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Tycoon Levine takes control at Meridian

30.10.09

Peter Levine, the oil tycoon who made at least Ł120 million in the sale of Imperial Energy to the Indians last year, has emerged as the largest shareholder in minnow Meridian Petroleum ... more

The next big deal?

10.09.09

The Deal is back. Kraft’s unsolicited Ł10 billion bid for Cadbury. The merger of T-Mobile and Orange to form Britain’s largest mobile phone operator. Investment bankers are slavering after 18 months of what former senior Tory Alan Duncan might term “living on rations” ... more

Is it time to get back in water with oil sharks again?

19.03.09

Energy analysis: The oil price tide has never gone out so far and so fast. Oil and gas exploration stocks have sunk. And the hedge fund sharks who fuelled the sector have lost their teeth.... more

Market report: Asda cuts rekindle supermarkets war

02.01.09

Only two days into the New Year, the gloves have come off among the UK's biggest grocers in a new battle over market share.... more

Market report: Builders' new pain as home prices dive

30.12.08

House prices continued falling last month, piling on the gloom for the big UK builders. The value of the average home fell 1.9% to Ł161,883, stretching the annual rate of loss to 12.2%... more

Market report: Bargain hunters boost the Footsie

29.12.08

Bears in the stock market were feeling the squeeze in a market place desperately short of stock... more

Market report: Centrica is held back by fears over its cash-raiser

15.12.08

British Gas operator Centrica was one of the biggest casualties among the top 100 companies, falling 17˝p to 234ľp as brokers set about placing the rump of its recent Ł2.2 billion rights issue, worth almost Ł279 million... more

Market report: Big Lloyds TSB sell-off catches dealers on hop

11.11.08

A big seller sent shares of Lloyds TSB tumbling 14p to 181.2p as more than nine million shares changed hands... more

It’s a bit late for broker to stop coverage of B&B

30.09.08

Shares of failed buy-to-let lender Bradford & Bingley were suspended at 20p before the start of trading on the stock market, to allow for the transfer of ownership into public hands... more

Oil companies up for grabs but the deals pipeline is blocked

29.09.08

Analysis: Roughneck has acquired the sort of reputation at the racier end of the oil and gas industry that is enjoyed by Guido Fawkes, the notorious Westminster blogger... more

Italy’s Eni wins First Calgary with bid of Ł490million

08.09.08

The fall of major London-listed independent explorers continued after First Calgary Petroleums agreed to a Ł490million takeover... more

So just how hot is this great Ł33bn Indian takeaway?

29.08.08

When Ratan Tata's Indian steel behemoth won the Ł6 billion auction of Corus, it began what India's newspapers quickly began calling the Great Indian Takeaway ... more

Imperial Energy sale to India hands Ł90 million to founder

26.08.08

Peter Levine is £90 million richer after talks to sell his Imperial Energy business to India ended in success... more

China's Sinopec presents a counterbid for Imperial

04.08.08

Ł1.3 billion bid battle between China and India is emerging for the London-based oil and gas company... more

New Imperial surge on bid price delight

15.07.08

Shares in Imperial Energy rocketed for the second day running after the company revealed it is in takeover talks at a much higher price than the market expected... more

Investors smiling on hopes of Ł12bn deals bonanza

14.07.08

Shareholders were licking their lips over a raft of possible takeover action as actual and rumoured deals totalling almost £12 billion hit dealers' screens... more