Buyers switch to niche brands
Buying chocolate used to be a simple enough business, a small indulgence leaving us feeling ever so slightly naughty. These days it's more akin to a political statement, writes Richard Gillis p
Fuelling debate
BOOK REVIEW: This ambitious and timely book presents an in-depth diagnosis of the US's addiction to oil, but it also argues that international opinion has coalesced and the widely held view is that the status quo on oil, the environment and the car industry must change, writes John Reed. p
Business on the box not quite what it thinks it is
Buying individual shares on the basis of what an analyst says on the box - presumablylong after he has told his institutional clients - is a mug's game, writes John Gapper p




