It’s a packed week for corporate news, with banks, power giants, consumer goods groups and more jostling for attention.

Independent on Sunday: CardOne’s current account offer criticised

CardOne Banking offers current accounts with no liability for unauthorised overdraft fees. However, critics suggest the account’s £12.50 a month fees are hefty for a service aimed at those with financial problems in the past. The company has no banking licence despite its name

From discount to luxury, UK brands are vying to conquer the States. Laura Chesters asks if they can succeed in a graveyard for our retailers

As its new Fire smartphone makes its debut, it is sometimes hard to keep track of what Amazon does. And that's not always a good sign.

Global outlook: As Herbalife strenuously denied the allegations of billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman that the company is a pyramid scheme and an “incredible fraud”, the nutritional products company called Mr Ackman “the worst of Wall Street” and said that the facts were on their side.

The UK’s first-ever minister for life sciences tells Margareta Pagano about his new role at the departments of business and health, transforming how the UK develops and finances medicine

David Levy’s family has correctly called every major financial event in the US for decades. Now he’s warning of a global recession next year. Bernard Condon investigates

Paul Fisher has left the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee after five years. He tells Ben Chu what Threadneedle Street got right and why the Bank behaved properly over forex

The retailer is on its knees, thanks to a German war veteran who turned the family grocers into the Aldi chain

Some feel that Philip Clarke didn’t get enough of a chance to prove himself

Casino central placed everything on red but it all landed on black when other US cities caught the gaming bug. But as Trump Plaza becomes the latest resort to close, Mark McSherry finds a city adapting to life beyond the tables

Global Outlook Is the party now over for the fast-growing number of American companies that are dodging US taxes by taking over foreign companies in order to incorporate in countries with lower tax rates?

Global Outlook The opening shots in a fresh and dizzying round of global media consolidation have just been fired by the industry’s two biggest moguls – Rupert Murdoch and his old friend and foe, the American businessman John Malone.