BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig seen burning in April. Barack Obama has promised to tighten regulations to prevent a repeat of the disaster. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP Oil industry executives in the US call the Gulf of Mexico the “wild wild west”, a place where regulations are rarely enforced and offshore operators can do what they [...]

Meteor’s 19% structured product offer is dependent on growing markets. Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images It seems like a throwback to the heady days before the credit crunch: an investment promising returns of 19% a year and limited downside. But Meteor Asset Management’s Select Ten Plan has just opened for business offering that return every year [...]

UK manufacturing has shown impressive, if fragile, growth over the summer. Photograph: David Levene Britain’s manufacturers reported strong exports during the summer, following better-than-expected growth in Germany and the eurozone markets, according to a report from an industry group published today. But there were warnings that government cuts could curtail momentum. The Engineering Employers Federation [...]

Google has been accused of manipulating its rivals’ search rankings. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP Regulators in Texas have launched the first broad anti-trust review of Google’s search and advertising practices in the US. While federal regulators in Washington have investigated the impact on competition of Google’s business deals in the past, Greg Abbott, Texas attorney [...]

Johan Cruyff, the Dutch master, making an early start to the development of his pointing skills. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe This week a friend told me he had decided to pack in playing football because, “Now I’ve reached 50 I find that the only skill that hasn’t abandoned...