NEW HOME: Mobile phone company Orange has picked the Point building at London's Paddington as its new headquarters.

IN THE BAG: Software group Autonomy has won a series of contracts to provide its technology to IT and software companies, federal agencies and the army in the US. Autonomy's product is designed to organise large volumes of unstructured data.

COSTLY SALE: Insurance group CGNU said the sale of its US general insurance business to White Mountains Insurance would result in an additional £138 million cost.

BALL ROLLS: Media Content, the AIM-listed sports media advisor, has been appointed as exclusive media advisors to the World Professional Snooker and Billiards Association, the governing body for professional snooker worldwide.