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Father and son had Chinese meals code for insider trading

05.11.09
Father and son who used coded messages about Chinese meals to exchange illegal share tips convicted of insider trading that made them more than £100,000... more

Bidders make beeline for Churchill

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

Three sent for trial on insider dealing charges

23.09.09
Two partners in the London offices of American law firms and the finance director of a British company taken over in 2006 by drugs giant Novartis have been committed for trial to Southwark Crown Court by City of Westminster magistrates on eight charges of insider dealing ... more

Shipping forecast is set fair thanks to China’s needs

16.07.09
Merchant ships, which have been riding at anchor off our shores for months, are now building-up a full head of steam as they look to benefit from increased Chinese demand for raw materials ... more

Drug research leaves Astra with a headache

13.07.09
British drug giant AstraZeneca was today suffering the ill effects of medical research that criticised Seroquel, a schizophrenia medicine that is the pharma firm's second best-selling product ... more

Generic drugs industry is damaged by quality fears

03.07.09
The UK's medical watchdog has recalled multiple generic drugs from Britain's pharmacy shelves due to "serious" deficiencies, in a move that threatens to damage the reputation of non-branded medicines ... more

Long, profitable life of vaccines means it's not just the ill clamouring for them

01.06.09
A dirty-brown brick building close to Northern Line station Mill Hill East is an unlikely place to find the saviour of the pharmaceuticals industry... more

Big-hitter lowers sights on troubled Barclays

20.03.09
Banking bosses may be telling the markets that business isn't too bad, but brokers do not believe the bounceback will last... more

Obama drug price plans spook European pharma investors

27.02.09
pharmaceuticals: European drug stocks tumbled after Barack Obama targeted high drug prices in his 2010 budget, underlining the importance of U.S. sales to companies based in Basel, London and Paris... more

Meningitis jabs recalled in contamination alert

26.02.09
Batches of a meningitis C vaccine have been recalled following a contamination scare... more

Astra in court win over patent

02.07.08
Drugs giant AstraZeneca has won the latest round in a US court battle over the patent for its blockbuster schizophrenia drug Seroquel... more

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