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The next big deal?

10.09.09
The Deal is back. Kraft’s unsolicited £10 billion bid for Cadbury. The merger of T-Mobile and Orange to form Britain’s largest mobile phone operator. Investment bankers are slavering after 18 months of what former senior Tory Alan Duncan might term “living on rations” ... more

Bid ’em up Bruce keeps them sweet

10.09.09
Bruce Wasserstein’s former allies are all over Kraft’s bid for Cadbury... ... more

Gazprom rides to rescue of Sibir's UK shareholders

26.05.09
From fraud allegations and political feuds to corporate governance issues and suspended shares - the ill-fated London listing of Russian oil company Sibir has seen it all... more

Russian BP worker convicted of spying

07.05.09
A BP employee and his brother at the British Council in Moscow have been convicted of spying on state-owned giant Gazprom... more

Russian duel as Gazprom launches rival bid for Sibir

23.04.09
Shares of Sibir Energy remained suspended at 176¾p, where they have been since February... more

Caz warns cut in divi and funds chase key for HSBC

13.02.09
HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, will have to halve its dividend and turn to the City for extra funds if it wants to prosper once the global economy emerges the other side of the recession.... more

Football talk

12.02.09
Football: How a broken fax machine almost scuppered Arsenal's Arshavin deal ... more

Crude price dips as Russia turns on gas

20.01.09
Energy: Russian gas has reached Europe through Ukraine for the first time in a fortnight, pushing down the price of oil ... more

Warring TNK-BP appoints Schröder

15.01.09
Energy: BP’S troubled Russian arm has appointed ex-German leader Gerhard Schröder to its board in a bid to end the warring which saw it become a laughing stock last year... more

Gas-starved EU nations seek end to energy crisis

14.01.09
Energy: The leaders of two gas-starved European nations travelled to Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday, pressing them to restore supplies as the EU threatened both nations with legal action for halting energy deliveries in the middle of a bitter winter... more

UK supplies hit as gas giants cash in on crisis

09.01.09
Energy: European power giants have been cashing in on this week’s Russian energy crisis by syphoning off UK gas supplies at a profit ... more

Ukrainian and Russian gas companies hold talks over energy crisis

08.01.09
Gas crisis: The heads of Russian and Ukrainian gas companies have held talks to discuss the dispute that plunged Europe into an energy crisis, but both sides said no breakthrough was reached... more

Europe’s energy crisis deepens as Russia cuts off gas

06.01.09
Energy: Europe was plunged in to an energy crisis after Russian gas imports were cut by up to 75% and political tensions sent the oil price soaring back above $50 a barrel... more

Russian gas crisis spreads to Greece and Bulgaria

05.01.09
European Union officials met for crisis talks in Brussels as the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine spilled over into Europe... more

Ukraine faces supplies threat from Gazprom

30.12.08
Russian energy giant Gazprom is threatening to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine as it unveiled an 85% jump in first-half profits to £14.2 billion... more

Not a vintage time to sell off good wine

29.12.08
Remember wine? Not the anaesthetic of office parties, but Wine with a capital W like, say, first-growth clarets with swaggering names (Lafite-Rothschild, Latour, Margaux, Haut-Brion, Mouton-Rothschild) and vertiginous prices? ... more

Business

08.10.08
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Wrecks threat to gas pipeline

14.08.08
Scuttled warships from a conflict nearly 300 years ago threaten the construction of a vital multi-billion pound natural gas pipeline on the floor of the Baltic Sea... more

China's Sinopec presents a counterbid for Imperial

04.08.08
£1.3 billion bid battle between China and India is emerging for the London-based oil and gas company... more

Business model is out of gas

31.07.08
While people are now beginning to understand how soaring fuel prices are destroying the airline industry, there is less awareness of the devastating effect it is having elsewhere and in particular how the energy sector faces a huge challenge... more

BP wins £50million deal to supply fuel for 2012

03.07.08
BP has signed a £50 million deal to become the official fuel supplier to the London Olympics... more

Even experts cannot predict price of oil

11.06.08
Why is there such a divergence among supposedly informed parties about the price of a barrel of oil?... more

Talks break down over BP's Russian joint venture

11.06.08
BP accused partners - a group of Russian billionaires - of attempting to stage boardroom coup ... more

Higher costs at the pumps are driving motorists off the roads

11.06.08
Drivers are starting to cut back on the amount of fuel they use because of the soaring cost of petrol... more

Threats, tax probes, and three men holding BP's fate in Russia

09.06.08
Pressure may be leading up to Russian partners preparing to sell their stake in BP business... more

Hopes rise of a thaw in relations between BP and Russia

09.05.08
Russian President Medvedev has promised western firms that his Russia will be a good place to do business in.... more

Winners and losers in new era for Russia

31.03.08
Wealthy Russian oligarchs left counting the cost of Russian election result... more

BP, Shell, RWE in Egypt tie-up

20.03.08
BP, Shell and RWE agree to spend £475m on oil and gas exploration off the coast of Egypt... more

'Save £134m per year' with smart meters in capital

17.03.08
Installing smart electricity and gas meters could save Londoners £134million a year, a study found... more

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