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Morgan Stanley casts cloud over Thomas Cook and Tui

20.11.09
Shares of the UK’s two biggest package holiday operators were among the heaviest blue-chip fallers today after one broker decided that their outlook was far from sunny... more

Oxford St killjoys block ice rink plan

26.10.09
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Scandal of the structured products

16.10.09
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Tullow outperforms rivals on talk of ExxonMobil bid

06.10.09
Tullow Oil was one of the best blue-chip performers, climbing 84p to 1199p amid rising hopes that the world's biggest oil company ExxonMobil is poised to take a stake... more

Third-quarter fillip leads to a load of bull from HSBC

06.10.09
This year’s third quarter was the best performance experienced by the Footsie since records began in 1984 but HSBC has today been telling clients: you ain’t seen nothing yet ... more

Lib-Dem mansion tax is such a mess

24.09.09
Have the Lib Dems thought through their plan to tax houses over £1 million? They “might find the definition of a house less than clear-cut”... ... more

Let's hope Balfour isn't digging itself into a hole with US buy

21.09.09
Most acquisitions fail - roughly three quarters of them, according to research, do not add value to the acquiring firm nor benefit to its shareholders... more

Let’s hope Balfour isn’t digging itself into a hole with US buy

21.09.09
Most acquisitions fail — roughly three quarters of them, according to research, do not add value to the acquiring firm nor benefit to its shareholders. Yet there are a few companies that make a mockery of these odds and become successful serial acquirers ... more

British Airways climbs steeply as Goldman Sachs says get aboard

17.09.09
Stand by for take off at British Airways was the advice Goldman Sachs gave to clients as it added the shares to its influential Conviction Buy list... 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

£7 million job with RBS — no worries

19.08.09
The recruitment by Royal Bank of Scotland of bond trader Antonio Polverino from Merrill Lynch has sent City eyebrows skywards — and not just because RBS, which is 70%-owned by the taxpayer, is rewarding him so handsomely ... more

Cost of dying breathes life into Dignity profits

29.07.09
Dignity, Britain’s biggest funeral director, was toasting the Grim Reaper’s constancy today, as it shrugged off the slump with a 3.2% profits rise ... more

Shipping forecast is set fair thanks to China’s needs

16.07.09
Merchant ships, which have been riding at anchor off our shores for months, are now building-up a full head of steam as they look to benefit from increased Chinese demand for raw materials ... more

Banks hurry to clear issue's rump and earn their fees

02.07.09
Dealers at Credit Suisse and rival JPMorgan Cazenove were hitting the phones early this morning as they tried to clear the rump of mining giant RioTinto's £9.2 billion rights issue... more

Lookers raises £81m to steer away from debt

26.06.09
Troubled car dealer chain Lookers has raised £80.7 million from a share placing aimed at reducing its huge debts... more

CBI is wrong to ignore Carter's Digital Britain vision

17.06.09
The CBI's reaction to Stephen Carter's Digital Britain report was predictable but disappointing... more

Holidaybreak to buy bust public schools for camps

17.06.09
The owner of Eurocamp holidays announced plans to buy up independent schools which have gone bust in the recession and turn them into children’s holiday camps... 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

C&W leads fallers as City sentiment begins to wane

21.05.09
Cable & Wireless was London's biggest dud today as its house broker reined in forecasts for the coming year... more

Head of Mitchells & Butlers quits after £500m hedge loss

21.05.09
Tim Clarke has quit as chief executive of pub chain Mitchells & Butlers after losses on a disastrous hedging strategy spiralled towards £500 million ... more

KBC gets a third lifeline after loss of £3.2 billion

14.05.09
The owner of City stockbroker KBC Peel Hunt, Belgian bank KBC, recorded a €3.6 billion (£3.2 billion) first-quarter loss, forcing the Belgian government to intervene for a third time in eight months ... more

Triple cheer engineers a big leap for Babcock shares

12.05.09
A triple helping of good news put the spark into Babcock International today... more

The eco-stocks to watch if green energy powers ahead

30.04.09
Energy Analysis: Barack Obama’s presidency could fuel a boom in UK clean-tech stocks... more

Footsie back below 4000 as Morgan sounds bear alert

06.04.09
The bear market is not over. That was the stark warning from Morgan Stanley today, which killed off any optimism in the City... more

Market report: Citigroup spots safety in builders amid tough times

19.12.08
Citigroup today forecast a further drop of 15% in house prices next year, which will be bad news for homeowners and builders.... more

Icestorm in Barnet hits a banking exec

12.11.08
ICELANDIC tremors among the power-hungry politicos at Barnet council, which, as readers of City Spy will recall, managed to blow a stonking £28 million of taxpayers’ money in Glitnir and Landsbanki.... more

Miners’ link buzz keeps investors on the prowl

06.08.08
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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

Crunch point for the brokers too

15.04.08
There is such overcapacity in the industry that it may be years before markets recover enough to provide a living for them all... more

Pendragon profits cut in half by cars slump

20.02.08
The stalling car sales market has seen profits crash at Britain's biggest motor dealer.... more

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