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

11.11.09
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 ... 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

Three-pronged dose of good news boosts car dealers

30.09.09
Could car dealers be on the road to recovery? ... more

Deutsche’s chorus of ecstasy gives strong fillip to insurers

30.09.09
Life insurers were shining again today as bid rumours continued to ignite the sector and Deutsche Bank gave a glowing verdict on its prospects ... more

Banks rally although bad times are round the corner

31.07.09
Banks will be back in the spotlight next week when they report second-quarter profits. But if the pin-stripes in the boardroom were expected to suffer from a touch of nerves, they were not showing it ... more

Reed dives after major share placing to slash £5bn debts

30.07.09
Publisher Reed Elsevier has launched a major share placing to cut its $8.3 billion (£5 billion) debts ... more

Slew of sparkling figures show there’s life in UK PLC

30.07.09
Leading shares launched a fresh assault on the 4600 level again, enabling stock-market investors to extend their current winning streak... more

Pandemic fears wipe billions off travel shares

27.04.09
Billions of pounds were wiped off the value of travel companies around the world amid growing fears of a swine-flu pandemic... more

Shares plummet as cynics struggle to digest Budget

22.04.09
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget was cynically seen by some in the City as an old fashioned move to soak the rich in order to dish out more to the poor with an eye on the next General Election. ... more

Cash-rich Lloyds given a vote of approval by UBS

22.04.09
State-controlled Lloyds Banking Group has more money than it knows what to do with and the shares, 4.5p firmer at 99.5p, are trading well above the original rights issue price of 38.43p.... more

Habgood to face flak over decision to lead two FTSE firms

21.04.09
Questions over the lucrative part-time jobs of Britain’s top company chairmen were revived after Anthony Habgood — already at the centre of one corporate governance minefield — insisted on continuing to lead two separate FTSE 100 companies... more

If it was that bad for Gordon Ramsay then, what's it like now?

05.03.09
A mere seven months late, chef Gordon Ramsay has finally filed his accounts for his main company, Gordon Ramsay Holdings... more

Market report: Travis Perkins ditches the divi after plunge to £202m

19.02.09
Shareholders of Travis Perkins have been sent away empty-handed after the builders' merchant reported a 22.5% slump in profits last year.... more

Market report: Housebuilders welcoming relief from the rate move

04.12.08
Housebuilders were the outright winners of the move by the Bank of England monetary policy committee to slash interest rates by a full percentage point to just 2%... more

Now you can spot a real difference at our banks

06.11.08
Well, at least we can’t claim there’s nothing to choose between our big banks. From a position of grand uniformity, with the occasional playful pretences at competition, adversity has spawned diversity. Suddenly, each one now looks quite different from the others... more

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08.10.08
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Anxious times for the hedgies at RAB Capital

12.09.08
THE received wisdom in hedge fund land is that the moment you start dictating to your investors how long they must stay, you are dead. ... more

Some media shares don't belong on the stock market

20.08.08
It is easy to see ITV's problems as a microcosm of the whole media sector, says Gideon Spanier... more

Big story at the Mirror: Can Sly win her battle for survival?

02.07.08
Chief executive Sly Bailey's job is on the line as profit woes savage Trinity Mirror. Her damage limitation has won City plaudits but another shock could spell the end... more

Reed Elsevier plans £1.3bn mags sell-off

21.02.08
Publishing giant Reed Elsevier has put up for sale magazine titles worth up to £1.3billion.... more

For the love of film

03.05.07
Rottentomatoes is the latest movie website to expand with a special UK version. You can find out everything you need to know about cinema on the internet - but where to look?... more

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