A-Z of the Sunday newspapers

HERE is This is Money's round-up of some of the bigger stories from the Sunday newspapers this weekend.

Independent on Sunday

BBC
The BBC could face an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) if it does not scale back its commercial activities.

Hedge fund
One of London's leading hedge fund managers is bracing itself to repay investors around $1bn (£550m) after dreadful performances at two of its main funds.

Capital Bank
Capital Bank, the asset finance arm of HBOS, received a £1m fee for supporting the controversial winding-down of the UK arm of the Korean car maker Daewoo.

Cadbury
Cadbury Schweppes could reap savings of as much as £70m a year under European Union plans to slash the price of sugar.

Sunday Times

Hedge funds
The Financial Services Authority has launched a crackdown on insider dealing by investment banks and hedge funds.

House of Fraser
House of Fraser, the retail chain, is in talks to buy James Beattie, one of Britain's oldest department-store groups.

O2
Strong growth in germany and the profits from supplying a secure radio network for the police, fire and ambulance service could justify a bid of up to £17,5bn for O2, according to a new analysis.

Sunday Telegraph

BSkyB
British Sky Broadcasting is to unveil plans for a new service allowing customers to download movies and sports coverage over the internet.

Kwik-Fit
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US leveraged buyout spec-ialist, and Bridgestone, the Japanese tyre maker, are leading the race to buy Kwik-Fit, the car parts retailer.

Tesco
Tesco will this week reveal resilient first quarter sales figures, although the UK's most successful retailer will also admit that it has been hit by the slowdown in consumer spending.

Omega
Omega Underwriting, the Aim-listed Lloyd's of London managing agent, has made an approach to Hardy Underwriting, the insurer, about a merger to create a £120m business.

Observer

BT
Telecoms giant BT is take on Apple for a share of the multi-billion pound music download market.

Soros
George Soros, who made millions by betting that sterling would be ejected from the European exchange rate mechanism in 1992, is backing an audacious rescue plan for Eurotunnel, which faces bankruptcy later this year.

WPP
Advertising giant WPP, headed by Sir Martin Sorrell, has been slammed for lax corporate governance by a leading shareholder activist group.

Boardrooms
One in five of FTSE 100 companies that are still not complying with the Higgs corporate governance guidelines has failed to appoint sufficient independent non-executive directors, meaning many of the UK's leading businesses are out of step on this issue.