Balfour Beatty shares fall - at FT.com - Fri 8:40 pm ET
Shares in Balfour Beattyfell further on Friday in spite of a trading update which pointed to a steady order book across the first half of the year.

Marshall sales slide - at FT.com - Fri 8:20 pm ET
Paving stone specialist Marshallssaw sales slide in the first half of the year as it cut costs and stock in response to the recession.

How trading from home led to oil spike - at FT.com - Fri 8:05 pm ET
The story of what triggered almost $10m of losses on the Brent oil market on Tuesday is still being pieced together, but one thing is clear: Steven Noel Perkins, the broker accused by bosses at PVM Oil Associates of "unauthorised trading", made his trade at a very unusual time.

Leading figures on their ideal holidays - at FT.com - Fri 7:50 pm ET
LORD PATTENWriter and politician Where are you going on holiday this year? To my house in the Tarn region of southern France. I love the garden, I love the views, the trees, the roses and the shrubs from year to year.

Lunch with the FT: Manolo Blahnik - at FT.com - Fri 7:50 pm ET
Milan, during the autumn/winter collections. The city is flooded with fashion people, so no one blinks an eye at the sight of lamé at 10am or Swarovski crystals at noon. This is especially true in the Four Seasons Hotel, the mink-lined home-away-from-home of the power crowd, such as US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, and Vanity Fair's Michael Roberts.

Downturn dining - at FT.com - Fri 7:50 pm ET
It has been a tumultuous period for restaurants around the world. In the UK, the number of restaurant closures increased by 32 per cent in 2008 compared with the previous year, and the figures for 2009 are likely to be worse.

In prime position - at FT.com - Fri 7:50 pm ET
This is the climax of the tennis season - not just the dénouement of the Wimbledon championships, but also - less heralded, yet equally important for those involved - the final stages of our club tournament in west London.