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Why a cut-price wizard will be good for Marks & Spencer

2009-11-20T08:50:14Z

There is urgent whispering in the aisles of Marks & Spencer: Sir Stuart Rose, the smooth, pin-up boss (for lady shoppers of a certain age) is no more

Citi snub for EMI plan

2009-11-16T08:11:43Z

Banking giant Citigroup has rejected attempts by Terra Firma, Guy Hands�s private equity firm, to restructure EMI, the music business it bought for �2.5 billion in 2007

Novera�s wind farm plan hits turbulence

2009-11-13T13:50:22Z

The hostile battle for control of Novera Energy took a new twist today as it emerged that one of the company�s pipeline wind farm projects could be halted by fears it could cause a mid-air fighter jet collision

Taxing problem for Spearmint

2009-11-11T08:18:38Z

Hands bid gets heavy over windfarm operator Novera Energy

2009-10-27T12:50:11Z

Corporate raider Guy Hands raised a clenched fist in his increasingly hostile takeover bid for AIM-listed windfarm operator Novera Energy

Novera attacks wind farms record of its raider Infinis

2009-10-26T12:47:50Z

Green energy minnow Novera continued its campaign to fight off corporate raider Guy Hands today saying he, unlike Novera, has no record in delivering any wind farm projects

Get shopping or the crunch will steal your Christmas

2009-10-22T05:54:19Z

Normally a cheery chap, my old friend Ian Harnett of the independent research outfit Absolute Strategy has come up with a cracking piece of analysis which you dare not show your children

Hands turns heat up on Novera dissidents

2009-10-16T07:11:32Z

Corporate raider Guy Hands has given shareholders in green energy company Novera three options, none of them palatable, analysts warned

Novera holders accuse Hands over hostile bid

2009-10-15T07:15:58Z

Guy Hands� hostile green energy takeover bid for Novera exploded in acrimony today after blue-chip shareholders rallied behind Novera and accused the buyout baron of �ethically questionable� takeover tactics

The Italian trying to get a better tune out of EMI

2009-10-14T06:59:38Z

Guy Hands� �3.2bn for EMI still seems an incredible amount � can his new CEO make it all work?

Terra makes crisis claims about Novera

2009-10-14T06:56:04Z

A stink is arising at the wind and methane energy company Novera today as its unwanted suitor Terra Firma appeared to claim its target is in a management crisis

'Clean Hands' Guy wants to lead green energy flock

2009-10-08T14:14:35Z

Energy analysis: They are going to start calling him Clean Hands. Guy Hands, probably the biggest name in UK private equity, has made his greatest declaration of intent yet to become the biggest name in clean technology

Red light for Hands bid from green energy firm Novera

2009-10-07T08:01:23Z

Guy Hands� latest tilt at becoming the king of the windmills ran into trouble today after an offer to take over one of Britain�s leading green energy firms was dismissed as a bid being made on the cheap

How can these sad exiles prefer cash to London?

2009-05-12T08:07:32Z

Those now fleeing our tax rates did much to contribute to our economic woes. Despite this, we must pity them

London's rich flee 50% tax regime

2009-05-11T10:57:18Z

Financiers are planning to leave London en masse to avoid the new 50 per cent tax rate for high earners

Hands' Terra team to give back their �70m bonuses pot

2009-03-03T09:21:35Z

Guy Hands, the boss of private equity firm Terra Firma, is returning to outside investors the greatest part of his and his senior management's bonuses earned over the past four years - worth some �70 million

The pound in your pocket is way off-target

2009-02-18T11:22:47Z

In his final Budget as Chancellor, Gordon Brown said �inflation will be on target� throughout 2008 and 2009

Guy Hands buys Aussie cattle ranches from Packer family

2008-12-30T09:14:11Z

Finance: Despite his struggles with stricken record company EMI, Terra Firma boss Guy Hands still has an appetite for big, diverse investments

Dress-code harmony is still elusive at EMI

2008-12-23T11:36:12Z

It's not been the happiest of years at EMI, where staff at the music company and their private-equity bosses at Terra Firma still regard each other as aliens

Who's in and who's out

2008-12-08T09:25:13Z

Still Rolling for EMI - but all in the past

2008-07-29T10:17:34Z

Crumbs of comfort for EMI, owned by private-equity firm Terra Firma.

EMI's recording arm in the black

2008-07-15T10:25:06Z

Guy Hands, the private equity boss of EMI, claims to have produced an early turnaround at the music giant's recording arm

Struggle to get EMI rocking again starts with a few smart recruits

2008-04-21T10:34:58Z

For a record label that is supposedly in crisis, not everything at EMI is going badly

Amy mastermind to nurture talent at EMI

2008-04-16T13:31:02Z

EMI raids rival Universal to recruit the A&R man who masterminded the success of Amy Winehouse

Chrysalis turns down a takeover bid from Hands

2008-04-15T14:41:08Z

Chrysalis rejects a �104 million takeover bid from Guy Hands' Terra Firma

Hands warns Terra Firma may quit UK

2008-03-19T11:22:30Z

Guy Hands threatens to shift his giant private-equity business Terra Firma out of Britain

Rivals drop challenges to Biffa's �1.2bn takeover deal

2008-02-25T11:45:29Z

Shares in waste management group Biffa drop 23p to 345p, as it rules out the chances of a counterbidder coming in to bust up its agreed £1.2 billion takeover by private equity

Credit crunch toll may top $500bn warns Guy Hands

2008-02-22T08:58:23Z

Boss of Terra Firma Guy Hands has warned the credit crunch could be more damaging than people think.

Rolling Stones deliver fresh blow to EMI

2008-01-17T10:07:12Z

Record label EMI's woes continued as the Rolling Stones signed a one-album deal with its biggest rival.

The Verve threaten to withhold next EMI album

2008-01-15T09:08:59Z

The Verve are to follow Radiohead, Coldplay, Robbie Williams and Sir Paul McCartney in a protest against their record label EMI.