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Traders move into unfamiliar territory - September 23 2001
At Wall Street over the water, it is business as usual for the trading floors that have relocated to Jersey City, says John Willman

Ministers agree insurance rules - September 23 2001
European Union finance ministers have agreed that EU member states providing emergency insurance cover for airlines in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the US should be subject to common rules to prevent a distortion in competitive conditions. By Peter Norman

DaimlerChrysler mulls response to falling sales - September 23 2001
The board of Daimler Chrysler, will discuss moves to shore up its US market share and intensify cost-cutting amid falling new car sales, says Tim Burt

Public seeking diversion from news - September 23 2001
US viewers flocked to local video stores, possibly seeking diversion from endless news coverage. By Christopher Parkes

Fears over travel start to curb call for conferences - September 20 2001
The travel restrictions being placed on employees by companies have resulted in a wave of cancelled conferences and exhibitions, says Ashling O'Connor

US attacks raise the risks for large deals - September 18 2001
Investors are betting that large takeovers may be cancelled in the wake of the terrorist attacks, writes Peter Thal Larsen

Aircraft makers set for declining orders - September 18 2001
The pain for the world's aircraft-makers and their suppliers is always delayed when airlines plunge into recession, but it is also unavoidable, Kevin Done reports

NY disaster highlights need for data storage and back up - September 18 2001
Although corporations have significantly reduced their information technology budgets this year, the recent events in New York and Washington are expected to focus attention on the need for improving the security of mission critical data. By Tom Foremski

Component supplies held up by flight ban - September 16 2001
American technology groups are struggling to re-establish supplies of components following the halt in flights and extensive delays at border crossings. By Tom Foremski, Paul Abrahams and Ben Hunt

Back to work with briefcases and dust masks - September 16 2001
Wall Street was limping back to life, amid an urgent clean-up effort aimed at getting traders back to work. By John Authers and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Travel and tourism among hardest hit sectors - September 16 2001
Travel and tourism will be among the hardest hit sectors as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center, says Scheherazade Daneshkhu

Business disruption claims to give most problems - September 14 2001
Claims for business interruption are emerging as potentially some of the biggest and most difficult to quantify liabilities for the insurance industry, says Adrian Michaels

Business disruption threatens IT sector results - September 13 2001
The disruptions caused by the US attacks could lead to a flood of earnings warnings as technology companies restate their guidance on their current quarter's financial targets. By Tom Foremski

Advertising recession looms in media industry - September 13 2001
The world's media and advertising industries, already facing an advertising recession, are likely to see a further worsening of their financial outlook. By Richard Tomkins and James Harding