The oil gods haven’t smiled on Premier Oil. Shares in the FTSE 250-listed oil explorer drop 17p to 1114p after it admits that a well in the North Sea had come up dry... more
Retired Cazenove partner Malcolm Calvert took illegal share tips from a source at the bank with access to deals being discussed by its most price-sensitive committee, a court hears... more
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... more
The London stock market bounced back from yesterday’s sell-off and were changing hands at a new high for the year amid signs that the global recovery has accelerated ... more
During periods of economic upheaval utility companies are usually viewed by stock market investors as something of a safe haven, supplying increased profitability and regular dividends ... more
Shares in Barclays fluctuated in morning trade, falling nearly 2% in the opening minutes before putting in a respectable rally as chief executive John Varley’s tour of City investors got underway ... more
Dealers at Credit Suisse and rival JPMorgan Cazenove were hitting the phones early this morning as they tried to clear the rump of mining giant RioTinto's £9.2 billion rights issue... more
The City's grandest investment banks are risking a backlash from clients who are irritated by the £1.5 billion charged this year for simple share placings and rights issues... more
City bankers from Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Cazenove were celebrating a £60 million-plus windfall after they successfully completed a £12.9 billion rights issue for HSBC, Europe's biggest bank... more
Naguib Kheraj, chief executive of JPMorgan Cazenove, declared he will be happy if the blue-blooded broking firm comes out of 2009 as well as it did in 2008... more
Investors on the London stock market today moved to stop the rot after another big sell-off overnight on Wall Street, which saw shares there slump to their lowest since 1997... more
A drop in the price of raw materials has meant mining companies have suffered their biggest monthly fall in 11 years during September and the third- biggest monthly fall on record... more
Asian hotshot Naguib Kheraj's arrival at blue-blooded brokers Cazenove signals more than a break with tradition - it could be crucial as the Queen's bankers face an uncertain future
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Cazenove, the top London stockbroker, risked civil war among its rainmakers when it chose the former finance director of Barclays as its new boss... more
Home Secretary talks about dangerous dogs, Jon Venables, his deprived childhood in Fifties Notting Hill - and why he won’t rule out standing for Labour’s top job
The £2.6bn Large Hadron Collider is to close again for maintenance. Brian Cox, the astrophysicist making science sexy — and who used to be D:ream — still believes things can only get better
How do you sell a below-par van Gogh for a tidy profit? I hear one canny businessman is sending it to market while it happens to be on display at the Royal Academy of Arts
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