Dany Bahar has been fired from Lotus. No one is saying exactly why, at least not in public. But it all comes down to two things: money and ambition.

The SAAB saga (no, that's not a new model) is still not over, despite news that a sale has been arranged.

Dewey Ballentine was one of the bluest of blue chip law firms. LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae was an upstart that grew rapidly and gathered large clients like a farmer gathers hay. In 2007, the firms decided to merge creating Dewey & LeBoeuf, one of the largest law firms in the world. Yesterday, it put itself into the hands of receivers under the USA's Chapter 11 provisions.

Users who downloaded copies of Angry Birds and other software for their mobile phones from websites other than Google's Play (formerly Android Market) have in some cases found themselves being charged GBP15 every time the open the app on a phone.

Le Mans, Late May. It's supposed to be summer. It was snowing in England last week. Here, a couple of hundred km south, it's peessing down, as our French friends pronounce it. But we are at the circuit because it's just down the road from the house and it would be a shame to miss the race. No matter how cold, it's heart-warming to see Valentino Rossi up at the front - second place for the first time since he joined Ducati. Perhaps the conditions give us a hint as to what is usually wrong with the bike: going slower and the conditions greasier, Rossi doesn't brake so hard so the bike stays pointing in the right direction. Just a guess.

A lawyer, formerly with Baker & McKenzie in New York has pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy to commit securities fraud while with the firm.

A committee of UK MPs has found that Rupert Murdoch "turned a blind eye and exhibited wilful blindness to what was going on in his companies and publications,” says the report into telephone hacking which goes on to say that there was a culture emanating from the top and permeating down the organisation which resulted in a "lack of effective corporate governance at News Corporation and News International."

Polk, a market research company, has produced a report that says that many owners of hybrid cars won't make the same purchasing decision again.

Oh, the delights of a few days in the tropics. And then it all goes wrong.

Last weekend, Starfish and I were in Kuala Lumpur for the Formula One Grand Prix. You know the one: nine laps, rain, cars parked, garden tents on the grid. Fantastic racing.

It was wet. Very wet. But nice to be back in KL and then Singapore.

Not so nice to be hopelessly lost several times.