Is the commodities correction over? As unconditional trading kicked off in commodities giant Glencore's shares today, Goldman Sachs - the bank which saw the recent slump in the cost of metals and oil in its crystal ball - had some welcome advice: investors should again be long in commodities... more
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar and news of better-than-expected GDP in Japan signalled another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold ... more
J Sainsbury whetted City speculators’ appetites today as revived talk of a takeover added almost £1 billion to the stock market value of the UK’s third-biggest food retailer... more
Vedanta Resources claimed first place on the Footsie winners' board as Morgan Stanley says the miner's shares could be worth a staggering £68 - even if metal prices hardly rise from their current levels... more
Shareholders of explorer Tullow Oil were treated to a double boost, sending the shares soaring 77p to 1164p, and making them one of the Footsie 100’s best performers... more
Gosh, this is going some - barely have the shutters gone up at the villas and the sunbeds been packed away for another year than the deals are being rattled out. ... more
Leading shares looked to consolidate their position above the 4900 level on the London stock market today, forcing nervous investors to hedge their positions ... more
Goldman Sachs is the latest broker to warn of future dividend cuts following publication of the water industry regulator Ofwat’s draft tariff proposal for the next five years ... more
Shareholders in Anglo American, the London-listed but largely South African mining giant that looks to be under siege from Swiss-based Xstrata, should note the words of Sir John Craven when he retired as chairman of Lonmin a few months ago... more
Sir John Craven is the man who capped a long, distinguished City career by taking on the poisoned chalice marked Lonrho, drinking the contents — and surviving... more
Shareholders of South African miner Lonmin were today again contemplating what might have been had they agreed to the offer from Xstrata earlier this year.... more
Unilever, the world’s second-biggest supplier of consumer products, today celebrated a bumper rise in third-quarter profits with a share-price jump of 29p to 1372p... more
It's not just the penniless that are getting clobbered by the growing global financial crisis. Ukrainian billionaires are also feeling the heat... more
Platinum miner Lonmin has urged shareholders not to entertain Xstrata’s hostile offer for the company, valued at around $10 billion (£5.6 billion).
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