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Sir Win’s buying spree has City guessing about Lloyds

17.11.09
Does Lloyds Banking Group chairman Sir Win Bischoff know something the rest of us do not? ... more

The next big deal?

10.09.09
The Deal is back. Kraft’s unsolicited £10 billion bid for Cadbury. The merger of T-Mobile and Orange to form Britain’s largest mobile phone operator. Investment bankers are slavering after 18 months of what former senior Tory Alan Duncan might term “living on rations” ... 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

Leading shares rally after Mervyn King’s recessionary words

12.08.09
Leading shares rallied from opening falls after the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, moved to reassure stock market investors that cheap money would be swilling around the economy for sometime to come... more

Demand for raw materials makes Merrill an optimist

05.08.09
Merrill Lynch is confident the global economic recovery is already underway. It sees growing demand for raw materials which will, in turn, be good news for the big mining companies ... more

Investors alerted that water companies are to cut divis

04.08.09
Goldman Sachs is the latest broker to warn of future dividend cuts following publication of the water industry regulator Ofwat’s draft tariff proposal for the next five years ... more

Water firms wash-out

30.06.09
Ironic isn't it? But on one of the hottest days of the year, the water companies have suddenly found themselves out of favour among stock market investors... more

Vedanta slides as S&P gets cold feet over debt burden

26.06.09
London-listed Indian mining group Vedanta's huge debt mountain threatened to cast a long-term shadow over its expansion plans as credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said it had placed the group on its CreditWatch list with "negative implications"... more

BG jumps as Shell takeover rumour sweeps the City

19.06.09
Shares in oil and gas giants BG Group, up 30p at 1057p, and Royal Dutch Shell, 26p better at 1603p, were the subject of a burst of takeover speculation... more

Dana is Footsie gusher as takeover talk prompts feverish trading

18.06.09
A brief flurry of speculative buying saw shares of Dana Petroleum strike a high for the day of 1470p as talk whizzed around the Square Mile that a bid was on the way... more

Heritage Oil on a rocky ride in fundraising to buy Genel

15.06.09
Shares of Heritage Oil hit a low for the day of 510p before rebounding with a rise of 26½p to 532p after announcing plans to raise up to £137 million to help finance the proposed acquisition of Genel Energy International... 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

Lloyds leads banking rally ahead of tasty £4bn placing

19.05.09
It has been an eventful week for Lloyds Banking Group - and it's only Tuesday. The shares today firmed 0.9p to 98.9p ahead of tomorrow’s share placing... more

Goldman says door open to gains in building sector

08.04.09
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s record losses of £1.9 billion from housebuilder Taylor Wimpey comes news that Goldman Sachs has upgraded two other companies in the sector because it thinks they look good value for money... more

Broker says it's time for a sale of the supermarkets

01.04.09
The UK's well-run supermarket chains have also often been admired for their defensive qualities in times of trouble. But perhaps not for much longer.... more

Aviva takes a tumble after L&G moves to save £120m

25.03.09
Life assurer Aviva’s generous dividend policy was back in the spotlight today after one of its fiercest rivals, Legal & General, decided to cut its payout to shareholders in order to conserve £120 million of cash.... 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

Cairn slides as it seeks to put new funds in pipeline

11.03.09
Cairn Energy is looking to raise an extra £120 million to help build pipelines to transport the vast oil reserves it has in India's Rajasthan region... more

Dana makes 'significant' North Sea find

24.02.09
Energy: Dana Petroleum is proving that the North Sea is not a spent force... more

London on damage alert after Wall St 12-year low

24.02.09
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Dana and RBS help fight Wall Street's 12-year low

24.02.09
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

Market round-up: L&G short-sellers put the Footsie on downward trail

18.02.09
Shares on the London stock market briefly dropped back below the important 4000 resistance level today for the first time since October, as the short-sellers appeared to regain the upper hand in Legal & General.... more

Dana boosts output with £122m rival buy

16.02.09
Energy: Dana Petroleum moved to pick off debt-ridden fellow North Sea specialist Bow Valley Energy in a deal that should raise Dana's daily output by as much as a fifth... more

Banks boosted by upbeat view from Credit Suisse

06.02.09
High Street banks were the destination of choice today, with Barclays ahead by 9p to 109p as an upgrade from Credit Suisse raised hopes the sector is finally climbing back from rock bottom... more

European recession fears see share prices tumble

08.01.09
Shares across Europe fell today amid further signs the recession in Europe will turn out to be a long, drawn-out affair... more

Market report: RBS climbs but it's a long haul ahead

23.12.08
Shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland will no doubt be hoping things can only get better in 2009... more

Market report: Upbeat Credit Suisse has faith in equities for 2009

09.12.08
Credit Suisse brought investors some seasonal cheer today by taking an upbeat view of prospects for 2009... more

Market report: Property falls eject top builder from the Footsie

09.12.08
Taylor Wimpey's fall from grace among stock-market investors will be completed by the close of business tonight when its shares drop out of the Footsie 250 index ... more

Market report: Michael Page surges as it gives Adecco a hint

20.08.08
City headhunter Michael Page was itself in demand as speculators bet on a return of its suitor Adecco ¼ ½ ¾... more

Miners’ link buzz keeps investors on the prowl

06.08.08
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