Its impact is likely to be greatest on home computers because most businesses have current anti-virus protection.The virus got its name because some of its variations refer to the Kama Sutra guide to sexual positions but is also known as “Nyxem-E, Grew.A”, “MyWife” or “BlackWorm”. It appears as an e-mail with subject lines such as [...]

Not so many years ago, when the world was flush with spare capacity, Shell’s annual capital spending would rarely top $10bn. For this year, it will be almost double that number.Throughout the industry, oil companies are ramping up investment in exploration and development. The oil isn’t yet running out, but it is becoming ever more [...]

He shot to fame, first with his sporadic dispatches for The Sunday Times, later with Jupiter’s Travels, an account of his journey – complete with love affair – which has so far sold more than 400,000 copies. That was 1973 when his luggage and equipment was a motley collection of rucksacks, bags and tin boxes.This [...]

Instead of looking at different deals, they simply sign up for the policy offered by their mortgage lender. “Unfortunately, many of those people are paying more than they need,” says Philip da Silva, managing director of insurance brokers People’s Choice When they shop around people find they can save. “We can save home-owners on average [...]

MPs have spent more than £3.7m of taxpayers’ money to furnish their controversial new building in Westminster. Each individual office has cost £4,500 to fit out – a figure that doesn’t include computer equipment. Portcullis House, the luxury building above Westminster Tube station, has already cost more than than £230m to construct, prompting calls for [...]

The loonies are easy to spot – “I’ve remortgaged the house and put all the money into daftidea because they’ve promised to clone Michelle Pfeiffer” – but the vested interest people are difficult to identify. I’ve given up looking at the boards because I am suspicious of everything I read.However, I love e-mail. It’s quick, [...]