Classic movie collection up for sale

The world's largest collection of silent movies, including those starring Buster Keaton, has been put up for sale with its vendors expecting interest from film enthusiasts, universities, picture archives and other media businesses

Bid for Yahoo expected to go higher

The Yahoo board met to discuss Microsoft's controversial $44.6bn bid for the company amid speculation that the software group will increase its offer. By Richard Wray

TV quiz row reduces BT revenues

The scandals around premium-rate TV quiz lines and a drop-off in business with mobile phone and rival broadband firms saw BT miss the City's expectations for third quarter revenues. By Richard Wray

Amazon teams up with Lovefilm

The deal will bring together the two firms' competing UK film rentals businesses with a combined subscriber base if nearly one million people

Doctor Brilliant

He helped beat smallpox and saved 3m people's sight. Now the first techno-philanthropist has an even more ambitious task. Spending $2bn of Google's money. By Bobbie Johnson

Microsoft/Yahoo ad threat to rivals

The combined businesses of Microsoft and Yahoo could provide a staunch competitor to Google in the $80bn-a-year online advertising market. By Mark Sweney

65 jobs at risk in SimplySwitch closure

Daily Mail and General Trust is to close price comparison website SimplySwitch just 18 months after acquiring the business in a deal worth £22m. By Mark Sweney

Reuters streams Davos breakfast show

The World Economic Forum in Davos will include a Reuters breakfast TV show and see Sir Martin Sorrell become a 'mobile journalist'. By Mark Sweney