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VT Group ups its bid in move for Mouchel

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:27:49 GMT

Engineering and support services firm Mouchel is weighing up an increased takeover offer from VT Group worth �330 million

Home Retail Group turns positive on takeover talk

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:14:56 GMT

Could suitors soon be circling for Home Retail Group? That was the question on traders� lips today, with both private-equity firms and trade buyers mooted as potential bidders

Brand Candy � limitless style for limitless money

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:06:33 GMT

Hedge funds aren�t out of the woods yet

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:04:02 GMT

JJB rights issue still on despite Jones rumours

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:32:50 GMT

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

AA and Birds Eye "could go up for sale"

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:45:37 GMT

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

Luminar in a raiser to snap up its ailing rivals

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:07:45 GMT

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

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

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:43:37 GMT

Hands up who's bored of bashing Stuart Rose

Commerzbank puts up Kleinwort Benson for sale

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:55:14 GMT

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

Blanchflower the dove isn't going in peace

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:57:30 GMT

Closures at Findel in debt battle

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:19:06 GMT

Lloyds Banking gets 65 percent take-up for bond offer

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:16:45 GMT

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

Schroders axes 50 after 68% profit dive

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:07:52 GMT

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

Shift that's the real issue at Rio

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:36:25 GMT

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

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:47:39 GMT

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.

schroders finding it tough with 70% dive

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:18:30 GMT

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

New Star shares up on hopes of rescue

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:27:07 GMT

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

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

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:47:31 GMT

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

Market report: Futures pointer to new gains by crude

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:25:53 GMT

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

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

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:45:54 GMT

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

LandSecs dives into red and puts split-up on hold

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:17:36 GMT

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

Schroders gloomy on turnaround in stocks

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:24:46 GMT

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

Only hedge fund rescues can now turn the market

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:48:45 GMT

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

Market report: Woeful Woolworths on Sugar's shopping list

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:50:30 GMT

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

Schroders' funds suffer a �9bn blow

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:12:36 GMT

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

BT Group tumbles as main rivals call shots

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:28:04 GMT

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

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:31:17 GMT

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

London's 'third city' at a planning crossroads

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:23:27 GMT

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

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

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:30:36 GMT

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

Putting the Bank back in charge is all old hat

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:37:56 GMT

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