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Saturday 23rd August 2008
Rentokil – Has The Rat Catcher Been Caught While for many years Rentokil was the darling of the UK stock market with profits rising as quickly as the group’s profile, but the last couple of years have been so very different. The group has...
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Friday 22nd August 2008
Underwriters Left With Nearly 600 Million Bradford And Bingley Shares News that the underwriters of the controversial Bradford and Bingley £400 million fund raising have been left with 72% of the shares issued does not bode well for the short term performance... |
Thursday 21st August 2008
When Breaking Up is Hard To Do – The BAA Story As the much rumoured report which will prompt the breakup of BAA lands on investment managers desks this week, the argument has moved on to a new phase with concerns that the breakup of the group... |
Thursday 21st August 2008
The Man Who Tamed The Dragons! When would be businessman Shaun Pulfrey appeared on the popular ‘Dragon’s Den’ TV show, where those with business ideas attempt to secure finance from a group of successful business people, he was... |
Wednesday 20th August 2008
Investors in closed brokers 'being cold called by fraudsters' Cold callers are targeting customers who previously used a stockbroking firm which was shut by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the regulator has said. Clients of Pacific Continental Securi... |
Tuesday 19th August 2008
Brown Suggests No New Money For UK Athletics As many thoughts now move towards the London Olympics of 2012 it has been confirmed that there will be no new money for the Olympics above and beyond the £9 billion which has already been ear... |
Tuesday 19th August 2008
Is Marks And Spencer Looking To Reduce Staff Numbers? News that Marks and Spencer (M & S) is in talks with business development staff about changing the redundancy packages which are offered to staff does not bode well for the immediate future.... |
Tuesday 19th August 2008
FSA In Investment Scam Alert While the FSA managed to close down ‘boiler room’ stock broker Pacific Continental Securities last year it seems that the legacy of this hard selling share dealing outfit still lives on. A number... |
Tuesday 19th August 2008
Bulk Of Bradford And Bingley Rights Issue Left With Underwriters It has been revealed that a staggering 72% of the shares on offer in the Bradford and Bingley rights issue have been left with the underwriters. While the figure is better than some of the more... |
Tuesday 19th August 2008
Banking Shares On Both Sides Of Atlantic Nose Dive The UK stockmarket could be in some very choppy water at the open tomorrow as analysts digest comments from a leading economist in the US who believes that at least one major US banking institution... |
Tuesday 19th August 2008
What Can Woolworths Shareholders Expect Now? As we recently covered on this site the management of Woolworths recently turned down what in affect was a break up bid for the pick and mix kings of the high street. As the business continues to... |
Tuesday 19th August 2008
Is The BAA Sale Of The Century Getting Closer? While it has yet to be confirmed that BAA will be broken up it has almost been taken as read in the City that this is on the cards. As we reported yesterday the group is under severe pressure from... |
Monday 18th August 2008
Picks And Mix Kings Reject Takeover Offer News that the directors of Woolworths have rejected an offer for the retail division will set the rumour mill rolling when markets open on Monday morning. The bid came from a consortium headed by... |
Monday 18th August 2008
Investors 'moving from energy, into financials' Fund managers are moving into bank shares - and out of oil and other energy stocks, the Guardian reports. According to a new survey from Merrill Lynch, investment professionals overweight in oil a... |
Sunday 17th August 2008
Will British Airways Be Forced To Give Up Heathrow Slots? British Airways has fought tooth and nail for years to keep its priceless runway slots at Heathrow but it seems that the US regulators looking at the proposed tie-up with American Airlines and... |
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Using a keynote speech at the CBI in Scotland we saw Gordon Brown looking more upbeat than he has for some time, more resilient and more candid in his approach to the struggle with the economy.... 
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