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Stagecoach express leaves equities standing
Traders jumped aboard transport companies as JP Morgan Cazenove published a bullish note on Stagecoach and Go-Ahead.
03 Jun 2011
FTSE today: market report - as it happened June 2, 2011
Global sell-off continues as FTSE fails to recover from 1pc fall.
03 Jun 2011
How the oil price has moved: in charts
We chart the rise in oil prices over the past year.
03 Jun 2011
Opec hints at raising oil supply
Members of Opec, the oil cartel, are seriously considering raising supply for the first time since 2007 in order to dampen prices that are currently above $100 per barrel.
03 Jun 2011
Barclays eases on talk of Spanish acquisition
Speculation that Barclays could snap up one of Spain’s troubled regional banks took another twist yesterday as analysts at Evolution said “a caja acquisition seems increasingly likely”.
02 Jun 2011
Tate & Lyle sweetens but market sours
Rumours that a suitor might have acquired a taste for Tate & Lyle sent the maker of Splenda sweetener soaring on Wednesday.
01 Jun 2011
Markets rise on hope for Greece
Markets climbed on hopes that the path is clearing to Greece's second bail-out, reducing the risk the country will default.
31 May 2011
Tie-up fears weigh on Cairn and Vedanta
As Greenpeace protesters scaled Cairn Energy’s rig off the coast of Greenland, the oil explorer’s shares came under some pressure, although investors appeared more preoccupied with its tie-up with Vedanta Resources than events on the rig.
31 May 2011
LSE approaches a pivotal moment
London Stock Exchange's £1.9bn takeover of TMX is still far from assured.
31 May 2011
FTSE 100 companies halve pension deficit
The total pension deficit of companies in the blue-chip index has fallen by just over 50pc, according to new research.
31 May 2011
Anger as chief executive pay jumps 32pc
Executives of blue-chip companies enjoyed a median pay rise of 32pc last year, compared with a 7pc rise in the FTSE 100, and a 2pc increase in workers' pay.
31 May 2011
FTSE's winners and losers
The best and worst performers out of the 19 FTSE 100 supersectors.
29 May 2011
They can try to ‘delay and pray’ but the euro is running out of time
As a doomsayer from the start, who has written several times on the subject, I have recently been reluctant to burden my readers with more jeremiads about the euro.
29 May 2011
BlackRock attacks banks over 'aggressive' fees
One of the City's leading institutional investors has written to bankers warning them that changes must be made to the way they execute stock market flotations.
28 May 2011
LSE rules out bid for LCH.Clearnet
The London Stock Exchange has ruled itself out of the battle to buy LCH.Clearnet, Europe's largest independent clearing house, which is thought to have received bids of up to €1bn.
28 May 2011
City needs to wake up and smell the coffee when it comes to commodities
When things smell wrong it's often because something rotten is festering. Commodity speculation might well turn out to be one of those instances.
28 May 2011
Past attempts to corner commodity markets
Attempts to “corner a market” have been made for centuries, and happen when an investor purchases a large enough market share to be able to influence the price of it.
28 May 2011
BMW blames speculators as aluminium costs rise
Car maker forced to pay 'surcharge' to use metal in manufacturing.
28 May 2011
Can we gain in static markets?
It's a 'hippo market' – when the index trades in a narrow range.
28 May 2011
Banking bulls propel blue-chips to positive finish
As the market made a more decisive move upwards on Friday, banks helped to propel the blue-chip index further into positive territory.
27 May 2011
Market report live
The FTSE 100 rose for a fourth day, buoyed by a bullish note on banks.
27 May 2011
FTSE today: market report as it happened, May 26, 2011
The bluechip index rose on Thursday, following Asian markets higher, pulled up by mining shares.
27 May 2011
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