Matthew Broderick sets out on a promising cyber-security career in War Games (1983). Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive As the world’s military forces become increasingly vulnerable to attacks from cyberspace, a growth area is opening up in digital employment. China has set up its first military cyber-crime department just months after the United States announced the [...]

Metro Bank in Holborn, central London will open to the public today Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Yorkshire terrier Duffy is yapping away, the silver pillars are being polished and plastic sheeting being torn off surfaces. After two years of preparation, it is a few hours before the opening of Metro Bank, the first new bank to [...]

Bob Dudley spent his childhood in Mississippi. Photograph: Alexander Natruskin/Reuters As a youngster growing up a small Mississippi town, Bob Dudley was a swimming prodigy with one of the speediest backstrokes in the state. Soon to become the new chief executive of BP, an aptitude for reversing may come in handy as the 54-year-old American [...]

Sir Richard Branson is in talks with private equity firms over sale of Virgin Active the health and fitness chain. Photograph: Peter Schneider/EPA Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Active is in early discussions with a handful of private equity groups over a possible £1bn sale of the health and fitness chain. The UK’s second-biggest gym operator, [...]