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City Spy: Investment advice that's hard to trust

18.10.11
Need help making decisions on how to invest? Why not go to Money Advice Service, an organisation set up by the Government and funded by the Financial Services Authority...... more

Buoyant Buffett's on a buying spree

08.08.11
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway splashed out $3.6 billion (£2.2 billion) on shares in the three months to June... more

Goldman Sachs Libya 'attack'

31.05.11
The US may be taking a backseat in the effort to oust Colonel Gaddafi, but the London division of its most famous investment bank, Goldman Sachs, seems to have inadvertently launched an attack of its own... more

City Spy: Royal wedding party planner takes a bow

05.05.11
While Hugo Burnand has earned plaudits as the official photographer for William and Kate's wedding, one other key behind-the-scenes figure has being maddeningly discreet - until now... more

City Spy: Warren Buffett is not looking so Sage

05.04.11
"Lose money and I will forgive you, but lose even a shred of reputation and I will be ruthless." That's one of Warren "the Sage of Ohama" Buffett's famous sayings, one of those phrases which are supposed to make us love the high priest of capitalism with the reassurance that his main aim is to do good works, rather than personally prosper... more

Barclays heads the gainers as traders breathe sigh of relief

01.04.11
Financial stocks were in demand today, helping the FTSE 100 index to kick off the new quarter in style. Barclays was top dog, jumping 10.25p to 287.75p, Royal Bank of Scotland climbed 1.2p to 42p and Lloyds Banking Group gained 1.2p to 59.3p... more

City Spy: Osborne should tell Varley to stop bleating

22.03.11
Three cheers for GlaxoSmithKline boss Andrew Witty, who says: "I don't buy that you can be this floating entity with no allegiance to anybody but the lowest tax rate." Well said, and say it again to Barclays, reportedly threatening to take its ball and "leave" the country... more

Warren Buffett upbeat on Japan, unlike the World Bank

21.03.11
There are two radically different views from authoritative sources on the future for Japan, from the World Bank and legendary investor Warren Buffett... more

Capital is worthless if the culture is wrong

02.03.11
Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders is always worth reading, not just for what he says about the different businesses within the Berkshire Hathaway group but for his wider comments on the business scene... more

City Spy: Cartesian gets it right in short order

14.02.11
So, Xchanging ends up with egg all over its Boat Race (geddit?) with a thumping £112 million of impairments, the departure of the chief executive and a share collapse of more than 50%... more

JD Wetherspoon weathers the storm

19.01.11
The winter snow appears to have been a boon for JD Wetherspoon: once inside the cheap and cheerful pubs, drinkers saw little reason to leave... more

Goldman Sachs looks to pay back Warren Buffett's $5bn

21.10.10
Goldman Sachs said to be considering paying back a $5 billion (£3.17 billion) investment made by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway... more

‘We’ll repay Warren Buffett’, says Swiss Re

06.05.10
Swiss Re, the world’s second-biggest reinsurer, says it is confident it will be able to repay the loan it took from billionaire Warren Buffett as business improved in the first quarter... more

Insider trading probe focuses on Goldman Sachs director

23.04.10
Goldman Sachs is hit by reports that say one of its directors tipped off a hedge fund being investigated over insider trading about a pending $5 billion investment in the bank by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway... more

City Spy: Rory Bremner entertains banking crowd with a condom and non-dom

08.03.10
Rory Bremner, compere at the annual Private Asset Managers’ Awards at the Dorchester, put on his best William Hague impersonation to comment on the Lord Ashcroft “non-dom” tax row... more

Market Round-up: Aviva plunges as Prudential deal leaves it feeling abandoned

01.03.10
As Prudential’s transformation into an Asian titan dominates City talk, rival Aviva receives a battering... more

Swiss Re regroups and ups dividend after making profit

18.02.10
Swiss Re misses expectations for 2009 with heavy losses on securitised products and corporate bond hedges, but finished with a net profit and a stronger capital position... more

Utilities spark into life on talk that Warren Buffett has sights on buys

12.11.09
As billionaires go, Warren Buffett is worth a bob or two. That’s probably why shares of his publicly listed vehicle Berkshire Hathaway are changing hands on Wall Street at more than $100,000 apiece ... more

Banks and miners punished as investors head for exits

03.11.09
Leading shares were struggling to hold above the 5000 level today, as investors headed for the exits... more

Buffett hands Bill Gates foundation £762m

03.07.09
Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion (£762million) in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ... more

1000 jobs face axe in Swiss Re cutbacks

02.04.09
Swiss Re, the second largest reinsurer in the world and occupier of the Gherkin building in the City of London, today said it will cut its workforce by more than 1000 people this year... more

Buffett stakes cut to spark a selling wave

18.02.09
Investment: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has slashed its holdings in healthcare products maker Johnson & Johnson and consumer products giant Procter & Gamble... more

Buffett rides to the rescue at Swiss Re

05.02.09
Finance: Warren Buffett, the legendary investor, launched a £1.7 billion rescue of one of the world's biggest reinsurance firms, Swiss Re... more

Goldman chiefs must keep 90 per cent of their shares

03.10.08
Goldman Sachs' top four executives will have to hold on to 90% of the shares they own in the firm as part of the deal to raise money from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway... more

Billionaire Buffett and the only banker he trusts

25.09.08
One is America’s richest man who still lives in the house he bought for $31,000 in 1958. The other is an investment chief who started selling clothes as a teenager. Here, we tell the story of the deal they’ve done to safeguard Goldman Sachs... more

GE and Dow mega-deal plans fire up the action

10.07.08
General Electric and Dow Chemical have declared plans for multibillion-dollar deals that defy the credit crunch... more

Warren's shares take Buffetting

02.07.08
Shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway have fallen almost 20% so far this year. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 15% in the same period... more

Bid queue for RBS insurance auction

28.05.08
Royal Bank of Scotland to receive the first formal bids for its £7.5 billion insurance business, which includes Direct Line and Churchill... more

Mapping out best bets in Europe as Buffett hits a new investments trail

19.05.08
While Britain will be lucky to see growth of 1.5% this year, data from the European Commission's Eurostat suggests the eurozone is buzzing at about 2.2%... more

Hard times spur urge to merge

06.05.08
Merger and acquisition activity doesn't cease when the econony turns down - it just changes... more


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