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Gold adds sparkle to miners as dollar’s in the doldrums

09.11.09
The price of gold traded at a new record high of $1,107.12 an ounce on world markets today, in response to a weaker dollar ... more

‘Could have been worse’ City says to BA and RBS numbers

06.11.09
Investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year ... more

City remains positive despite shockers from BA and RBS

06.11.09
Stock market investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year ... more

City traders overjoyed by Marks & Sparkling profits

04.11.09
They threw the switch on the Christmas lights in London’s Regent Street and Oxford Street last night, and, as if on cue, shares of some our major retailers lit up this morning ... more

Footsie surges ahead as good news adds to signs of a global recovery

14.10.09
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

British Land defections trigger downgrade from blue-blooded Caz

14.10.09
Troubled times ahead for British Land, down 4.8p at 467.6p, after main board director and head of retail Andrew Jones and two of his top executives left as exclusively revealed in last week’s Evening Standard ... more

Goldman digs commodities and sends the miners through the roof

07.10.09
Mining shares continued to defy gravity today with prices being pushed higher with a little help from top broker Goldman Sachs ... more

Goldman digging commodities to leave the miners scaling heights

07.10.09
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

Miners are in a hole as price of gold loses its lustre with fall below $1000

21.09.09
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

Slim pickings for 888 as its punters decide to cut back

27.08.09
Lady Luck has been a cruel mistress to gaming group 888 recently... more

Profit-takers seizing their chance after Petrofac surge as brokers become fans

14.08.09
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

Slew of sparkling figures show there’s life in UK PLC

30.07.09
Leading shares launched a fresh assault on the 4600 level again, enabling stock-market investors to extend their current winning streak... more

Dana is watered down as its oil search comes to nothing

22.05.09
Dana Petroleum was one of the biggest casualties among second-liners with the price tumbling 31p to 1223p... more

Miners gain ground in hint of an end to the bears’ run

07.05.09
Anyone looking for reassurance that the bear market is over, and share prices will never fall again, need look no further than the mining sector for inspiration... 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

BHP is boosted by Woodside bid hope

02.04.09
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

Beleaguered Baugur sells its stake in Debenhams

31.03.09
Collapsed Icelandic banks Baugur and Kaupthing were dumping stock in some of the UK's best-known retailers in a dash for cash... more

Uphill struggle for traders as good news hard to find

26.03.09
City traders and fund managers face an uphill battle over the next few days to put a gloss on things before the final quarter draws to a close... more

Banks feel the chill as US rescue plan deepens fears

11.02.09
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

Market report: Unilever’s £1.3bn puts a shine on the shares

30.10.08
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

Borat is no barometer of the nation’s health

27.10.08
Time and again, the TV news treats us to a report on the FTSE 100 against a backdrop of shoppers laden with carrier bags from shops that are not in the index. The two bear no relation to each other... more

Markets in nosedive as slump fears take hold

22.10.08
Markets: World stock markets were crashing again as investors were gripped by fears of a deep and prolonged global recession... more

Market report: Ferrexpo at record low after big holder sells off

06.10.08
It's not just the penniless that are getting clobbered by the growing global financial crisis. Ukrainian billionaires are also feeling the heat... more

Market report: Buyers see their chance as Footsie pulls back

02.10.08
Most investors have been scarred by the recent turmoil, but others see it as a buying opportunity... more

Kazakhmys raises stake in mining rival

11.08.08
Kazakhstan copper producer Kazakhmys said it had upped its stake in rival Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation to 25% ... more

Market report: Merrill begging bowl adds to banking woes

29.07.08
Merrill Lynch's impersonation of Oliver Twist in wanting "some more" cash did not go down well in the City... more

Watchdog sniffing out bonus peril

16.05.08
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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