Market Round-up: Cairn Energy is as close as anyone came to drumming up a story on a typically quiet summer's day, with some punting the idea its Greenland drilling campaign is poised to come up double trumps... more
Foreign firms move in on Tomkins and International Power with takeover bids worth £9.3 billion, raising fears that another swathe of British assets will fall into overseas hands... more
Market Round-up: Shares in FTSE 100 energy group International Power shoot up 8.6p to 309p on speculation it has restarted discussions with power giant GDF Suez about a deal... more
Shares in Britain’s two biggest package tour operators sink as investors worried that the pound’s woes could force some Brits to give up their week in the sun or on the slopes ... more
What's next on Resolution’s shopping list? The whisper in the City today was that Clive Cowdery may have turned his eyes to the Continent and away from Legal & General for his buyout vehicle’s next insurance acquisition... more
After yesterday’s Cadbury excitement, a sluggish session on the stock market as most attempts to drum up business meet deaf ears - but one stock was making noise... more
British Airways’ long-suffering passengers may be livid over cabin crews’ threat to strike this month, but Citigroup reckons there could be a bright side to the industrial action, for investors at least... more
City folk gave a hesitant thumbs-up to the water industry regulator's new five-year pricing formula which has kept prices flat — but at least one big hitter is cautious about the prospects for utilities next year... more
Two of Britain's leading energy companies have together been fined more than €1.1 billion (£950 million) for illegally carving up their own domestic markets on the Continent... more
Months — possibly years — of wrangling kicked off today as the Government shortlisted 11 sites for the construction of new nuclear power stations... more
The Treasury is expecting a windfall running into hundreds of millions of pounds after an eBay-style auction of new nuclear power station sites looked set to go into a second week... more
Speculation that a major new gas field has been found in the North Sea is believed to be behind what could be a £1.25 billion hostile takeover of Venture Production by Centrica... more
Energy: The scramble for the British nuclear industry has intensified as it emerged that another French heavyweight is bidding to build new multi-billion-pound reactors in the UK... more
National Grid has been hit with a thumping £41.6 million fine for anti-competitive practices that have artificially kept up household gas prices... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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