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JJB rights issue still on despite Jones rumours

12.10.09
JJB Sports was meeting with shareholders to shore up support for its £100 million fund-raiser after rumours derailed it last Friday ... more

AA and Birds Eye "could go up for sale"

28.08.09
The private-equity market is expected to be dead for the next year or so but one of the first big deals to come on to the market could be the giant AA-Saga Group combine ... more

Luminar in a raiser to snap up its ailing rivals

31.07.09
Nightclubs operator Luminar is tapping the stock market for an extra £35.7 million to buy up rivals who have fallen on hard times ... more

Pledge to keep Friends divi in takeover plan

20.07.09
Friends shareholders were told today that Resolution’s takeover plan would pay them a minimum £1500 cash sweetener and preserve their dividend ... more

Pipe down, box-tickers! Sir Stuart's got M&S looking rosy

30.06.09
Hands up who's bored of bashing Stuart Rose... more

Commerzbank puts up Kleinwort Benson for sale

09.06.09
Germany’s Commerzbank is set to put Kleinwort Benson, one of the City’s most venerable private banks, formally up for sale this week ... more

Lloyds Banking gets 65 percent take-up for bond offer

02.04.09
Lloyds Banking Group investors have so far taken up over 65% of its offer to swap up to £7.5 billion of bonds for higher quality debt, aimed at improving its balance sheet... more

Schroders axes 50 after 68% profit dive

17.03.09
Asset management and private banking giant Schroders today axed around 50 staff in its City HQ on Gresham Street — about 5% of its 1100-strong London workforce. Insiders claimed that “whole teams” were being shown the door... 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

schroders finding it tough with 70% dive

12.02.09
Finance: Fund manager Schroders unveiled a 70% slump in profits and admitted it sees little chance of stock markets sparking into life this year... more

Stelios claims victory in easyJet row on growth but holders rebel against him

05.02.09
Aviation: Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is claiming victory in his row with the airline's management after the board said today it was prepared to pare back its expansion plans... more

New Star shares up on hopes of rescue

12.01.09
Finance: New Star Asset Management has had up to 10 takeover offers, with the front-runners looking to part with up to £100 million for the fund manager... more

Citi warns of a grim night out at the pub for years

12.01.09
The smoking ban, competition from the supermarkets and a general lack of cash in people’s pockets are continuing to take a heavy toll on the UK’s big pub operators and restaurant chains... more

Market report: Futures pointer to new gains by crude

22.12.08
Make the most of falling oil prices and filling up at the pumps on the cheap - it could be all about to change again the New Year... more

Market report: 3i shares at lowest since floating as deals dry up

16.12.08
Shares in private-equity giant 3i hit the skids for the second day in a row, tumbling to their lowest since floating 14 years ago... more

Market report: Centrica is held back by fears over its cash-raiser

15.12.08
British Gas operator Centrica was one of the biggest casualties among the top 100 companies, falling 17½p to 234¾p as brokers set about placing the rump of its recent £2.2 billion rights issue, worth almost £279 million... more

LandSecs dives into red and puts split-up on hold

12.11.08
Property: Property giant Land Securities reported thumping losses as it put its demerger on ice and appointed former Schroders banker Alison Carnwath as chairman... more

Schroders gloomy on turnaround in stocks

28.10.08
There is little hope of a stock-market turnaround until the end of 2009, fund management house Schroders concedes... more

Only hedge fund rescues can now turn the market

22.10.08
It is a sign of how complex the financial world has become that when you get a sharp uptick in the market, as we have seen this week, it is bad news for so many of the players... more

Market report: Woeful Woolworths on Sugar's shopping list

10.10.08
Consumers may be shunning its stores, but Woolworths has still found its way on to Sir Alan Sugar's shopping list.... more

Schroders' funds suffer a £9bn blow

08.08.08
The credit crunch has taken a bite out of Schroders, as private investors keep their hands in their pockets... more

RBS rushes to ease fears over buy-to-let loans

02.06.08
Royal Bank of Scotland moves to distance itself from the crisis at Bradford & Bingley just days ahead of its own £12 bn rights issue... more

London's 'third city' at a planning crossroads

16.05.08
Examination of plans for the redevelopment of Croydon reveal both naïve optimism and a refusal to face uncomfortable truths... more

Crisis over? No, it's set to spread much wider

08.05.08
You would think that bankers would by now be wary about following the latest fashion, but it would appear to be a habit too deeply ingrained to shake off... more

Putting the Bank back in charge is all old hat

02.04.08
The world has moved on and needs to be regulated as it is, not as we fondly remember it was... more

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