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Banking Charlies are in the chocolate factory

09.09.09
One of the advantages of a long summer break was that it gave me time to reread Barbarians at the Gate, the seminal tale from 20 years ago of the takeover battle for RJR Nabisco, which came to define the grotesque excess of 1980s Wall Street ... more

City Spy: Bid ’em up is back for M&A action

08.09.09
A giant-sized welcome is in order to Bruce Wasserstein, the Lazards chief and legendary New York banker who is leading the Kraft takeover bid for Cadbury... more

US giant Kraft in £10billion bid for Cadbury

07.09.09
Cadbury receives a shock £10 billion takeover bid from US rival Kraft - the company behind Oreo biscuits and Terry's Chocolate Orange... more

Cadbury soars 40% as Kraft sparks hopes of bid battle

07.09.09
Cadbury shares soared more than 40% today as investors bet that a £10 billion takeover bid from US food giant Kraft would succeed ... more

Tories ditch second jobs in attempt to outflank voter fury

22.06.09
Tory policy chief Oliver Letwin leads a rush of shadow Cabinet ministers giving up lucrative second jobs... more

Deal set to spark fees bonanza in the City

12.06.09
Investment bank advisers, lawyers and accountants could end up sharing fees of more than $75 million (£45.2 million) if the deal between Barclays and BlackRock goes through ... more

Watch Tesco play the bank card

27.01.09
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Lehman ‘reaches a deal’ on new sell-off

09.01.09
Banking: Failed investment bank Lehman Brothers is said to have reached an agreement in principle to sell its merchant banking business, made up of two private equity funds, to management of the funds... more

Just don’t tell us what your manicure costs

22.12.08
"What recession?" shouted the front page of the New York Post last week, beside a picture of a blonde Swedish countess, Marie Douglas-David... more

JJB calls in big guns for survival fight

04.12.08
Troubled leisure retailer JJB Sports brings in some heavy-hitting City advisers as it seeks to reassure investors that it can survive... more

Hurricane highs and lows for the insurers

02.09.08
The oil price ticked up as Hurricane Gustav headed for the oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico. Now it appears to be losing strength and passing through without inflicting anything like the damage we saw in 2005 when Katrina flooded New Orleans, prices seem to be sliding down again... more

Changing times at Cazenove

29.07.08
The appointment of a new CEO marks a significant shift in attitude for the previously blue-blooded bank. ... more

Paulson drafts Goldman fixer

21.07.08
US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is turning to his old firm Goldman Sachs for help with the current banking crisis ... more

BlueBay offer to cut fees as profit growth hopes vanish

16.06.08
BlueBay Asset Management issued a dismal profits warning as it became the latest fund manager to be hit by financial-market volatility... more

ABC Learning adds £40million

10.06.08
Company's shares have dropped 76% this year after a slump in earnings raised concerns about debt repayments ... more

Icahn, the predator stalking Yahoo, is usually the winner in boardroom fight

16.05.08
ANALYSIS Jerry Yang, chief executive of Yahoo, will be feeling hot under the collar now that Carl Icahn has set his sights on the internet company... more

Breakfast with Gordon leaves a sinking feeling

21.04.08
Gordon Brown's credit crisis meeting with the bankers and financiers was one giant photo-opportunity; an Action Man prime minister being seen to be in charge... more

Hard man who stands to lose £64m on massive Rock gamble

20.02.08
Monaco-based multimillionaire Jon Wood is an unlikely champion of the dispossessed - and even allies in the fight against nationalisation seem wary of him ... more

Gallic tale of seductive intrigue

12.02.08
French bank BNP Paribas said yesterday that its board had not discussed the possibility of a bid for Société Générale, its high-stepping rival recently bought low by a rogue trader who cost it e4.9 billion (£3.6 billion)... more

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