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Apple will add to Covent Garden core factor

04.11.09
Covent Garden market is booming, with footfall and tenant levels higher than a year ago and the picture expected to brighten even further when Apple moves in next year, owner Liberty International said ... more

Praise from Morgan fires up Vedanta

01.10.09
Vedanta Resources claimed the crown among top stocks today as City heavyweight Morgan Stanley predicted the miner’s shares could double in price — even if metal prices remain stuck at their current levels ... more

Burberry bounce for Footsie as boss says luxury goods ‘can only get better’

23.09.09
Forget the pinstripes, checks are all the rage in the City. Burberry shares shot up more than 7%, taking the fashion group to the top of the leaderboard at its new home in the FTSE 100 Index... more

AstraZeneca shares get a boost from some heavyweight backing

01.09.09
Drugs giant AstraZeneca was showing the rest of the top 100 companies a clean pair of heels, spurred on by recommendations from two of the City’s biggest players... more

JP Morgan predicts problems ahead for UK commercial property sector

01.09.09
The future remains grim for the UK commercial property sector despite the strong rally in shares of leading developers since hitting a low point back in March ... more

London shares go bowling along as global worries ease

20.08.09
Some of the confidence being shown by stock-market investors rubbed off on the England cricket team in the fifth and final Test at the Brit Oval... more

US drugs giant takes stake in cannabis grower GW

06.08.09
Shares in the UK’s only legal cannabis grower, GW Pharmaceuticals, stood out with a rise of 7p to 83p after successfully raising almost £7 million ... more

Lloyds rally looks set to put taxpayer back in the money

06.08.09
Shares in Lloyds Banking Group have topped the £1 level for the first time since the start of the year, bringing them closer to the average price of 120p that the Government paid for its 43% stake in the ailing lender last year ... more

Retail property slide has steadied, says Liberty

31.07.09
The worst appears to be over for the retail property market, Liberty International - the owner of Covent Garden market - said... more

Mammoth project that may turn into a white elephant

03.07.09
Mark Morris and Maurice Golker have a very big decision to make in the coming weeks. This virtually unknown pair of property investors control a major site in the City. They are on the verge of submitting plans for a huge office block on the 2.8 acres of land in EC3. But is building a huge office block a terribly bright idea right now?... more

Panmure puts damper on hopes of housing recovery

28.04.09
City stockbroker Panmure Gordon has scoffed at suggestions the housing market may be showing the first green shoots of recovery... more

Footsie back below 4000 as Morgan sounds bear alert

06.04.09
The bear market is not over. That was the stark warning from Morgan Stanley today, which killed off any optimism in the City... more

HSBC hits out at property giants after rights flood

19.03.09
HSBC has cast its expert eye over the real estate investment trust sector following a plethora of heavily discounted rights issues, running into billions of pounds, which have been launched recently to shore-up weakened balance sheets.... more

Bears howling as insurers are lifted by Pru's strength

19.03.09
Stock-market bears, who have been selling the life assurers aggressively short in recent weeks, claiming they would be the next casualties of the banking crisis, were feeling the pain today as their shares soared.... more

Finance and property firms face chop from the Footsie

10.03.09
Such has been the pace and the scale of the stock market sell-off since the start of the year that the profile of the benchmark FTSE 100 index is set for another major makeover... more

Segro joins queue to top up the coffers

04.03.09
Property group Segro has launched a deeply discounted £500 million rights issue, becoming the latest — but not the last — property company to seek more cash from investors... more

Berkeley raises £50m to go shopping

26.02.09
Property: Berkeley Group boss Tony Pidgley has unveiled plans to raise £50 million from investors to fund a spending spree as rival housebuilders sell off land on the cheap... more

Bullish fund managers build up property sector

25.02.09
There are signs the property sector may be enjoying a spot of massage by fund managers as the month draws to a close.... more

Big share giveaways that are built on shaky ground

13.02.09
British Land yesterday produced a set of third-quarter results that pretty much guarantees new chief executive Chris Grigg won't match the £948,000 bonus paid to his predecessor Stephen Hester last year.... more

Time tight for Wolseley to flush out funds, says Citi

12.02.09
Time is running out for Wolseley, the world's biggest plumbing-equipment supplier, which has been clobbered by the collapse in housing markets on both sides of the Atlantic.... more

BSkyB pulls in punters but picture is darkened by Caz

09.02.09
BSkyB has boasted it is recession-proof, but not everyone in the City is convinced. That's why its shares took a pasting today, falling 19½p to 466½p to make it one of the worst-performing Footsie 100 stocks... more

Liberty into red after £1.08bn hit

05.11.08
Shopping centres owner Liberty International crashed into the red after £1.08 billion was wiped off the value of its property... more

UK sales rise as Westfield beats gloom

27.08.08
Shopping centres giant Westfield says sales in its UK developments rose 3.2% in the first half despite the gloomy economic conditions... more

Market report: Investors look to rate cuts to beat the gloom

22.08.08
Dire predictions on the economy may abound, but the Bank Holiday spirit sent traders on a shopping spree ... more

Liberty's mall values take a mauling

07.05.08
Covent Garden piazza owner today said the value of its shopping centres had declined sharply ... more

£345m mauling for Liberty's portfolio

07.05.08
Covent Garden piazza owner today slashed value of its property portfolio by £345 million... more

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