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Woman boss for Imps

10.11.09
Alison Cooper was today named as the next boss of Imperial Tobacco, becoming only the fifth woman to head a FTSE company ... more

Tarmac open for offers in Anglo American assets sale

23.10.09
Mining giant Anglo American is looking to raise at least $7 billion (£4.2 billion) from the sale of assets including Tarmac ... more

Victory for Anglo as Xstrata ditches mega-merger plan

15.10.09
The blockbuster mining merger that never quite happened was finally called off today as ultra-acquisitive Xstrata removed its tanks from the lawn of Anglo American ... more

Bidders make beeline for Churchill

28.09.09
Suitors are queuing up for a slice of Churchill Mining... more

Anglo American sets out Xstrata defence

31.07.09
Mining giant Anglo American made its case for remaining ­independent despite a plunge in ­profits by emphasising its cost-cutting ­measures ... more

Anglo-American’s new boss puts boot into Xstrata bid

20.07.09
The newly appointed chairman of Anglo-American has come out shooting over rival miner Xstrata’s hostile plans to force a £40 billion merger between the two ... more

Anglo may oust chief exec in bid to fend off Xstrata merger

10.07.09
There was some talk in the City that Anglo American will consider ditching chief executive Cynthia Carroll as a main plank of its defence against a merger with rival Xstrata... more

Anglo’s own dinosaur takes a bite at woman chief

09.07.09
Mining companies regularly have to halt operations when they come across the fossilised remains of some creature from millions of years ago, but Xstrata's £23 billion bid to merge with rival Anglo American has brought a real dinosaur to the surface ... more

Major investor backs Anglo American boss

06.07.09
Embattled Anglo American boss Cynthia Carroll won a rare vote of support today as one of her mining giant’s biggest shareholders said that she was pursuing the right strategy ... more

Transport mess? Blame 11 ministers

02.07.09
Is it any wonder the railways are in a mess, given the turnover of Transport Secretaries? During the privatisation of the railways in the 1990s, the Tories managed to get through five Secretaries of State ... more

Xstrata pressures Anglo to accept merger deal

24.06.09
Mining giant Xstrata piled the pressure on the management of Anglo American after this week's rebuff of a £40 billion merger proposal... more

South Africa blocks £40bn Xstrata move on Anglo

23.06.09
The move on Anglo American by Xstrata to create a £40 billion global mining giant to rival BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto appeared doomed after the South African government said it would block it... more

BA dives on bailout talk

22.06.09
British Airways shareholders rushed for the emergency exits today, fretting that the airline could need state aid to prevent it coming crashing down... more

Rise of the capital's golden skirts

18.06.09
With so few women making it to the top in business, those who do have the pick of plum boardroom jobs — and can make a fortune juggling up to six at a time... more

Woman in line for top job at Imperial

25.03.09
Puffs of white smoke emerged from the Bristol headquarters of Imperial Tobacco as Alison Cooper was promoted to chief operating officer, making her a clear front-runner to succeed long-standing chief executive Gareth Davis... more

Anglo to axe 19,000 jobs as prices take a nosedive

20.02.09
Anglo American is cutting 19,000 jobs round the world - 10% of its total headcount - as it becomes the latest mining company to fall prey to the steep decline in commodity prices over the past six months... more

Miner Anglo in a hole as demand for materials falls

17.12.08
Mining: Anglo American has become the latest miner to announce swingeing cuts to spending in the coming year as demand for raw materials slumps... more

Brutal times at Barclays as jobs axe falls

08.12.08
"Brutal Barclays" is what they are calling the bank these days. Internally, that is ... more

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