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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

Gold adds sparkle to miners as dollar’s in the doldrums

09.11.09
The price of gold traded at a new record high of $1,107.12 an ounce on world markets today, in response to a weaker dollar ... more

‘Could have been worse’ City says to BA and RBS numbers

06.11.09
Investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year ... more

City remains positive despite shockers from BA and RBS

06.11.09
Stock market investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year ... more

Short-sellers' fingers start twitching as banks go cheap to raise cash

08.10.09
Selling short can be a perilous manoeuvre in the current stock market climate... more

Miners are in a hole as price of gold loses its lustre with fall below $1000

21.09.09
Mining shares were in disarray after the price of gold dipped back below the $1000-an-ounce level for the first time in almost a week after the International Monetary Fund threatened to sell 10% of its reserves. ... more

Slim pickings for 888 as its punters decide to cut back

27.08.09
Lady Luck has been a cruel mistress to gaming group 888 recently... more

Miners continue down the chute on lack of demand

26.08.09
Commodity stocks were once again nursing their wounds from the decline in global demand today with shares in Antofagasta and Tullow Oil tumbling on plunging profits ... more

Resurgent pubs leave the bears nursing a hangover

26.08.09
The smell of burnt fingers wafted through the City today as the bears dumped their rapidly-rising pub stocks ... more

London shares go bowling along as global worries ease

20.08.09
Some of the confidence being shown by stock-market investors rubbed off on the England cricket team in the fifth and final Test at the Brit Oval... 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

Thin time in the City

06.07.09
Stock market investors were feeling the strain on their return to work this morning. The absence of a lead from Wall Street, which was closed on Friday for Independence Day, and a lacklustre performance by Asian markets this morning offered City folk little in the way of inspiration ... more

Miners the bright spot as volatility batters punters

03.07.09
Stock-market investors might have wished for a better start to the second half of the year. As it is they’ve taken something of a battering, with the prospect of further volatility to come ... more

Punters battered by volatile market buoyed by miners

03.07.09
Stock market investors might have wished for a better start to the second half of the year. As it is they've taken something of a battering, with the prospect of further volatility to come ... 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

'Rein in mining bulls'

11.05.09
The mining bulls have run ahead of themselves. That is the verdict of Citigroup, which today urged caution in wake of the recent recovery in commodities stocks... more

Thomas Cook applies the lotion after shares burned

12.03.09
A big drop in Thomas Cook’s share price this afternoon forced the holidays giant to reassure the City and deny claims business in the package tours industry had dropped off a cliff... more

Market report: Blue-chips await marching orders from the Footsie

08.12.08
Up to half a dozen blue-chip companies face losing their place as constituents of the Footsie 100 index when the regular quarterly review is undertaken later this week... more

Market report: Housebuilders welcoming relief from the rate move

04.12.08
Housebuilders were the outright winners of the move by the Bank of England monetary policy committee to slash interest rates by a full percentage point to just 2%... more

Market report: A booster for Footsie as bears collect winnings

21.11.08
It has been a good week for stock-market bears around the world enabling share prices to end the week on a steadier note... more

Market report: Analyst fears DSG ‘may unravel after Christmas’

14.11.08
Could electrical retailer DSG International go bust? Some in the City have begun to pose this question as analysts scramble to put a value on the company... 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

Markets in nosedive as slump fears take hold

22.10.08
Markets: World stock markets were crashing again as investors were gripped by fears of a deep and prolonged global recession... more

Market report: Ferrexpo at record low after big holder sells off

06.10.08
It's not just the penniless that are getting clobbered by the growing global financial crisis. Ukrainian billionaires are also feeling the heat... more

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