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Final hours tick down on Kraft bid for Cadbury

Cadbury investors, managers and staff were left on tenterhooks this morning as Kraft Foods took its hostile bid for the chocolate maker down to the wire  Comments

Oil increase from Iraq

Iraq today set its sights on ramping up oil production as international firms such as BP move back into the country after years of war  Comments

Henderson’s Chime deal

The man who made his money by keeping his clients’ secrets, was today keeping mum about how much he will pocket from selling his own PR firm  Comments

Five feels the pain of £20.8m loss

Channel Five underlined the challenging state of the terrestrial commercial TV market as new figures showed it recorded a £20.8 million annual loss  Comments

Premiums boost Lloyd’s pair

Lloyd’s of London insurers Hiscox and Beazley enjoyed the calm after the storm in the last three months, boosted by higher gross premiums and investment profits  Comments

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Banks ‘causing property bottleneck’, says expert

Britain’s banks are causing a bottleneck in the commercial property market by holding onto seized assets rather than selling them on, an industry expert warned today  Comments

Allianz back in profit as sales beat forecasts

Insurer Allianz today bounced back from heavy losses a year ago with a forecast-beating surge in profits on sharply higher revenues  Comments

Capital leads recovery but job losses still rise

London is leading the UK out of recession despite unemployment continuing to rise at pace in the capital  Comments

Wal-Mart sells Asda to Corinth in UK restructuring

Wal-Mart has carried out an internal restructuring of its UK business which has seen it “sell” Asda to another Wal-Mart company for £6.9 billion  Comments

Axa plans Asian push with €2bn rights issue

French insurance giant Axa today unveiled a major restructuring attempt including a €2 billion (£1.7 billion) rights issue to fund a push into Asia  Comments

Long-haul fliers spurn Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus, which fought off an acrimonious takeover bid from Ryanair, today said revenues fell 10% in the past three months compared with the same time last year  Comments

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Market Roundup
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Gold adds sparkle to miners as dollar’s in the doldrums

The price of gold traded at a new record high of $1,107.12 an ounce on world markets today, in response to a weaker dollar

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Pots, kettles and Moscow’s mayor

“Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been roundly ticked off by the Mayor of Moscow — for buying the West London football club

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