Caroline Mason, chief operating officer of Charity Bank, and co-founder of Investing for Good. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian Superheroes sparked Caroline Mason’s conversion from career banker to champion of social investment. As the chief operating officer of Charity Bank, she now spends her time convincing people to put their money to good use, [...]

Vodafone is currently worth £81bn but is estimated to be undervalued by 40% because of its array of minority interests in other companies. Photograph: David Sillitoe Vodafone is poised to start breaking up its sprawling portfolio of assets by selling its stake in China Mobile in a deal that could raise more than £4bn. Vittorio [...]

Fitness First and David Lloyd gyms are losing members. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian Two of Britain’s best known fitness brands, Fitness First and David Lloyd Leisure, have reported surging losses as they continue to sweat under the pressure of heavy debts and uncertain consumer spending. David Lloyd Leisure, the gym and rackets club [...]

The conveyor belt leading to the Lafarge cement plant. Photograph: Alam Beg Imtiaz/Interspeed/Lafarge Four years after operations started Lafarge’s gigantic limestone mine in Meghalaya state, north-east India, is still at a standstill, pending a decision by India’s Supreme Court. In February the court ordered a temporary halt to mining, demanding the French firm carry out [...]

Daniel Akerson, boss of private equity firm Carlyle Group, has been named as GM’s new chief ­executive. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images General Motors is expected to publish details of its flotation plans this week, shortly after America’s largest carmaker, which was last summer rescued from financial collapse by the Obama administration, revealed that it had returned [...]