Shares of the UK’s two biggest package holiday operators were among the heaviest blue-chip fallers today after one broker decided that their outlook was far from sunny
Read full article...The £10 billion battle for control of Cadbury, 5p cheaper at 792½p, is now warming up, but the City is looking around for the next Footsie 100 target
British Gas operator Centrica lit up on the leaderboard today with a rise of 6p at 258¼p as that old story about a bid from Russia's Gazprom began doing the rounds again.
Given all the rain that has fallen during the past few days, it seems strange that shareholders of the main water utilities are bracing themselves for something of a drought as far as their fortunes are concerned in the years ahead
Does Lloyds Banking Group chairman Sir Win Bischoff know something the rest of us do not?
Share prices on both sides of the Pond are trading at their best levels in more than a year, so stock market investors could be forgiven for thinking the worst of the global recession and banking meltdown is over
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar was the signal for another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar and news of better-than-expected GDP in Japan signalled another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold
As billionaires go, Warren Buffett is worth a bob or two. That’s probably why shares of his publicly listed vehicle Berkshire Hathaway are changing hands on Wall Street at more than $100,000 apiece
Shares of British Airways were flying high today, as they climbed back above the 200p level with a rise of 6p to 206p amid hopes that a merger with the Spanish carrier Iberia will be completed within the next few days
City investors were continuing to pump money into the stock market today as leading shares led another assault on the 5300 resistance level
Leading shares continued to make headway in another day of thin trading as City investors tackled a clutch of trading updates
Leading shares posted their fifth consecutive day of gains in another thin trading session as City investors tackled a clutch of results from blue-chip companies
The price of gold traded at a record high of $1108.00 an ounce on world markets today in response to a weaker dollar
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
Investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year
Stock market investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year
Is the board of British Airways about to buy a one-way ticket to Madrid? That was the story doing the rounds in the Square Mile this morning amid claims that the proposed merger with Spanish carrier Iberia could be completed by the second quarter of next year
They threw the switch on the Christmas lights in London’s Regent Street and Oxford Street last night, and, as if on cue, shares of some our major retailers lit up this morning
Leading shares were struggling to hold above the 5000 level today, as investors headed for the exits
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