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Baxi Dutch merger to fire up debt fight

03.07.09
Baxi boilers today sealed its long-awaited merger with Dutch rival De Dietrich Remeha in a move aimed at freeing up the British private-equity-owned business of its huge debts ... more

Barclays in $10 billion talks to sell BGI

15.05.09
Barclays is in talks to sell its asset management arm, Barclays Global Investors, for about $10 billion, it emerged ... more

'Rein in mining bulls'

11.05.09
The mining bulls have run ahead of themselves. That is the verdict of Citigroup, which today urged caution in wake of the recent recovery in commodities stocks... more

RBS pulls plug on £7bn insurance arm sell-off

05.02.09
Royal Bank of Scotland dramatically scrapped the sale of its insurance division, which includes Direct Line and Churchill and had originally been expected to raise the bank up to £7 billion in badly needed capital... more

Foxtons under threat as bail-out is rejected

09.01.09
The future of London's biggest estate agency chain Foxtons has been thrown into doubt by the unprecedented slump in home sales... more

Burnt fingers again for Spurs owner Joe Lewis

21.10.08
Joe Lewis, the man who lost the best part of a billion dollars on buying shares in Bear Stearns as it was about to collapse, owns most of Tottenham Hotspur... more

Property

08.10.08
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch. ... more

Dangers of betting the whole bank on property

19.09.08
Peter Bill considers the effect of the turmoil in the financial markets on the property... more

Lenders deal a new blow to Foxtons

28.08.08
The private-equity buyout of London estate agent Foxtons was plunged deeper into crisis after lenders seized control of its financial restructuring... more

Property gloom forces Mayfair agent to sell up after 17 years

27.08.08
A Mayfair-based estate agent is to stop selling homes after 17 years in business due to the collapse of the housing market... more

My property predictions by Foxtons £370m guru

24.07.08
When will London bounce back from the slump? In his first interview since selling his estate agency, Jon Hunt says the time to buy is when people stop talking about house prices... more

Turnaround king eyes Kroll

01.05.08
Veteran turnaround consultant David Buchler is heading a move to buy Kroll Associates, the world's largest corporate security firm... more

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