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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

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

Stock markets plunge all over the world after a stall in US recovery

17.08.09
Stock markets around the world fell sharply today amid growing fears that the US economic revival has stalled ... more

Profit-takers seizing their chance after Petrofac surge as brokers become fans

14.08.09
Petrofac shareholders can reflect on this week with a certain amount of satisfaction and look to the future with pound signs registering in their eyes. The shares have traded at record highs this week and with that in mind it was time for them to take some profits ... more

Model deal has Hornby in the running to land Olympic gold

21.07.09
Hobby specialist Hornby today outlined plans to make a range of toys and collectables for the London 2012 Olympic Games — including Airfix models of the Olympic stadium... more

Booming banks stoke hopes recovery is round the corner

17.07.09
Banks were on the radar again today as the City braced itself for results from Bank of America and Citigroup following decent figures from Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan ... more

Footsie takes a knock after a letdown from two US banks

17.07.09
Mixed results from US banks Citigroup and Bank of America took the gloss off the markets as the FTSE 100 index struggled to hang on to early gains ... more

Squeezing Majestic through the High Street bottleneck

16.06.09
How does the chief executive of Majestic Wine keep up the price of the booze he is selling when supermarkets are full of three-bottles-for-£10 offers?... more

Heritage Oil on a rocky ride in fundraising to buy Genel

15.06.09
Shares of Heritage Oil hit a low for the day of 510p before rebounding with a rise of 26½p to 532p after announcing plans to raise up to £137 million to help finance the proposed acquisition of Genel Energy International... more

Broker note round-up

08.06.09
The shares that brokers are today tipping investors to buy, sell or hold ... more

Taylor Wimpey on the rise despite hint at a cash call

24.04.09
What is going on at Taylor Wimpey, the UK’s largest housebuilder? Little more than two weeks ago, chief executive Pete Redfearn dropped a heavy hint that he would be putting together a £350 million rights issue... more

Goldman says door open to gains in building sector

08.04.09
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s record losses of £1.9 billion from housebuilder Taylor Wimpey comes news that Goldman Sachs has upgraded two other companies in the sector because it thinks they look good value for money... more

City lawyer's cut-price AIM delisting deal threatens to leave small investors in cold

06.04.09
Thousands of small investors could be left holding shares that are nearly impossible to trade if companies take up an offer to delist on the cheap... more

Shares jump as Clinton Cards clinches new loan deal

31.03.09
Clinton Cards said it had refinanced its debt and negotiated a new repayment schedule, helping send shares in the UK's largest specialist greetings card retailer up as much as 29%... more

As CD sales fall, HMV is turning to live music

23.01.09
Analysis: New Kids on the Block will become the first band to take to the stage at the newly christened HMV Apollo, formerly the Hammersmith Apollo... more

Alfa turns on Arctic chill in telecoms row

09.12.08
More on the conflict between Norwegian telecoms company Telenor and Russian group Alfa... more

Fuller's show a touch of Pride

23.07.08
Pubs are enduring a torrid time, but London Pride maker Fuller's Smith & Turner is offering investors rare good cheer... more

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