The long-anticipated takeover bid for IT group Micro Focus could be on its way after the £750 million company was forced to admit that an approach has been received... more
Cable & Wireless Communications expects to finish its 2010/11 year in line with forecasts after strong performances in Panama and Macau offset continuing tough conditions in the Caribbean... more
Cable & Wireless completes its long-awaited demerger in a move that sees the creation of separate companies for its blue-chip and regional telecoms operations... more
Could Archie Norman have a pleasant surprise for ITV investors next month? Goldman Sachs thinks a big pick-up in advertising demand is on the cards... more
Advisers to Cable & Wireless’s £3.7 billion demerger will pick up fees of £22 million as the telecoms giant splits its British and international businesses... more
Archie Norman was the youngest-ever partner at management consultants McKinsey before becoming one of the three founders of Woolworths and B&Q retailer Kingfisher in the 1980s... more
It does not really matter what the Conservatives talk about in Manchester this week because it is almost certain it will not cover the one thing everyone wants to hear about ... more
The bulls are back in town. After the stock market enjoyed its best week this year last week, with the FTSE 100 gaining 6.3%, shares in London were on the rise again today ... more
Cable & Wireless, the telecoms company at the heart of a row over executive bonuses, today said it would cut more costs in its bid to safeguard profitability... more
There was no shortage of water in London’s streets today but that was not the reason Bank of America Merrill Lynch cut its rating on two of the four biggest suppliers of the wet stuff, Pennon and Northumbrian, from neutral to underperform before next month’s dividend reporting season... more
Cable & Wireless said that its earnings will top £1 billion in the year to next March, having today reported a 36% rise in earnings to £822 million for the year just ended ... more
Telecoms: Cable & Wireless said it was on course to meet its full-year profits forecast of "at least" £780 million despite the deepening recession... more
It is too early to say whether this week's wobble in the oil price marks the top, but there are reasons to think it might - and if it does, it is the best possible news for a beleaguered world economy... more
Cable & Wireless forced to declare that it has made a takeover approach for Thus after shares in the former Scottish Telecom went shooting ahead... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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