| Briefs |
28.01.2012 |
1038 |
see article |
| Briefs |
10.07.2011 |
1011 |
see article |
| Virgin Media is to review all its programmes that have premium rate phone competitions as part of the growing the growing controversy over their use. But it remains unclear why it has taken Virgin and the other television companies so long to act. |
11.03.2007 |
791 |
see article |
| Citigroup has been appointed by Guy Hands to sell ES Pipelines for more than £250m. |
30.04.2006 |
747 |
see article |
| The Treasury has admitted it has no idea of the guarantees given to privatised companies over their pension liabilities. |
23.04.2006 |
746 |
see article |
| The Ben Sherman fashion business has gone through its second management shake-up since the summer. |
18.12.2005 |
730 |
see article |
| Controversial Terry Green in secret talks to join Tesco |
24.07.2005 |
709 |
see article |
| Kingfisher CEO Gerry Murphy reportedly held talks with US groups Lowe's and Home Depot last week as speculation in the City grew about the future of B&Q. |
01.05.2005 |
697 |
see article |
| Patience Wheatcroft |
23.04.2005 |
696 |
see article |
| Inquiry into store sell-off by Allders |
27.03.2005 |
692 |
see article |
| Collins Stewart Tullett's profits have been hit by exceptional charges, including £38.5m relating to its acquisition of Prebon Yamane and £10m for its share of compensation in the split-capital trust affair. |
19.03.2005 |
691 |
see article |
| Prufrock |
13.03.2005 |
690 |
see article |
| Qwest Communications is likely to sweeten its offer for MCI with a new bid this week to value the company at more than US$24.60 a share. |
12.03.2005 |
690 |
see article |
| Business feature |
12.03.2005 |
690 |
see article |
| Tip Bits |
20.02.2005 |
687 |
see article |
| Government spending on roads is no longer to be counted as current expenditure when Treasury borrowing limits are set, leading to claims from the opposition that Gordon Brown is `cooking the books'. |
19.02.2005 |
687 |
see article |
| The government may back down over changes to the public sector's pension scheme which could force some staff to work for an extra five years. |
13.02.2005 |
686 |
see article |
| New Allders job losses eclipse help for pensions |
12.02.2005 |
686 |
see article |
| Patience Wheatcroft |
12.02.2005 |
686 |
see article |
| Merger `would be suicide' for Iceland buyer |
12.02.2005 |
686 |
see article |
| Store chiefs unite for talks on the break-up of Allders |
06.02.2005 |
685 |
see article |
| Business features |
06.02.2005 |
685 |
see article |
| Patience Wheatcroft |
05.02.2005 |
685 |
see article |
| Personal bankruptcies rose 35% in the final quarter of last year to a record 13,000. |
05.02.2005 |
685 |
see article |
| The NAPF has backed down from a £10m `bounty' plan to pursue animal rights activists through the courts. |
05.02.2005 |
685 |
see article |
| Trading at Allders last week was ahead of the same period last year in spite of the retail group going into administration. |
05.02.2005 |
685 |
see article |
| GUS-owned Homebase is being criticised for demanding suppliers provide free stock for new stores, with payment made only on subsequent orders. |
05.02.2005 |
685 |
see article |
| Alchemy Partners is believed to have had a £70m bid for Allders rejected because a group of retailers have made a £100m offer for the store group's leases. |
05.02.2005 |
685 |
see article |
| Asda's unsolicited £500m offer for the Littlewoods retail stores has prompted the Barclay brothers to put the chain up for sale. |
30.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| Business features |
30.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| CVC Capital Partners is considering a float for IG Group less than two years after buying it for £143m. |
30.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| Business fraters |
30.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| Apax sizing up Woolworths bid |
30.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| Allders and watchdog in talks over pensions |
29.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| Allders knew that losses were soaring |
29.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| Kroll, the administrators to Allders, is to give pension scheme members a clearer idea this week of the prospects for their pensions. |
29.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| The government is considering plans for a new `Citizen's pension' based on residency rather that NI contributions to help lift mainly elderly women pensioners out of poverty. |
29.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| Warren Buffet, who holds a 9% stake in Gillette, is to ensure that he has a 7% stake in Procter & Gamble once the all-share deal goes through by buying on the open market. Meanwhile, Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser are now seen as possible targets. |
29.01.2005 |
684 |
see article |
| Former boss in bid to rescue ailing Allders |
23.01.2005 |
683 |
see article |
| Interflora's EGM being held on Sunday was expected to back the sale to 3i. |
23.01.2005 |
683 |
see article |
| Breaking Views |
23.01.2005 |
683 |
see article |
| Former Marks and Spencer chairman Luc Vandevelde is tipped to become chairman of Carrefour shortly. |
23.01.2005 |
683 |
see article |
| MG Rover has admitted that the timetable for a deal with China's Shanghai Automotive Industries Corporation has slipped. |
23.01.2005 |
683 |
see article |
| Patience Wheatcroft |
22.01.2005 |
683 |
see article |
| Allders faces a collapse into administration as Alchemy made clear it would not make a bid unless it went under to escape potential pension costs. |
22.01.2005 |
683 |
see article |
| Alchemy aims to extract gold from Allders |
16.01.2005 |
682 |
see article |
| Virgin Group could earn up to US$1bn from the float of Virgin Mobile in the US. |
09.01.2005 |
681 |
see article |
| Business features |
12.12.2004 |
679 |
see article |
| BT is considering a restructuring which would see the retail division merged with its global service operation. |
12.12.2004 |
679 |
see article |
| The government's £40m extra funds for Silverstone could lead to a new row over Labour's links to Bernie Ecclestone, although he was apparently not informed of the support when negotiations on holding a Grand Prix at the track next year were being finalise |
12.12.2004 |
679 |
see article |
