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Shares on climb as talk of takeovers whets appetites

13.07.09
Shares rallied from opening falls after several billion pounds' worth of takeovers were dangled in front of City speculators in order to whet their appetites ... more

Sell-off in miners leaves the takeovers buzz feeling flat

13.07.09
Shares were on the slide again today despite several billion pounds' worth of takeovers being dangled in front of City speculators in order to whet their appetites... more

LSE set for Footsie return triumph

05.06.09
Next week’s FTSE reshuffle should mark a glorious start for Xavier Rolet, the new chief executive of the London Stock Exchange ... more

Amlin breaks into Europe with a £300m Dutch deal

03.06.09
Hurricane, boating and bloodstock insurer Amlin is expanding into Europe with a £300 million takeover ... more

Still time for Rio to dig its way out of this spoil heap

19.02.09
Something has gone terribly wrong at Rio Tinto. The chart of the share price looks like a spoil mountain outside one of its mines, and it has achieved the impressive feat of alienating its biggest shareholders by not asking them for money. It's now on the brink of a blunder that threatens its whole future. ... more

Insurer issues warning of sky-rocketing premiums

12.01.09
Insurance: Leading Lloyd’s of London insurer Amlin is calling the bottom of the insurance market, predicting that rates will rocket this year ... 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

Naked truth on private equity pain

08.12.08
It is ironic that Permira, the private-equity house, should be having such a rough time with its latest fund, Permira lV... more

Hold-up for the insurers' rally

21.11.08
City comment: Insurers say they have several reasons to be optimistic... more

Bright spot for the insurers

10.11.08
Investors are missing a trick because they have not factored in the huge business opportunity for those insurance companies still standing brought about by the near-collapse of American Insurance Group... more

Insurers face shock hurricane bills rise

20.10.08
Insurance: Insurers will have to pay out many billions of pounds more than expected for claims from the last hurricane season, two leading players warned... more

Lloyd’s falls to £949m and warns of stormier times

25.09.08
Insurance: Profits halved at Lloyd's of London in the first six months of the year, and chief executive Richard Ward warned that the financial storm is only going to get more choppy... more

Oval sponsor Brit mulls tax move abroad

18.08.08
Brit insurance, sponsor of the Oval cricket ground, is the latest UK company to look at moving its headquarters from the UK to a more favourable tax regime... more

Lloyd's set for biggest profits fall since 2002

17.07.08
Lloyd's insurers are braced for their biggest profits decline since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2002... more

Tracking down the stocks that yield value

08.07.08
CBI boss Richard Lambert said a few weeks ago that one reason companies seemed quite optimistic in surveys might be that smaller businesses tend to finance themselves from retained profits rather than bank loans, and have therefore been insulated so far from the general cutback on credit.... more

Investment banks' big question

29.05.08
The worry among the stronger investment banks in New York is that the longer they depend on the Fed for funds, the more likely it is that they will be hit by new, tougher capital requirements... more

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