| Briefs |
13.03.2010 |
944 |
see article |
| Briefs |
07.03.2010 |
943 |
see article |
| Briefs |
24.10.2009 |
925 |
see article |
| Briefs |
30.08.2009 |
917 |
see article |
| It's time for a grown-up conversation on energy |
11.07.2009 |
910 |
see article |
| Briefs |
04.07.2009 |
909 |
see article |
| KPMG has been called in by Towergate Partnership, the independent insurance group, to advise on its debts following an agreed covenant waiver with its banks. |
29.03.2009 |
895 |
see article |
| Barclays Bank is expected to confirm the £4bn sale of its iShares division this week. |
29.03.2009 |
895 |
see article |
| Comment |
14.12.2008 |
881 |
see article |
| E.On UK CEO Paul Golby has warned that energy companies are unlikely to pass on in full lower oil and gas prices to consumers because of the need to protect profit margins. |
07.12.2008 |
880 |
see article |
| Standard & Poor's has downgraded Motorola's credit rating to junk status, blaming problems in its mobile phones business. |
06.12.2008 |
880 |
see article |
| Private equity firm General Atlantic Partners has been forced to inject £21m into public-sector outsourcing group Libertas which was recently sacked over its handling of student loans. |
30.11.2008 |
879 |
see article |
| Tesco is set to defy the downturn by creating 10,000 new jobs in the UK early next year, with another 20,000 overseas. |
28.09.2008 |
870 |
see article |
| Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has met with Lloyd's of London chairman Lord Levene to discuss how the insurance market can help on environmental issues. |
04.05.2008 |
849 |
see article |
| British Airways faces not only continued chaos at T5 this week but also the start of extra competition under the `open skies ` deal with the US. |
30.03.2008 |
844 |
see article |
| Green light to overseas bid for British Energy |
23.03.2008 |
843 |
see article |
| Give back profits, gas bosses ordered |
02.03.2008 |
840 |
see article |
| World Business |
09.02.2008 |
837 |
see article |
| Virgin Trains has urged Network Rail to delay completion of the £8.6bn West Coast mainline upgrade while Network Rail's management is overhauled. |
06.01.2008 |
832 |
see article |
| Npower under attack for gas and electricity price rises |
05.01.2008 |
832 |
see article |
| Dow Chemicals is unlikely to launch a counter-bid for ICI unless the talks with Akzo Nobel break down, Dow sources suggest. |
05.08.2007 |
812 |
see article |
| US prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of £50m of assets owned by Conrad Black following his conviction for fraud last week. |
15.07.2007 |
809 |
see article |
| Blow to BE hopes of managing all UK `s nuclear plants |
08.07.2007 |
808 |
see article |
| E.On moves to snap up British Energy sites |
03.06.2007 |
803 |
see article |
| Cable & Wireless is to launch a service to enable its business customers to make use of a mobile network within offices, with calls then routed via a broadband connection. |
20.05.2007 |
801 |
see article |
| Dubai's joint ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has the right of veto over the planned £200m sale by Trinity Mirror of the Racing Post newspaper. Sheik Mohammed sold Trinity Mirror a `licence in perpetuity' to the newspaper's masthead for a nomin |
24.03.2007 |
793 |
see article |
| Johnson Service Group rose 39p to 307p in spite of a new profits warning as the City believed the worst was now past, with former Brendan Hire CEO Charles Skinner appointed as CEO to replace Stuart Graham who resigned last November. |
24.03.2007 |
793 |
see article |
| BC Partners is seeking a buyer for Swiss private hospitals group Hirslanden with a value of £1.5bn and a deal with another private equity firm is the most likely. |
04.03.2007 |
790 |
see article |
| Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have criticised a proposed new `open skies' agreement between US and EU transport officials. BA said it was a bad deal for the EU and particularly the UK, while Virgin described the talks as a `missed opportunity'. |
03.03.2007 |
790 |
see article |
| British Energy heralds new nuclear age |
11.02.2007 |
787 |
see article |
| BAE Systems is refusing to disclose how it received a confidential email from law firm Leigh Day to the Campaign Against the Arms Trade which contained legal advice over the judicial review the campaigners are seeking of the government's decision to aband |
03.02.2007 |
786 |
see article |
| Scottish & Southern Energy has unveiled plans for the UK's biggest onshore wind farm in the Shetland Islands. |
20.01.2007 |
784 |
see article |
| Appian Technology has won a £270,000 contract from the police to deploy its automatic number plate recognition systems technology in London. |
06.01.2007 |
782 |
see article |
| Business feature |
18.11.2006 |
777 |
see article |
| Spaniards close in on ScottishPower |
12.11.2006 |
776 |
see article |
| The FSA is proposing new rules to make it easier for private equity firms to list in London. |
28.10.2006 |
774 |
see article |
| World Business |
01.10.2006 |
769 |
see article |
| GlaxoSmithKline is investing £339m in its vaccine operations over the next five years. |
30.09.2006 |
769 |
see article |
| Spain faces Endesa showdown |
26.08.2006 |
764 |
see article |
| Harvey Nichols is planning major expansion overseas in Australia, Asia and the Middle East. |
30.07.2006 |
760 |
see article |
| Business Brief |
30.07.2006 |
760 |
see article |
| New Pfizer CEO is Jeff Kindler, the current general counsel. |
30.07.2006 |
760 |
see article |
| Shire Pharmaceuticals, which unveiled a 7% increase in interim sales to US$221m, said it planned an aggressive defence of its Adderall drug against generic competition. |
29.07.2006 |
760 |
see article |
| Laura Ashley faces investor opposition at its AGM to a proposal to issue up to 10% of its shares without pre-emption rights as laid down by UK and European legislation. |
11.06.2006 |
753 |
see article |
| Stanhope has decide to sell its stake in the Stratford City development to end the dispute with Westfield and the Reuben brothers. |
14.05.2006 |
749 |
see article |
| Tip Bits |
22.04.2006 |
746 |
see article |
| Business features |
11.03.2006 |
740 |
see article |
| Tip Bits |
05.03.2006 |
739 |
see article |
| Takeover frenzy grips Europe's energy giants |
26.02.2006 |
738 |
see article |
| Spain defies EU with move to block bid for Endesa |
25.02.2006 |
738 |
see article |
