Frothy bid chatter meant investors were raising a pint to SABMiller today following rumours suggesting the Grolsch brewer could be in line for a mega-merger... more
On property: Sometimes it's no fun being a property agent. DTZ boss "Big John" Forrester rocked up for dinner with me on Tuesday, only 13 minutes after the 4700-employee business was forced to disclose to the market that it "knew of no reason" why its shares had plunged from 36p to 26p in two days...... more
A rattled BNP Paribas is forced to deny it has been shut out of wholesale dollar markets as shares in the French banking giant take another pasting... more
Evolution, the banking and broking group which is itself the subject of a takeover approach, sealed the purchase of BNP Paribas Private Investment Management for £5 million... more
Don't expect St James’s Place’s compensation negotiations with customers who lost out on former partner Peter Carron’s investment schemes to die down any time soon... more
Britain’s second-quarter GDP growth could be revised up by 0.1 percentage point to 1.2% after construction output expands even faster than expected... more
Market Round-up: As Royal Bank of Scotland’s shares hit highs not seen since December 2008, one analyst warns that the strong run is unlikely to continue... more
The West End property market is on a fast-track to recovery as international investors realise that the window of opportunity to grab a bargain is closing, analysts said ... more
City economists scrambling to rewrite forecasts for the year after a shocking decline in second-quarter output that none of them managed to predict... more
Economics: The Bank of Japan says business failures in the country are rising at their fastest in eight years as banks remain reluctant to lend to small and mid-sized firms... more
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
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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