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Mickey Clark

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Morgan Stanley casts cloud over Thomas Cook and Tui

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

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Cadbury battle prompts City search for next takeover target

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

A reheated tale from Russia fires up shares in Centrica

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.

Ofwat pricing proposals point to hard times for water firms

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

Sir Win’s buying spree has City guessing about Lloyds

Does Lloyds Banking Group chairman Sir Win Bischoff know something the rest of us do not?

Whitney is über-bearish as shares rise around the world

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

Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

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

Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

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

Utilities spark into life on talk that Warren Buffett has sights on buys

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

BA passes the 200p mark on hopes Iberia tie-up is nearing completion

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

Footsie has 5300 mark in its sights as punters pour cash into shares

City investors were continuing to pump money into the stock market today as leading shares led another assault on the 5300 resistance level

Footsie edges upwards as results arrive thick and fast

Leading shares continued to make headway in another day of thin trading as City investors tackled a clutch of trading updates

Footsie edging upwards as results arrive thick and fast

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

Metals add lustre to miners as dollar is in the doldrums

The price of gold traded at a record high of $1108.00 an ounce on world markets today in response to a weaker dollar

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

‘Could have been worse’ City says to BA and RBS numbers

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

City remains positive despite shockers from BA and RBS

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

British Airways is tumbling despite Iberia deal hopes

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

City traders overjoyed by Marks & Sparkling profits

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

Banks and miners punished as investors head for exits

Leading shares were struggling to hold above the 5000 level today, as investors headed for the exits

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