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Suitor for Micro Focus

26.04.11
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

Micro Focus slumps after ousting its chief

15.04.11
Shares in IT group Micro Focus slump 14% as it ousts its chief executive Nigel Clifford less than a year after he took the job... more

Cable & Wireless Communications expects to finish 2010/11 in line with forecasts

09.02.11
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

Consortium's crime agency IT contract

11.01.11
A consortium led by Logica wins a £157 million, 10-year contract to outsource IT services for the Serious Organised Crime Agency... more

Cable & Wireless Communications sales up

04.11.10
Cable & Wireless Communications reports a 2% rise in first-half sales in what it says was a mixed economic environment... more

Ocado's true worth keeps the brokers at loggerheads

31.08.10
How much are shares in Ocado really worth? Four broking heavyweights tried to answer that today, with rather contrasting results... more

Chopping jobs is just not going to work, Mr Osborne

22.07.10
Another social gathering, another friend telling of how she’d just been laid off as part of the cutbacks in London public-sector workers... more

Shares portfolio: Asos and IG Group in form

10.06.10
Shares Portfolio: The Standard's City team rates which stocks to buy and sell, with analysis on tomorrow's trading and the top shares talk... more

Cable & Wireless completes telecoms demerger

26.03.10
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

Man Group slides as chat of transatlantic merger fails to inspire

26.03.10
News that Man Group is on the prowl for deals in America sent the shares sinking... more

Market Round-up: ITV’s fortunes may be on the up after talk of adverts revival

16.02.10
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

Cable and Wireless advisers to make £22m in demerger

02.02.10
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

Norman's conquests

18.11.09
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

Tory cuts could be mighty unpleasant

05.10.09
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

British Airways hits turbulence as brokers say worst is yet to come

24.09.09
Shares in British Airways went into a tailspin today as UBS warned that the airline won't make a profit until 2012.... more

Credit Suisse puts Sky on shorting list and calls for change of strategy

24.09.09
The picture is getting shakier for BSkyB — so much so that Credit Suisse thinks it is a prime candidate to short ... more

Footsie keeps up momentum as the bulls make their mark

20.07.09
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

Travel firms feel pig sick over fears of swine flu pandemic

20.07.09
Swine flu fears infected the stock market today, consigning travel stocks and Smith & Nephew (S&N) to their sick beds ... more

Cable & Wireless cuts costs as income dives

17.07.09
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

Water stirred by dividend jitters

26.05.09
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

C&W earnings set to top £1 billion

21.05.09
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

C&W leads fallers as City sentiment begins to wane

21.05.09
Cable & Wireless was London's biggest dud today as its house broker reined in forecasts for the coming year... more

Cable & Wireless have confidence in strong earnings

10.02.09
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

Record Footsie fall despite late flourish

31.12.08
London shares put on a bright show during the last three days of 2008. It's just a pity about the 363 days that preceded them... more

Market report: DSG at a record low as Citi slashes its targets

19.11.08
Shares in electrical retailer DSG International slumped to a record low today, with prospects for shareholders still looking far from bright... more

C&W offloads £1 billion of pension fund burden to Pru

03.09.08
Pensions: Telecoms giant Cable & Wireless offloads £1 billion of its pension fund liabilities in a deal with Prudential... more

Reasons to believe oil prices may ease soon

17.07.08
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 makes a takeover swoop for £240m Thus

28.05.08
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


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