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London's new influentials

10.11.09
'The 1000' - the Standard's list of the capital's top movers and shakers - is out tomorrow. Here's a preview of 25 bright sparks who make this year's selection for the first time... more

Goldman Sachs goes cold on LSE

21.10.09
Timing is everything in the stock market, which is why Goldman Sachs has removed shares in the London Stock Exchange from its influential Conviction Buy list and downgraded their rating to neutral ... more

LSE poised to snap up challenger Turquoise

01.10.09
The London Stock Exchange is set to take over Turquoise, the share trading platform set up by nine big investment banks to challenge the Exchange’s dominance in the UK equity market ... more

Redundancies reach Stock Exchange as 133 jobs cut

24.09.09
The spectre of rising unemployment stalking the City struck at its very heart today as the London Stock Exchange said it is making job cuts, hitting one in eight of its staff, or 133 people ... more

Counting the cost a year after Lloyds' takeover of HBOS

17.09.09
One year ago today, the news broke that Lloyds TSB was going to take over HBOS in a £12.2 billion all-share deal. With the benefit of hindsight, it is still staggering to read the press release issued to the Stock Exchange the following morning, 18 September... more

LSE takes IT in-house

16.09.09
Xavier Rolet stamped his authority as new chief executive of the London Stock Exchange with an £18 million deal to bring the market's key trading technology back in-house... more

A tough call for LSE on dealing with its rivals

10.09.09
When Xavier Rolet took over from the redoubtable Clara Furse as London Stock Exchange chief executive in late spring, the question most observers expected him to tackle first — apart from the need to take cost out of the organisation — was how to compete with the growing number of alternative trading venues such as Chi-X, Turquoise and BATS ... more

Turquoise trading system up for sale

18.08.09
Turquoise, the European share trading system which rivals the London Stock Exchange and was founded by nine investment banks, has been put up for sale ... more

Mixed picture at the London Stock Exchange

15.07.09
The London Stock Exchange posted a first-quarter revenue fall of 8% to £161.9 million as trading declined, but said there is light at the end of the tunnel with the latest figures up 5% on the preceding quarter ... more

New LSE chief cheers City by slowing revenues drop

15.07.09
Xavier Rolet presented his first update as chief executive of the London Stock Exchange today and it was broadly welcomed by the City... more

City Spy: RSPCA on alert as the fur flies at BA

15.07.09
British Airways trade unions’ eye-catching demonstration of live lemmings at the annual meeting almost didn’t happen... ... more

French expats vote for their London crème de la crème

10.07.09
From ballet dancers to bosses of blue chip companies and red carpet fashion designers to Premier League footballers, the capital's 350,000 French expatriates are celebrating their role in London society... more

Troubled Charter takes a 17% dive

10.06.09
If there really are green shoots in the global economy, engineering group Charter International certainly isn’t seeing them... more

The sun shines for Thomas Cook despite major shareholder’s woes

09.06.09
Thomas Cook shares enjoyed a day in the sun today despite its controlling shareholder filing for bankruptcy protection ... more

LSE set for Footsie return triumph

05.06.09
Next week’s FTSE reshuffle should mark a glorious start for Xavier Rolet, the new chief executive of the London Stock Exchange ... more

Cook dives on fears of stake sell-off

05.06.09
Thomas Cook investors must be feeling in need of a holiday. The tour operator was the biggest loser on the top flight today, shedding 9¼p to 216p amid renewed fears that its stricken German parent will offload its stake ... more

Exchange’s new chief acts quickly to settle Plus row

29.05.09
Xavier Rolet has been chief executive of the London Stock Exchange for barely a week but he has already cleared a major legal dispute from his in-tray... more

City welcome for little-known Xavier

20.05.09
When Xavier Rolet was announced as Clara Furse's successor, the instant response from most people outside the equity market was "who?"... more

Dame Clara’s LSE swansong sees revenues surge

20.05.09
Dame Clara Furse began her last day as chief executive at the London Stock Exchange by posting results that show share trading levels are improving, in another sign of green shoots in the economy ... more

Headache for pub giants as MPs seek tied-trade probe

13.05.09
Just like a prize hangover that kicks in after the event, shares in the leading pub chain operators were nursing a stonker today... more

Volumes rise at LSE but values on slide

26.03.09
The London Stock Exchange said trading volumes have risen but values have fallen as it feels the pain from the market crash and the emergence of rivals... more

Rally fan Rolet in the driving seat at LSE

13.02.09
Finance: The London Stock Exchange has marked the end of an era when it named Xavier Rolet as its new chief executive to take over from Dame Clara Furse... more

Rally fan is lined up for LSE driving seat

06.02.09
Finance: The London Stock Exchange is set to switch its leadership from ice maiden to French rally driver... more

Four top bankers leaving Lehman

02.10.08
Banking: Lehman Brothers' European co-chief executive officer is among at least four top bankers who will leave the firm after Nomura's takeover... more

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