Frothy bid chatter meant investors were raising a pint to SABMiller today following rumours suggesting the Grolsch brewer could be in line for a mega-merger... more
Has the software sector ever seemed so exciting? Today, whispers of a possible approach for Misys - a company whose ambition is "to be the world's best application software and services company" (stop yawning) - pushed the shares up 6.6p to 363.5p... more
Britons are balking at shelling out £3000 on a new kitchen as worries over squeezed household budgets and job security bite, the owner of the Wickes DIY chain says... more
Sales of kitchen and bathrooms at DIY chain Wickes slumped by more than a third this month, after tradesmen rushed to buy materials ahead of January's VAT rise, according to builders' merchant Travis Perkins... more
Could predator be set to turn prey at Man Group?
The City is hot with talk that the hedge fund manager, which is buying rival GLG, is about to be snapped up by the Bank of New York Mellon... more
As Britons struggle to pull off their duvets for fear of the cold of their bedrooms, they may wish that they had called on the services of SIG. ... more
The housebuilding recovery is stalling, strangled by a lack of first-time buyer affordability, according to one leading industry analyst who is telling his clients to get out of the sector fast... more
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
Builders merchant and DIY chain Wickes owner Travis Perkins traded better than expected in the past three months but not by enough for it to send City analysts scurrying to upgrade their forecasts ... more
Stock-market investors chose to pause for breath and take profits in the wake of last week’s strong run, which carried leading share prices above the 4700 mark to their highest level since October last year... more
One of the City’s big names said last week that the withdrawal of foreign banks from the UK market will reduce by roughly £80 billion the amount of credit in the UK economy
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Builders merchant Travis Perkins launched its well-signposted £300 million rights issue as chief executive Geoff Cooper said: "We believe that we can now see the whites of the recession's eyes"... more
Cash-strapped Barclays climbed back above 200p today for the first time since October with a rise of 9.7p to 206.5p, making it one of the best performers among the FTSE 100, as more than 50 million shares were traded... more
Some spectacular falls saw the mining sector lose around 20% of its value, and, according to Goldman Sachs, further steep falls can be expected... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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