Investors in AstraZeneca were left with a bitter pill to swallow amid talk that a lack of innovation at the drug-maker could prompt it to shrink and even be taken over... more
The colour red may have been dominating trading screens today, but that didn't stop some in the City talking up the likelihood of a takeover boom... more
Takeover tittle-tattle engulfing the internet gambling industry provided a welcome distraction on an otherwise miserable morning in the markets today... more
Kazakhmys has decides against raising $200 million by issuing new shares when it lists in Hong Kong, blaming a weak share price after volatility on commodity markets battered the sector... more
Market round-up: Africa-focused explorer Bowleven — touted by countless Square Mile gossips as “the next Tullow Oil” — reveals that it found more crude at its exploration well in Cameroon, sending its shares… down 2%
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Market round-up: Like an addled drug addict coming down from a high, the Footsie stumbles from yesterday’s stonking gains to retreat into the red... more
Kazakhmys chairman Vladimir Kim collects a staggering £833 million selling almost a third of his stake in the copper miner and producer to the Kazakhstan government... more
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar and news of better-than-expected GDP in Japan signalled another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold ... 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
Even allowing for a spot of profit-taking today, mining shares remain at the top of most investors’ shopping lists with a little help from top broker Goldman Sachs ... more
Mining shares were in disarray after the price of gold dipped back below the $1000-an-ounce level for the first time in almost a week after the International Monetary Fund threatened to sell 10% of its reserves. ... more
Petrofac shareholders can reflect on this week with a certain amount of satisfaction and look to the future with pound signs registering in their eyes. The shares have traded at record highs this week and with that in mind it was time for them to take some profits ... more
BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, has a stack of cash burning a hole in its pocket and wants to spend it on a major acquisition... more
Bank shares came under the hammer again today following a big sell-off of bank shares on Wall Street overnight, where investors are fretting about their wholesale nationalisation in the wake of the US Treasury's $2 trillion bank rescue scheme... more
Unilever, the world’s second-biggest supplier of consumer products, today celebrated a bumper rise in third-quarter profits with a share-price jump of 29p to 1372p... more
It's not just the penniless that are getting clobbered by the growing global financial crisis. Ukrainian billionaires are also feeling the heat... more
I despair of ever getting banks to realise that incentivising staff to do deals, make loans and expand the balance sheet regardless of the quality is asking for trouble... more
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