Cairn Energy goes against corporate governance guidelines by announcing that Sir Bill Gammell, its chief executive for the past two decades, is to move into the chairman's role
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A potent combination of a Greenpeace protest and worries over the sale of a stake in a subsidiary made Cairn Energy the worst-performing blue chip today... more
London-listed mining giant Vedanta pays around $1.5 billion for an 11% stake in Cairn India, raising the pressure on New Delhi to give a full takeover a green light... more
A return to the black and growing hopes of the green light for a long-awaited stake sale pushed Cairn Energy to the top of the FTSE 100 winners' list today... more
The man who made a killing by shorting Lehman Brothers' shares is betting on BP to triumph this year. David Einhorn, the baseball-cap wearing, poker-loving hedge fund chief who is closely watched (and copied) on Wall Street, has snapped up a stake in the troubled oil giant... more
India is again delaying a decision on whether to allow British explorer Cairn Energy sell a majority stake in its unit in the country to Vedanta Resources... more
Market round-up: As equities in London endure a very choppy day of trading, Vedanta Resources reveals itself to be a casualty of this stock market volatility... more
As oil-services group Wellstream confirmed that it has received a number of expressions of interest, the City's gossips were already discussing the next likely target... more
Market Round-up: The adventures of Cairn Energy in Greenland are kicking off, providing relief to some investors who feared the Gulf of Mexico disaster might force the campaign to be delayed... more
The fallout from the banking crisis and stock market collapse continues to shake investors who remain sellers of everything connected with the financial sector... 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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