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Slump slows fall in cigarette sales

22.09.09

The fall in the amount of cigarettes being sold in the UK is slowing — but it does not necessarily mean people are returning to the weed ... more

Cadbury’s and Kraft are as different as choc and cheese

08.09.09

Let's be clear about Kraft Foods: it is a global, rapacious and ruthless entity. It has zero interest in the well-being of Cadbury, certainly not its staff... more

Leading shares rally after Mervyn King’s recessionary words

12.08.09

Leading shares rallied from opening falls after the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, moved to reassure stock market investors that cheap money would be swilling around the economy for sometime to come... more

Footsie's 10-month peak is boosting hopes for economy

03.08.09

Shares on the London stock market surged to their highest level in 10 months amid signs that the worst of the banking crisis may be over and that even the global economy was starting to look in better shape... more

Cig sales fall but Imps is helped by roll-your-own

23.07.09

Imperial Tobacco, the firm behind the Lambert & Butler and Embassy brands, has seen UK cigarette sales plummet by 450 million — or 22.5 million packets — in the past 12 months ... more

City spy: Blue Oar is under cosh after 'string of lies' exposed

23.06.09

The London Stock Exchange's public censure of Blue Oar lifts the lid on some of the more dubious aspects of the AIM junior stock market... more

Barclays shares backtrack as Singapore loses Ł800m

03.06.09

Only a day after the Abu Dhabi ruling family made Ł1.5 billion profit in just seven months from selling its stake in Barclays, it has emerged that a rival sovereign wealth fund has lost as much as Ł800 million through investing in the bank ... more

Imps sales up in smoke as decline gets worse

12.05.09

The decline at Britain’s market-leading cigarette seller is accelerating ... more

Shares plummet as cynics struggle to digest Budget

22.04.09

The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget was cynically seen by some in the City as an old fashioned move to soak the rich in order to dish out more to the poor with an eye on the next General Election. ... more

UK tax dodge says Google has joined the other side

21.04.09

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Rio Tinto plummets as it counts cost of fund-raising

15.04.09

Who said money was cheap? Shares in Rio Tinto tumbled 114p to 2386p — making it one of the biggest blue-chip fallers — after it discovered the real cost to its coffers of raising extra funds... more

Woman in line for top job at Imperial

25.03.09

Puffs of white smoke emerged from the Bristol headquarters of Imperial Tobacco as Alison Cooper was promoted to chief operating officer, making her a clear front-runner to succeed long-standing chief executive Gareth Davis... more

Resilient Imperial hope for currency lift

03.02.09

Consumer: Lambert & Butler firm Imperial Tobacco today said it would remain "resilient" in the face of recession and could see 2009 results boosted if the pound continues to weaken... more

Barclays biggest victim as banks sell-off rumbles on

21.01.09

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Broker’s warning of bleak two years for UK banks

16.01.09

On the day that short-selling of the banks is lifted comes a warning from one leading broker that we can expect them to carry on making substantial losses for the next couple of years... more