Author: Catherine Boyle

This is a live blog of the Leveson Inquiry, which was set up by Prime Minister David Cameron following the phone-hacking scandal plaguing News Corp.   Read More

Investors can expect a muted first-quarter earnings season, and should add pharmaceutical stocks to their portfolios to guard against potentially rocky times ahead, according to investment bank UBS.   Read More

The share price of Spanish energy company Repsol plunged in early trading Tuesday after the news that Argentina’s government will seize control of Repsol-backed energy company YPF.    Read More

Mining companies have suffered from a selloff recently, but are set to return to favor with a number of analysts recommending buying after recent losses.    Read More

Investors trying to take advantage of rising commodity prices should avoid buying smaller, non-diversified mining companies, a commodities fund manager told CNBC Thursday.   Read More

There are three key periods of the current stock market rally, Graham Neilson, chief investment strategist, Cairn Capital, told CNBC Wednesday.   Read More

The EU should build up more resources for a firewall around Greek debt, Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg told CNBC at Davos Thursday.    Read More

The financial crisis, social unrest, and upcoming elections in some of the world’s biggest democracies have increased the risk of "dystopia" in the world, a panel of experts told the World Economic Forum Wednesday.   Read More

Employment is the most important issue facing the world over the next decade, Vikram Pandit, chief executive of Citigroup, along with the other co-chairs of the World Economic Forum, told journalists in Davos Wednesday.   Read More

Chief executives of some of the world’s best-known companies, gathering at the World Economic Forum in Davos, might be expected to resist any indication that the US raise taxes on the rich.   Read More