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Horlick ends Tchenguiz war with £5m fund sale to Aberdeen

Nicola Horlick, the one-time City superwoman, has sold the management contract on her only stock market-quoted fund to rival fund manager Aberdeen Asset Managers

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Here’s a double act that could be a winner for ITV

Jedward and upward: Archie Norman and John Cresswell could hit the right note

JPMorgan Cazenove boss looks for new senior role after £1bn deal

Naguib Kheraj, chief executive of JPMorgan Cazenove, is expected to stand aside from the broking firm once today’s £1 billion takeover by American bank JPMorgan Chase is completed

Santander in mortgage push with overdraft fillip

Spanish banking giant Santander today launched an aggressive strategy to grow its share of the UK mortgage market by offering home borrowers a current account with no overdraft fees

Morrisons man brings more reasons to shop at M&S

Marc Bolland has transformed Morrisons from a dowdy northern chain known for its cheap prices and cluttered aisles to a respected nationwide presence respected for its farmers' market-style fresh food stalls.

Norman is the surprise choice for ITV chair

ITV named Archie Norman, the former Tory shadow cabinet member and chief executive of Asda, as its new chairman

Swaziland tycoon launches bid for developer Minerva

London property developer Minerva today received its second takeover bid in just over a year as largest shareholder KiFin offered £85 million

City and Canary Wharf ‘hit by floods’ – but don’t panic...

Large parts of the City and Canary Wharf were plunged into 'chaos' as the FSA, Treasury and Bank of England tested how well the financial system can cope with an Act of God

Bankers warn against ‘too tough’ rules

Two of London’s top bankers today warned regulators and governments not to move too fast or be too draconian with their plans for tighter rules on banks

Co-founder of Microsoft faces new cancer fight

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of cancer of the immune system, and is being treated with chemotherapy

City’s fury at Darling plans to curb banks’ bonus culture

There was growing anger across the City today over plans the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling has to “tear up” bankers’ bonus contracts

Citi snub for EMI plan

Banking giant Citigroup has rejected attempts by Terra Firma, Guy Hands’s private equity firm, to restructure EMI, the music business it bought for £2.5 billion in 2007

Greg languishes but GLG triumphs after Coffey break

Former GLG star hedge fund manager Greg Coffey has been left trailing by his previous employers in his first year apart from the London-based firm

Tullett’s ‘robust’ £302m

Terry Smith’s broking firm Tullett Prebon, which is fighting a High Court case accusing rival BGC Partners of trying to poach up to 90 London staff, said its business had been “robust” over the last four months

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BT delivers rise in dividend as cost cuts start to pay off

A year after its first shock profit warning, BT today raised its forecasts for several key financial measures for the current year, putting some of the damage behind it

Reed tells chief executive Smith to pack his bags as City cuts profit forecasts

Reed Elsevier, publisher of Farmers Weekly and New Scientist, has parted company with its chief executive Ian Smith after less than a year in the job

Barclays gives clear sign of recovery with 1p dividend

Barclays announced its return to dividend payments. Only a year after the bank was forced to stop them at the height of the credit crunch, it said it will pay a first interim dividend of just one penny

RBS loses another £1.5bn with more pain on the way

Royal Bank of Scotland, which this week was promised another £33.5 billion of taxpayers’ money, says it lost a further £1.5 billion in the past three months

Christmas ads rise has ITV celebrating early

ITV today cheered the City with forecasts of a strong upturn in advertising in the run up to Christmas as it emerged that corporate finance heavy hitter Bob Wigley is front runner to become the broadcaster’s next chairman

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