Tesco in Thailand is suing a second columnist from a Bangkok business newspaper for £1.6m in libel damages. The global retailer, trading as Tesco Lotus, claims the business gossip writer for Bangkok Business News damaged the company's reputation when she said the company did not "love" Thailand.

More than a hundred British construction companies are facing the threat of heavy fines after the Office of Fair Trading accused them of rigging bids.

The water industry regulator, Ofwat, cut the amount it is fining Thames Water for misreporting and poor customer service from £12.5m to £9.7m yesterday.The regulator said the problems were caused by inadequate systems at the company but it had not found any evidence of deliberate misreporting and customers' bills had not been affected.

A High Court judge yesterday blasted a top City of London law firm for charging nine years' worth of man hours on a five-day trial over BlackBerry patents, in a judgment that will fuel the growing controversy over lawyers' billing practices.

Burger King has announced a green makeover of kids meals packaging in the US. The company said that beginning in July, kids meals will be packaged in bags made from 100% recycled materials.

A new report released yesterday has set out the best practices firms should follow as they aim to develop and adopt new eco-labels for promoting the environmental credentials of their products.

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