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Resolution still hungry for takeovers

12.11.09
Insurance takeover vehicle Resolution reckons it has digested Friends Provident and is ready for its next meal ... more

Scottish Widows slump

03.11.09
The future of Scottish Widows was in the spotlight after it emerged sales at the pensions and insurance division of Lloyds Banking Group have cratered... more

How to turn Lloyds back into a stallion

16.10.09
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Lukewarm reaction to Lloyds’ £25bn cash plans

08.10.09
City investors reacted cautiously today to Lloyds Banking Group’s new plans to raise £25 billion ... more

Lloyds could walk away from toxic asset scheme

18.09.09
Lloyds Banking Group says it has not ruled out withdrawing from the Government’s insurance scheme for toxic assets... more

Banks distracted by battle with regulator

17.09.09
Company executives can become obsessed with regulators and the threat of Government interference... more

Counting the cost a year after Lloyds' takeover of HBOS

17.09.09
One year ago today, the news broke that Lloyds TSB was going to take over HBOS in a £12.2 billion all-share deal. With the benefit of hindsight, it is still staggering to read the press release issued to the Stock Exchange the following morning, 18 September... more

Stormy time for Raymarine after bleak warning on sale

28.08.09
Shares in Raymarine sank after a bleak broker warning that investors may be left almost empty-handed even if a sale of the group goes ahead.... more

£1.86bn deal for Friends but 700,000 are losing out

10.08.09
Around 700,000 small investors in Friends Provident were today offered much less than half what the shares were worth at flotation eight years ago to sell their holding to insurance tycoon Clive Cowdery ... more

Blunders at HBOS cost Lloyds £11bn

05.08.09
The shocking state of the HBOS finances was laid bare as its new owner Lloyds Banking Group racked up losses of nearly £4 billion after £13.4 billion of loans turned sour... more

Pledge to keep Friends divi in takeover plan

20.07.09
Friends shareholders were told today that Resolution’s takeover plan would pay them a minimum £1500 cash sweetener and preserve their dividend ... more

Sweetener and divi pledge in takeover tilt at Friends

20.07.09
Friends Provident shareholders told that Resolution’s takeover plan would pay them a minimum £1500 cash sweetener and preserve their dividend... more

Lloyds axes 1200 jobs in 'groundhog day'

16.07.09
Lloyds Banking Group is cutting a further 1200 jobs, taking job losses for the year to 8200 ... more

Prospect of bidding war sparks surge

13.07.09
Friends Provident shares rallied 10% as hope sparked of a bidding war for the 177-year-old insurer ... more

£200,000 bill for company boss in row with neighbour over drive

08.07.09
A company boss who went to war with his City banker neighbour in a row over an access road, a fence and a loose screw landed a £200,000 legal bill at the High Court... more

Lloyds shares plunge 26% - but there's no cause for alarm

20.05.09
"Don't panic!" was the Corporal Jones-style shout from Lloyds Banking Group after shares tumbled more than 26%... more

When Myners saw McFall for a cosy chat...

30.04.09
How intriguing. Just what were City minister Lord Myners and Commons Treasury Select Committee chairman John McFall talking about so animatedly the other night? ... more

Don’t panic: the money’s rolling in now for 2012

16.01.09
The man given the task of raising £2billion for the Games tells Chris Blackhurst why he is going to succeed... more

Can I still get a mortgage?

03.10.08
Homebuyers are seeing the cost of mortgages continue to climb despite falling house prices... more

Lloyds gets 2012 bonus with merger

19.09.08
Lloyds TSB is set to reap a massive Olympic bonus after its £30 billion merger with HBOS... more

Man with Asda habit v the Quiet American

17.09.08
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Wimpey shares halve as cash call snubbed

02.07.08
Taylor Wimpey, Britain's biggest housebuilder, is in danger of collapse, a leading City broker warned... more

Barclays' way is better, but it's still pretty grim

26.06.08
While it may show the others how to do it, the Barclays solution still smacks of desperation... more

Dresdner a bad bet for Lloyds

23.06.08
Lloyds TSB is undoubtedly the least burnt of the big British banks. As the others scrabble for capital and/or make multi-billion-pound write-offs, it sails on in relative serenity... more

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