Market Round-up: Shares in transport group Arriva get another shove as Germany’s national rail operator Deutsche Bahn confirms it made an approach over a possible cash offer... more
What's cooking at J Sainsbury? Investors have long been waiting for signs of action from the supermarket chain’s biggest shareholder, the Qatari sovereign wealth fund... more
Israeli telecoms and medical lab equipment maker BATM Advanced Communications disappoints investors with a slump in profits that leads to concern about its future performance... more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Stobart Group, famed for its Eddie Stobart green lorries with girls’ names, is clearly delighted to have bought Southend Airport for
£21 million... more
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
Sofia Coppola's boyfriend is lead singer and they won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album this year. Now, Phoenix tell Nosheen Iqbal, they are set to conquer London
Move over, Mahiki. Nightclub entrepreneurs Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling are soon to launch a new Eighties-inspired club in Chelsea, in honour of Lady Thatcher
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