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Garfunkel’s beats crunch

28.08.09
Customers are still flocking to fill up on a cheap meal, the group behind Garfunkel’s and Frankie and Benny’s said today as it posted a 3% rise in pre-tax profits to £21.7 million for the six months to the end of June ... more

Miners are sent reeling after China pulls off price-cut deal in Australia

17.08.09
Mining shares took a pummelling today on the back of a triple-whammy of woes ... more

Stock markets plunge all over the world after a stall in US recovery

17.08.09
Stock markets around the world fell sharply today amid growing fears that the US economic revival has stalled ... more

Profit-takers seizing their chance after Petrofac surge as brokers become fans

14.08.09
Petrofac shareholders can reflect on this week with a certain amount of satisfaction and look to the future with pound signs registering in their eyes. The shares have traded at record highs this week and with that in mind it was time for them to take some profits ... more

Brokers calling time on pubs but Footsie’s party goes on

13.08.09
Goldman Sachs employees may celebrate their bonus achievements in champagne these days, but they still remember when it was down to the local for a good, old-fashioned pint. Not anymore, it seems ... more

Sporting summer puts Britvic ahead of the City profits game

14.07.09
A baking hot Wimbledon and the success of this summer’s 20/20 cricket tournament helped put the fizz into soft drinks group Britvic ... more

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

30.06.09
Hands up who's bored of bashing Stuart Rose... more

Dana is Footsie gusher as takeover talk prompts feverish trading

18.06.09
A brief flurry of speculative buying saw shares of Dana Petroleum strike a high for the day of 1470p as talk whizzed around the Square Mile that a bid was on the way... more

Squeezing Majestic through the High Street bottleneck

16.06.09
How does the chief executive of Majestic Wine keep up the price of the booze he is selling when supermarkets are full of three-bottles-for-£10 offers?... more

Broker note round-up

08.06.09
The shares that brokers are today tipping investors to buy, sell or hold ... more

Dawson shut out as Smiths and Menzies win Mirror deal

29.05.09
Forget newspaper wars - the battle to get your daily paper into the shops is just as vicious as anything the redtops can hurl at each other ... more

Lloyds leads the slump as Footsie falls below 4000

07.04.09
City talk of the death of sportswear retailer JJB Sports has been exaggerated. It was business as usual today, the shares trading 1p firmer at 12p despite some speculators having already read the last rites.... more

Nappy times at buoyant Mothercare

02.04.09
Mothercare produced evidence that it remains on track to be the retail success story of the year, with sales still rising at a company that has been revitalised... more

Debenhams upbeat over outlook but shares slide

17.03.09
Debenhams' shares slumped 12% despite a relatively upbeat trading statement and a promise that profits are rising... more

Footsie unshaken by huge rise in American jobless

06.03.09
A dramatic rise in the number of Americans who lost their jobs last month saw the US unemployment rate today rise to its highest in 25 years and raised fresh fears about the health of the world's biggest economy... more

Restaurant group in surprise leap of 14%

04.03.09
There was rare good news from the restaurant sector, when the group behind Garfunkel’s and Chiquito unveiled a surprising rise in profits... more

Jogging along to extra profit at JD Sports

04.02.09
Retail: Jogging shoes that aren’t used for jogging and baseball caps that are not needed for baseball are still popular despite the downturn... more

As CD sales fall, HMV is turning to live music

23.01.09
Analysis: New Kids on the Block will become the first band to take to the stage at the newly christened HMV Apollo, formerly the Hammersmith Apollo... more

Booming cinemas are great escape from recession

12.01.09
Analysis: The movie industry has been celebrating itself at the Golden Globes. Given the success of Danny Boyle and Kate Winslet, the UK cinema industry itself could be a star this year... more

Alfa turns on Arctic chill in telecoms row

09.12.08
More on the conflict between Norwegian telecoms company Telenor and Russian group Alfa... more

Eddie’s words no transport of delight...

03.12.08
Stobart Group, famed for its Eddie Stobart green lorries with girls’ names, is clearly delighted to have bought Southend Airport for £21 million... more

Market report: High Street retailers ‘in for a grim Christmas’

20.10.08
There will be little festive cheer on the High Street this Christmas as shoppers turn Scrooge and keep a tight grip on their cash... more

A topping time for Domino’s

01.10.08
Consumer: Domino's Pizza continues to benefit from the trading down phenomena, as families in need of a treat get a pizza delivery rather than visit a restaurant... more

Job losses are silver lining for Moss Bros

25.09.08
Retail: City professionals are being sacked in huge numbers - and that could be good news for suits specialist Moss Bros... more

London's appetite for eating out has yet to lose its edge

29.05.08
ANALYSIS Rosamund Urwin weighs up claims that London's restaurant industry is hurtling towards Armageddon... more

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