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Lakshmi Mittal's billions still put City slickers in the shade

07.10.09

Though they don’t spend much on transfers, Rangers remain top of the league when it comes to club wealth... more

Independent News & Media to snub O’Brien

28.09.09

Independent News & Media is expected formally to reject rebel shareholder Denis O’Brien’s plans to refinance the company and sell off its British newspapers... more

O’Reilly family deserves credit for supporting Independent

09.09.09

To write about the problems now besetting the company that owns The Independent is rather like intruding on personal grief because of its significance to the O’Reilly family, most notably its patriarch, Sir Anthony John Francis O’Reilly... more

O’Brien calls for instant sale or closure of Independent

02.09.09

An uneasy six months of truce at Independent News & Media collapsed as its second-largest shareholder Denis O’Brien called for an immediate sale or the closure of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday ... more

Debt-hit Indy owner eyes up discounted rights issue

22.06.09

Independent News & Media, beleaguered owner of The Independent, confirmed it is looking at a massively discounted rights issue and wants the deadline for refinancing its debt extended from this Friday to the end of next month... more

Banks give Independent room for manoeuvre

18.05.09

Independent News & Media agreed a six-week breathing space with its banks and bondholders which eases immediate pressure on organisation to sell the daily national ... more

INM expects more bad news on profits

30.04.09

Independent News & Media saw a 10% drop in operating profits last year and warned they could fall by as much as another 30% this year... more

Tony O'Reilly steps down as peace breaks out at Independent

13.03.09

One of Britain and Ireland's great newspaper barons has given up the game as Sir Tony O'Reilly stood down for the sake of peace at the warring Independent News & Media (INM)... more

£10m Stanford match is saved by peace deal

09.10.08

England's £10million cricket match in Antigua is set to go ahead following a peace deal in the Caribbean ... more

Redesign at The Indy can't hide financial worries

24.09.08

To quote from its understandably immodest blurb, The Independent opened a bright new chapter in its history yesterday with a full-colour revamp that was, well, colourful... more

HBOS boss spins his way out of trouble - for now

01.08.08

With the bank results reporting season in full swing, this year's sweet-talking-of-investors tactic is becoming clearer... more

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