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Cadbury battle prompts City search for next takeover target

19.11.09
The £10 billion battle for control of Cadbury, 5p cheaper at 792½p, is now warming up, but the City is looking around for the next Footsie 100 target... more

Xstrata boss in shares sell-off

13.11.09
Xstrata boss Mick Davis was in the money today after offloading a massive stake in the mining giant ... more

Footsie has 5300 mark in its sights as punters pour cash into shares

11.11.09
City investors were continuing to pump money into the stock market today as leading shares led another assault on the 5300 resistance level ... more

BA is worst plunger on Footsie after Deutsche drops rating to hold

26.10.09
Shares in British Airways ran into a spot of turbulence this morning, plunging more than 2% which made it the biggest faller among blue chips ... more

Tarmac open for offers in Anglo American assets sale

23.10.09
Mining giant Anglo American is looking to raise at least $7 billion (£4.2 billion) from the sale of assets including Tarmac ... more

UBS is backing Lloyds as it delivers a glowing report on the bankers

19.10.09
UBS reckons the outlook for the UK banking sector looks significantly rosier than it did at the start of this year... more

Victory for Anglo as Xstrata ditches mega-merger plan

15.10.09
The blockbuster mining merger that never quite happened was finally called off today as ultra-acquisitive Xstrata removed its tanks from the lawn of Anglo American ... more

Quintain slumps as Lloyds takes big loss on stake sale

10.09.09
Lloyds Banking Group today sold a 10% stake in London-based residential property developer Quintain Estates & Development, which it acquired along with duff bank HBOS earlier this year, notching up a thumping loss of almost £100 million ... more

Holiday giants the stars as Footsie stays above 5000

10.09.09
Shares of the UK’s two biggest package holiday operators were enjoying a blue-skies scenario today as they led the market higher. TUI Travel sported a rise of 8.7p to 265.3p while Thomas Cook added 6.7p at 251.7p as steps were being taken to clear a large overhang of stock ... 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

Investors alerted that water companies are to cut divis

04.08.09
Goldman Sachs is the latest broker to warn of future dividend cuts following publication of the water industry regulator Ofwat’s draft tariff proposal for the next five years ... more

Anglo American sets out Xstrata defence

31.07.09
Mining giant Anglo American made its case for remaining ­independent despite a plunge in ­profits by emphasising its cost-cutting ­measures ... more

Footsie ploughs on upward — but how long can it last?

24.07.09
London’s leading shares resumed their unusual summer rally after an early-morning wobble today, and were heading for a tenth straight day of gains... more

Shipping forecast is set fair thanks to China’s needs

16.07.09
Merchant ships, which have been riding at anchor off our shores for months, are now building-up a full head of steam as they look to benefit from increased Chinese demand for raw materials ... more

John Parker named as chairman of Anglo American

10.07.09
Mining giant Anglo American has appointed Sir John Parker as its new chairman, replacing Sir Mark Moody-Stuart who is retiring after seven years at the helm ... more

Major investor backs Anglo American boss

06.07.09
Embattled Anglo American boss Cynthia Carroll won a rare vote of support today as one of her mining giant’s biggest shareholders said that she was pursuing the right strategy ... more

Builders win backing

01.07.09
There is still no sign that the slump in the housing market has hit rock bottom. In fact, some property experts are predicting prices will continue falling throughout the remainder of this year, by as much as another 10% to 20% ... more

Builders win backing

01.07.09
There is still no sign that the slump in the housing market has hit rock bottom. In fact, some property experts are predicting prices will continue falling throughout the remainder of this year, by as much as another 10% to 20% ... more

South Africa blocks £40bn Xstrata move on Anglo

23.06.09
The move on Anglo American by Xstrata to create a £40 billion global mining giant to rival BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto appeared doomed after the South African government said it would block it... 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

Dana is watered down as its oil search comes to nothing

22.05.09
Dana Petroleum was one of the biggest casualties among second-liners with the price tumbling 31p to 1223p... more

Lloyds leads banking rally ahead of tasty £4bn placing

19.05.09
It has been an eventful week for Lloyds Banking Group - and it's only Tuesday. The shares today firmed 0.9p to 98.9p ahead of tomorrow’s share placing... more

Unilever on the climb after £350m bond-issue success

16.03.09
Unilever today stood out with a rise of 22p to 1314p. Friday's issue of a £350 million corporate bond at par and yielding 3.9%, redeemable in 2014, by the Knorr soup and Lipton tea group was quickly gobbled up... more

Short-sellers hurt HSBC as banks drag down market

09.03.09
Holding shares in the big banks should come with a health warning these days. HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, slumped 24% last week, wiping £15 billion from the company's stock-market value... more

Footsie plunges as Anglo leads a retreat by miners

20.02.09
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Footsie back on a downer as miners take a drubbing

20.02.09
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Market report: Worries on debt exposure send the insurers reeling

23.01.09
Renewed fears about the financial sector hammered leading insurance groups, with investors increasingly worried about the insurance world's exposure to corporate debt, especially bank bonds. ... more

Miner Anglo in a hole as demand for materials falls

17.12.08
Mining: Anglo American has become the latest miner to announce swingeing cuts to spending in the coming year as demand for raw materials slumps... more

Clean coal venture is derailed by costs

02.12.08
Energy: Moves to produce so-called clean coal technology have suffered another blow after a project backed by Shell and the mining giant Anglo American was shelved... more

Citi pointing to buys in miners

10.10.08
Metals and mining stocks are vastly undervalued and the biggest diversified companies like Xstrata, Anglo American and Vedanta resources appear to be screaming buys. ... more

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