Accused Icelandic tycoon faces row over influencing own media coverage
Editor from 365 group says Jon Asgeir Johannesson, who faces trial over for exerting undue influence on a bank, pressurises journalists over stories about him
January 2013
Ex-Baugur boss Jon Asgeir Johannesson lashes out at 'persecution'
Icelandic corporate raider attacks Reykjavik authorities for accusing him of exerting improper influence over the failed bank
December 2012
Former poster boy of Icelandic boom charged with criminal offences
Jon Asgeir Johannesson's Baugur investment vehicle owned stakes in All Saints, House of Fraser, Hamleys, Iceland frozen food chain and Woolworths before it came crashing down
July 2012
Observer business agenda
Banks as bad as ever; insurers and Iceland in surprisingly good form
Simon Goodley
On the news agenda this week: trouble for HSBC, but calmer waters for RSA and new horizons for Reykjavik's entrepreneurs
April 2012
House of Fraser says Kevin Stanford 'not welcome' back in boardroom
Karen Millen faces battle with her own brand
March 2012
Designer Karen Millen aims to bounce back from Icelandic banking crash
Entrepreneur who lost millions after collapse of Kaupthing bank in 2008 fights for legal right to trade under her own name
July 2011
Harry Potter factor works its magic on Hamleys sales
Demand for toys linked to the blockbuster boy wizard films and other movie franchises has boosted the takings of the 250-year-old retailer
June 2011
Failed derivative bet on M&S share price under criminal investigation
Kevin Stanford: how clothes made the man
May 2011
Morrisons weighing up takeover bid for frozen foods chain Iceland
Sainsbury's, Asda, and private equity firms Apax, Lion Capital and BC Partners are also expected to show an interest in buying Iceland
House of Fraser launches £250m bond
New issue by department store group is an attempt to refinance debt taken on when the Icelandic investor Baugur took the business private in 2006
All Saints saved by Lion Capital
New owner Lion says it will expand the fashion chain bought for £105m
January 2011
Iceland court orders Kevin Stanford to honour £1.3m loan guarantee
The £39m, 2005 loan was advanced to retail entrepreneur Kevin Stanford by Icelandic bank Kaupthing, which collapsed two and a half years ago
November 2010
Glitnir investigators raid 16 homes
Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson's property believed to be among those raided by police and fraud investigators this morning
