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London can’t let Shell slip away thetimes.co.uk/article/c68d75…

What a story from Alistair Osborne - A US investment bank has parted company with two experienced members of its London team for having sex in the office with one of the cleaning workers thetimes.co.uk/article/high-f…

An everyday tale of relationship banking… High-flyers leave investment bank Stifel after sex with cleaner thetimes.co.uk/article/f437ae…

Anglo American’s break-up defence strategy is chocka with risks. But it should still be able to beat the £34 billion takeover proposal presently being dangled by BHP. My take on the mining bid thetimes.co.uk/article/42813e…

Daniel Kretinsky’s proposed Royal Mail offer needs a careful check thetimes.co.uk/article/e40aa7…

Michael O’Leary’s big prize is on the horizon thetimes.co.uk/article/5616c4…

Maybe the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky will prove a first-class owner of Royal Mail. But this deal still needs a proper look. My col, also on BHP’s cack-handed takeover tilt at Anglo-American thetimes.co.uk/article/ccf2b6…

Like it or not, there are strong contractual reasons for giving Elon Musk his $56bn Tesla payday - even if a board with a bit of gumption would use some discretion. My col, also on BP bringing in the Bonking Police. thetimes.co.uk/article/4d82e9…

The Special Opportunities property fund has pulled its float. Could it be because some of the directors, and notably Simon Lee, are linked to the scandal-plagued Home Reit? My col from last week outlining what should have been in the prospectus. thetimes.co.uk/article/d63e75…

Some schemes aimed at sheltering inheritance tax look even better at keeping the investment manager alive than the family fortune. This one from Octopus Investments is a case in point - £683 million of fees over 14 years. thetimes.com/article/7e259d…

Duncan Tait, the Inchcape boss, was a former top bod at Fujitsu, embroiled in the Post Office scandal. What’s it say about his leadership skills that his default answer to the public inquiry was “I don’t know”. Shouldn’t he have known what was going on? thetimes.com/article/1f1a45…

Thames Water’s ring-fenced operating company is drowning in £15.2bn net debts - too much to attract fresh equity on any likely settlement from Ofwat. If we want a long-term fix, bondholders need to take at least a 25% haircut on their loans. My col thetimes.com/article/417a38…

Thames Water bondholders need to take a haircut thetimes.com/article/87f4ce…

LXi Reit founder denies email shows involvement in Home Reit thetimes.com/article/74cfee…

Managed wind-down? Wrecked Home Reit was a big wind-up thetimes.com/article/3d56fd…

Ofwat’s £104m fine for the polluting Thames Water might make the regulator feel better but only underlines the key problem: that the company is in no fit state to be running the capital’s water network and needs urgent financial restructuring. My col thetimes.com/article/27862d…

One for the “free speech absolutist” …Elon Musk is advertising his own failings thetimes.com/article/239812…

Cladding firms avoid Grenfell redress. The industry hasn’t paid a penny towards fixing the enduring cladding problem on more than 4,500 buildings. The government needs to force them to pay up. My col thetimes.com/article/a7aad2…

Dogfight over Heathrow and Gatwick runways has a logical landing thetimes.com/article/79a721…

Trump is back — and the wild stuff has already started. My col thetimes.com/article/e21af4…