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Alliance Trust upbeat about future prospects

24.11.09
Investment company Alliance Trust said it was “cautiously optimistic” about its prospects as it pumped more money into the recovering stock market... more

Bank chiefs are blowing hot and cold in battle over inflation

24.11.09
Economic analysis: Temperatures at the Bank of England are rising over how to drive a recovery in the UK economy without sending inflation soaring... more

Battered buck fires demand for miners as prices surge

23.11.09
Fresh weakness in the dollar gave a further boost to commodity prices which, in turn, brought in the buyers for mining shares... more

Analysis: LSE gets a shrinking feeling as new kids pile on the pressure

23.11.09
If you had suggested, even quite recently, that the London Stock Exchange would one day lose its dominant role as the City’s leading trading platform, everybody would have laughed ... more

Heritage sells Uganda stake to ENI halting Genel merger

23.11.09
A bid battle for Heritage Oil could break out after the independent upstream exploration and production company said its proposed merger with Turkey’s Genel Energy was off and it would instead sell its interests in Uganda to Italian major ENI for £900 million... more

Heritage on bid alert after Uganda sell-off

23.11.09
A bid battle for Heritage Oil could break out after the explorer said its proposed merger with Turkey’s Genel Energy was off... more

New way through for bonds

20.11.09
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Morgan Stanley casts cloud over Thomas Cook and Tui

20.11.09
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... more

Cadbury battle prompts City search for next takeover target

19.11.09
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... more

Ofwat pricing proposals point to hard times for water firms

18.11.09
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 ... more

A reheated tale from Russia fires up shares in Centrica

18.11.09
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Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

16.11.09
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 ... more

Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

16.11.09
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 ... more

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

12.11.09
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 ... more

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

11.11.09
City investors were continuing to pump money into the stock market today as leading shares led another assault on the 5300 resistance level ... more

It's official: Britain is on the way back

11.11.09
Latest: Britain is on the road to economic recovery, the Governor of the Bank of England said... more

Footsie edges upwards as results arrive thick and fast

10.11.09
Leading shares continued to make headway in another day of thin trading as City investors tackled a clutch of trading updates ... more

Footsie edging upwards as results arrive thick and fast

10.11.09
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 ... more

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

09.11.09
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 ... more

Psst! Keep it quiet but the City still wants to celebrate

09.11.09
Now Hallowe’en and Bonfire Night are over, party planners expect a busy festive season despite recession ... more

Don’t put all your faith in models

06.11.09
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‘Could have been worse’ City says to BA and RBS numbers

06.11.09
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 ... more

City remains positive despite shockers from BA and RBS

06.11.09
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 ... more

Banks and miners punished as investors head for exits

03.11.09
Leading shares were struggling to hold above the 5000 level today, as investors headed for the exits... more

Another insurer confesses his affair

29.10.09
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Optimism over US data halts ravaging decline on Footsie

29.10.09
Investors on the London stock market applied the brake to recent losses after the world's biggest economy confirmed it had emerged from recession... more

Red faces at Goldman after BP’s triumph

28.10.09
Oops! Even the best of them can get it wrong in the stock market. Just ask Goldman Sachs which had a sell rating on BP ahead of yesterday’s bumper third-quarter numbers which drove the shares 5% higher to a year’s high of 597.4p... more

Salaries of bosses are surging ahead

26.10.09
The bosses of Britain’s top companies have seen their salaries surge by an average of 7.4% in the past year, rising at more than twice the rate of their employees’ pay ... more

BA is worst plunger on Footsie after Deutsche drops rating to hold

26.10.09
Shares in British Airways ran into a spot of turbulence this morning, plunging more than 2% which made it the biggest faller among blue chips ... more

Experts got it wrong again and now we've lost faith

23.10.09
This was a wake-up call. And a nasty one at that.... more

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