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British Airways is tumbling despite hopes for Iberia deal

05.11.09
Is the board of British Airways about to buy a one-way ticket to Madrid? That was the story doing the rounds in the Square Mile this morning amid claims that the proposed merger with Spanish carrier Iberia could be completed by the second quarter of next year ... more

BAT starts to find recession is a drag

28.10.09
British American Tobacco has had a good recession, but sales growth seems to be slipping, figures for the third quarter of the year show ... more

Footsie suffers from exodus in the Far East and ex-divis

19.08.09
Leading shares reversed yesterday’s gains in early trading as City investors headed for the exit following a late sell-off in Asia this morning ... more

Investors fight to claw back losses on exodus in Far East

19.08.09
Stock-market investors were fighting a fierce rearguard action in London in the face of massive sell-offs in Asia this morning and a wobbly start to trading on Wall Street... more

Smokers still coughing up for BAT’s brands

30.07.09
Cigarettes giant British American Tobacco proved that smokers have not kicked their nicotine habit despite the recession ... more

Slew of sparkling figures show there’s life in UK PLC

30.07.09
Leading shares launched a fresh assault on the 4600 level again, enabling stock-market investors to extend their current winning streak... more

Cazenove property lift

06.07.09
It has been a hell of a ride for those stock-market investors that dared to test the commercial property market at the start of the year ... more

British American Tobacco gets a flavour of Indonesia at £303m

17.06.09
British American Tobacco struck a £303 million deal to buy a major Indonesian flavoured-cigarette manufacturer... more

Barclays shares backtrack as Singapore loses £800m

03.06.09
Only a day after the Abu Dhabi ruling family made £1.5 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 £800 million through investing in the bank ... more

M&S 'must slash dividend to escape downward spiral'

15.05.09
Marks & Spencer may be forced to halve the final dividend when it delivers full-year results next week as part of a drastic set of measures needed to drag it out of its downard spiral of discounting and under-investment ... more

Headache for pub giants as MPs seek tied-trade probe

13.05.09
Just like a prize hangover that kicks in after the event, shares in the leading pub chain operators were nursing a stonker today... 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

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

New man in the Rio chair after China rift walkout

17.03.09
Rio Tinto has made a second stab at appointing a new chairman, promoting cigarette man Jan du Plessis to the £1 million-a-year role... more

High fives at RBS as Hester cuts sweet deal

27.02.09
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Now Ken is the big beast Labour should fear most

26.01.09
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It's heady, but it sure ain't rock '*' roll

10.12.08
The private-equity owner of EMI, Terra Firma, which urgently needs to generate revenue is pulling out all the stops ... more

BAT set for £1.2bn in victory over taxman

27.11.08
Tax: The Treasury faces having to pay out up to £7 billion after the High Court ruled today in a landmark case that UK firms' dividends on foreign earnings should not have been taxed... more

BAT shrugs off financial crisis as profits jump 18%

30.10.08
Consumer: British American Tobacco has sailed on regardless of the financial crisis, reporting growth in every region except Latin America for the first nine months... more

Brokers are betting blind and may leave you broke

28.10.08
The City has been trying to shake off the notion that it's a casino for some time, but at the moment that's exactly what it feels like... more

Borat is no barometer of the nation’s health

27.10.08
Time and again, the TV news treats us to a report on the FTSE 100 against a backdrop of shoppers laden with carrier bags from shops that are not in the index. The two bear no relation to each other... more

Gilts weighed down by burden of bank rescue

13.10.08
The gilts market appears to be paying a heavy price for the Government’s refinancing of the UK’s stricken banking industry... more

Miners take pounding thanks to copper drop

08.08.08
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Richemont separates, renames its BAT stake

08.08.08
Swiss luxury goods maker Richemont is setting up a new vehicle to hold its 20% British American Tobacco stake ... more

BAT booms as emerging markets keep puffing

31.07.08
Tobacco giant sees first half profits lifted as smokers in emerging markets switch to premium brands... more

Richemont split plans unveiled

22.05.08
Swiss designer goods group Richemont looking at splitting itself in two as it meets market forecasts with an 18% rise in full-year profits... more

Tycoons ditch shares in rush to beat tax rise

02.04.08
Dozens of wealthy company bosses and tycoons have been rushing to sell shares to avoid millions of pounds of extra tax... more

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