself in the rough as shareholder Eddie Shah threatens to sue 25/11/01 N 4 3>7 Photographs * Erotica may become Britain's first publicly quoted sex company 02/12/01 N 1 2>3 Photograph * The Enron horror story worsened this weekend after it emerged that the US energy company believes its accounts may have to be revised down even further 02/12/01 N 1 1>7 * Blackstone, the US private equity group, has emerged as the leading contender to acquire Carling, which is being sold by Interbrew to appease the UK competition authorities 02/12/01 N 2 1>3 * Employers are closing coveted final salary schemes in increasing numbers 02/12/01 N 2 8 * Granada would take action if a foreign competitor such as Bertelsmann of Germany or TFI of France launch a takeover bid for Carlton Communications 02/12/01 N 2 4>7 * The decline of the energy giant, Enron 02/12/01 N 5 1>6 Photographs * Manufacturing in crisis: Patricia Hewitt of the Department of Trade & Industry, hopes rely on Gordon Brown 02/12/01 N 8 1>8 Photographs, graphs * Esso is being targeted by Friends of the Earth but at least it knows its enemy, unlike most businesses - see Environment 09/12/01 * Interview with former gas regular Clare Spottiswoode - see Spottiswoode, Clare 09/12/01 * Sir Richard Branson is backing the plans of The Red Cross to market its own branded condoms in Africa - see Red Cross, The 09/12/01 * Former gas regulator Clare Spottiswoode resigned as a vicepresident of Enron's water subsidiary because she had grave concerns about its financial management 09/12/01 N 1 5>8 * The chairman of Reuters since 1986, Sir Christopher Hogg, is expected to step down in 2002 09/12/01 N 1 1 Photograph * Clubhaus bondholders are planning to release the struggling golf clubs operator from potentially crippling debts in exchange for a 90 per cent stake in the company 09/12/01 N 2 8 * Investors fear that NTL, Britain's biggest cable TV operator, could go bust next year unless the way it is run changes radically 09/12/01 N 2 1>3 * Tim Waterstone, founder of the Waterstone's bookshops, is planning a fresh bid for the business in the new year 09/12/01 N 2 1>4 Photograph * Hard times in the City: Richard Wachman looks at the death of the huge Christmas bonus 09/12/01 N 3 1>7 Photographs * Business travel fell by 40 per cent after 11 September, will it ever recover? - see Aviation Industry 16/12/01 * Drugs giant AstraZeneca is poised to seek compensation from Merrill Lynch which oversaw its pension fund in the mid- Nineties - see Financial Institutions 16/12/01 * The economic downturn has had a dramatic impact on the level of management buyouts over the last year - see Economy 16/12/01 * Britain's biggest cable operator NTL is expected to be taken
over by its banks in the new year paving the way for a merger with rival Telewest 16/12/01 N 1 1>7 * Parcelforce will have to close if its losses are not stemmed within 12 to 18 months 16/12/01 N 1 4>5 Photograph * Clubhaus, the troubled golf club firm is to be investigated by the Department of Trade & Industry 16/12/01 N 2 1>5 * A story of falling profits and exiting colleagues for the Al- Fayed empire 16/12/01 N 3 1>6 Photograph * Barclays Bank is preparing to compete head to head with the UK's telephone, gas, electricity and water companies - see Financial Institutions 23/12/01 * Carnival, the US cruise operator, is preparing to drop some of the conditions of its $3.1bn offer for rival P&O Princess Cruises 23/12/01 B 18 1>3 Graph * Gullane boss William Harris wants to exploit the Japanese potential of Guinness World Records 23/12/01 B 18 4>6 Photograph * How the share's tipped at the beginning of the year have fared 23/12/01 B 19 1>8 Photographs, graphs * UK sales of the animated video Barbie in the Nutcracker, owned by Entertainment Rights, have topped 500,000 over the Christmas period - see Videos 30/12/01 * Carnival may have to swallow a massive $400m in costs if it wants to acquire rival UK operator P&O Princess 30/12/01 B 21 1>8 * NTL award its staff share options which are worthless 30/12/01 B 21 3>6 Photograph * Observer business writers pick the shares they think are most likely to rise over the next 12 months 30/12/01 B 22 1>8 Photographs, graphs BUSINESS COMMENT * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 23/09/01 N 16 6>7 Illustration * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 30/09/01 N 16 6>7 * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 07/10/01 N 16 6>7 Illustration * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 14/10/01 N 16 6>7 * Richard Wachman 21/10/01 N 12 6>7 * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 28/10/01 N 16 6>7 Illustration * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 04/11/01 N 14 6>7 Illustration * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 11/11/01 N 14 6>7 * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 18/11/01 N 16 6>7 * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 25/11/01 N 16 4>7 * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 02/12/01 N 14 6>7 Graph * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 09/12/01 N 12 6>7 * Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 16/12/01 N 12 4>7 BUTLER, EDDIE * Columnist 29/07/01 S 15 1>6 Photograph BY THE SEA * See Book Reviews - Clark, Candida 20/05/01 BYERS, STEPHEN * Stephen Byers, the DTI boss has shown he can manage a crisis, but he will be sorely tested in the coming weeks - see OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC 2001 42 Business & Industry 29/04/01 BYRNE, ED * See Comedy 16/09/01 CABARET * Review of Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim 22/07/01 R 13 7>8 CAESAREAN BIRTHS * Delivery by Caesarean section is now touted as the celebrities' choice, disturbingly more and more women feel they are being rushed into this 12/08/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs * The simmering debate on the soaring rate of Caesarean births was given new impetus when a nursing leader called for a ban on the NHS except where there is no medical alternative 12/08/01 B 1>2 4>8 Illustration CANCER * Scientists are close to developing a pill to cure cancer after unravelling the mysteries of why tumours grow out of control 18/02/01 B 7 7>8 * Breast cancer rise is blamed on abortions 25/02/01 B 5 1>3 * Stuart Browne lost a fight with cancer but his cult novel, Dangerous Parking, lives on - see Browne, Stuart 18/03/01 * A legal case has been launched against the furniture chain MFI amid claims that their flatpack products contain a carcinogenic chemical - see Legal Affairs 08/04/01 * British scientists revealed a dramatic success in the fight against cancer in which they used a radical new drug to starve tumours of oxygen - see Science 13/05/01 * Sam Taylor-Wood who was nominated for the Turner Prize expected to attend the ceremony with her art-dealer husband but instead she watched the coverage from a chemotherapy ward - see Taylor-Wood, Sam 11/11/01 * The cancer revolution - Sir Paul Nurse and Tim Hunt receive their Nobel Prize for radically altering our understanding of the way cancer operates 09/12/01 M 16>24 1>4 Photographs CAPRICE * Interview with ex-model, celebrity, turned singer Caprice 21/01/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs CARAVANNING * Caravans may be the last word in must-have chic, but staying in one is no picnic says Kathryn Hughes 24/06/01 R 2 3>5 Photographs CARE HOMES * There is now undeniable evidence that the abuse of old people in homes is on a level with the paedophile menace - see Elderly, The 25/02/01 * Britain's most vulnerable people are being let down by a care system that is under-resourced, staffed by badly qualified people and allows patients to be abused and mistreated 10/06/01 B 10 7>8 * Changes to the funding of nursing homes won't mean the savings some hope for 22/07/01 C 13 1>5 Photograph CAREY, MARIAH * Last week Mariah Carey was at the peak of her career, this week she is in a psychiatric clinic 05/08/01 B 18 1>6 Photographs CAREY, PETER * Interview with author Peter Carey - see Books Interview, The 07/01/01
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* See Book Reviews - Bayley, Stephe
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* After three unexplained miscarria
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album, a clothing range, toys, a tr
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* Homeless families are being threa
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* See Music: Classical 17/06/01 IAN
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* Norman Harris 03/06/01 S 4 1>7 *
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* Sue Withers and Andrew Moller's h
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of Venezuela, have broken their par
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* Italian police were questioning a
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* Japan needs another miracle to su
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in the same way that football clubs
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* Report on revelations over the ex
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see Racism 07/10/01 * American radi
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transition to its new home - televi
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* Columnist 08/04/01 N 3 6>8 Photog
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* Negotiations in Bonn are optimist
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* Letters to the Editor 29/04/01 B
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* Golfer Nick Faldo and caddie Fann
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* See Book Reviews - MacFarlane, Ro
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MARY GEORGE OF ALLNORTHOVER * See B
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* Channel 4 will attempt to raise m
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his newspaper the Daily Mirror - se
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of failing a suicidal 22 year-old a
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* Margaret Dibben 13/05/01 C 14>15
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product aimed at drivers with a cle
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* Review of Carmen/Orfeo ed Euridic
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* Missy Elliott 03/06/01 R 13 1>6 P
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* Steve Barnett 01/07/01 N 6 1>4 Ph
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OSMOND, DONNY * Interview with Donn
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* Douglas Coupland's perfect family
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* Alternative investments 08/04/01
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* Small investors are continuing to
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* Interview with actress Joan Plowr
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John 18/03/01 * Tony Blair is to pu
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* Five days after the election, Mic
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* See Art 14/01/01 POLLUTION * Brit
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Greek jails on suspicion of spying
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* Endless revelations about stars'
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US blacks will only deepen the raci
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* The Railtrack fiasco 14/10/01 N 3
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segregated state schools as opponen
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* Sales are booming, but chief exec
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Terrorism 09/12/01 ROBERTSON-GLASGO
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* Football news 16/12/01 S 2 1>2 Ph
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* Columnist 11/03/01 C 15 1>6 Photo
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* Kicking the habit 01/07/01 R 4 1>
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* Deyan Sudjic 15/04/01 R 6 1>6 Pho
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* Duncan Mackay 04/03/01 S 14 6>8 *
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* Vic Marks 18/03/01 S 4 5 * Vic Ma
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* Gloucestershire v Hampshire 05/08
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* Sven-Goran Eriksson saw Mancheste
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* This week in the Champions League
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* Football conference league 29/04/
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* Tales from the Tabs: the latest t
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* Amy Lawrence 16/09/01 B 16 1>3 Ph
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seeking or receiving sizeable irreg
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Liverpool because of a long-standin
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06/05/01 * Racing results 06/05/01
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* Antonio Banderas is to play Ayrto
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* Andy Wilson 15/04/01 S 11 1>7 * E
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* Edinburgh v Bath 28/10/01 S 11 1>
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* French Open Tennis: Chris Bowers
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ack 10,000 years 25/11/01 B 11 1>5
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* As the creator of Cracker, Jimmy
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* Dominic Savage tells Geraldine Be
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* Cantor's tragedy: the survivors w
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network with the Taliban to the sui
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* News and tips 29/07/01 E 4>5 1>4
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* Review of new releases 07/01/01 R
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* What your walls say about you 21/
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* Your choice of degree can affect
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