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Arm takes battering from Apple falling short of forecasts

19.10.11
Despite the best attempts of the chip designer's fans in the City, investors took a bite out of Arm Holdings today after disappointing news from Apple... more

QinetiQ says it will meet City forecasts despite US worries

02.08.11
Amid expectations of more cuts to the US military budget after its 11th-hour debt deal, defence technology specialist QinetiQ admits it is suffering from delays and uncertainty around orders... more

Rumours of another takeover bid breathe fire into Dragon Oil

04.07.11
Rumours that its biggest shareholder could have a second crack at buying Dragon Oil sent the oil explorer surging 4% today... more

QinetiQ shoots up as talk of transatlantic suitor hits the City

01.07.11
Have the gadget gurus at QinetiQ attracted a suitor? ... more

Cybertech saves QinetiQ

26.05.11
Qinetiq may not be making as much money from its defence business, but it is making up for it with cybertechnology... more

Consortium's crime agency IT contract

11.01.11
A consortium led by Logica wins a £157 million, 10-year contract to outsource IT services for the Serious Organised Crime Agency... more

QinetiQ lands deal worth £1.5 billion from Nasa

22.11.10
British defence group QinetiQ has won a contract worth almost $2 billion to provide engineering services for Nasa at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida... more

QinetiQ defends £37m spent on cancelled bid

18.11.10
Defence and technology firm QinetiQ today defended the £37.1 million and eight years it spent bidding for the Government’s defence training contract, which ministers scrapped last month ... more

Babcock gains £1.2bn benefit in outsourcing binge

09.11.10
Defence services group Babcock International becomes the latest firm to do well out of UK Plc’s outsourcing binge... more

Qinetiq slumps on loss of contract from MoD

19.10.10
Qinetiq shares crash 10% as the company loses a major contract to combine army, navy and airforce training at a single college in Wales... more

Shares portfolio: Aberdeen Asset Management wins backing

29.09.10
The Standard's City team rates which stocks to buy and sell, with analysis on the top traders' deals and what to expect from the markets... more

QinetiQ jobs toll to rise by another 325

03.08.10
Government cuts lead to a further 325 likely job cuts at the QinetiQ defence firm on top of the 391 posts it announced would be cut only last month... more

QinetiQ job losses leave union concerned

06.07.10
Defence firm QinetiQ is to cut nearly 400 jobs, with union leaders warning it is “the tip of the iceberg"... more

QinetiQ cost cutting popular with investors

27.05.10
Investors welcome radical plans by defence group QinetiQ's new chief executive Leo Quinn to cut costs and debts after the company issued two profit warnings in the last six months... more

FTSE shows recovery but experts say not for long

26.05.10
Market Round-up: London shares surge as investors hunt for bargains but City experts warn that the rally is likely to be short-lived... more

Barclays plunges as analyst highlights £17bn shortfall

19.01.10
Does Barclays need more cash? Credit Suisse believes so, warning that the bank needs to raise £17 billion over three years to meet new capital requirements... more

Miners buoy the Footsie as punters plough even more money into gold

25.11.09
Leading shares were being squeezed higher again in thin trading on the London stock market today... more

£20m QinetiQ chief quits

29.10.09
QinetiQ, the privatised defence research company, unveiled a top-level shake-up one day after it was criticised for safety failings that caused an explosion on a Royal Air Force Nimrod plane over Afghanistan in 2006, killing 14 ... more

Boss of defence firm blamed in Nimrod disaster report quits

29.10.09
Chief executive of a defence firm blamed for the RAF Nimrod explosion that cost 14 servicemen's lives is to quit... more

Bomb detonation robots to become firefighters in London

28.07.09
Bomb detonation robots used in Afghanistan are to be recycled to extinguish fires in London... more

UK defence firm QinetiQ gets an American accent

21.05.09
Qinetiq, the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) research arm parodied in the James Bond films by the gadget-making boffin Q, is to replace its controversial chairman with an American and is within weeks of earning more in the US than from the UK ... more

Achtung! Minister blocks sale of sonar to Germans

15.05.09
The Government has called for an investigation into the sale of a state-of-the-art UK defence technology company to a German rival... more

QinetiQ boosted to £46m by US

26.11.08
Defence: Selling military robotics to the US army means the boffins at QinetiQ are looking increasingly to the West. ... more

Cameraman died in Batman crash

03.11.08
A special effects technician was killed filming a stunt for the latest Batman film as he leaned out of a moving vehicle which struck a tree, an inquest heard... more

Property

08.10.08
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch. ... more

MoD bags another windfall from £250m QinetiQ sell-off

09.09.08
Engineering: The Government is set to net around a further £250million from the hugely controversial sell-off of the defence research and technology business QinetiQ... more

QinetiQ grows in US as jet ski joins robot line-up

28.05.08
Defence equipment developer QinetiQ, known for its James Bond-style gadgets, is booming in the US... more

Tycoons ditch shares in rush to beat tax rise

02.04.08
Dozens of wealthy company bosses and tycoons have been rushing to sell shares to avoid millions of pounds of extra tax... more


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