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Wednesday 18th June 2008
Goldman Sachs Swoops Like A Vulture While all around them companies are under serious pressure it seems that major US financial institution Goldman Sachs can do no wrong. The group has just reported profits which far exceeded the...
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Wednesday 18th June 2008
Morgan Stanley And The Rogue Trader As worldwide financial markets continue to flounder, money markets look like stalling again and shareholders are suffering from falling stock prices, the last thing you need is a loose cannon, a... |
Monday 16th June 2008
Barclays Set For £4 Billon Cash Call In a move which many saw coming some time ago it seems that Barclays is set to lodge a call for £4 billion from shareholders to repair the company’s balance sheet. If press reports... |
Saturday 14th June 2008
Financial Watchdog Hits The Short Sellers While there are many people who dislike those market dealers who sell shares they do not own with the intension of buying them back when they fall, they have always been part of the market. Even... |
Saturday 14th June 2008
RBS Raises Another £3.5 Billion It seems that each week we hear about a possible additional asset sale at Royal Bank of Scotland as the group scrambles to shore up the ailing capital base of the main banking division. The latest... |
Saturday 14th June 2008
Silverjet Is Grounded For The Last Time The ongoing saga of business class airline Silverjet hit a new low yesterday when it was announced that yet another rescue package has failed. It seems that for the second time in less than 6... |
Saturday 14th June 2008
Are Shorters Really Affecting Stock Markets? As the FSA continue the onslaught against the so called short sellers in the stock markets, many believe that this latest attack is just a cover for the current problems in the market. The banks... |
Thursday 12th June 2008
HBOS Sees Ā£1.3 Billion Wiped Off Company Value In a move which is heavily connected to the housing market, HBOS (consisting of Halifax and Bank of Scotland) saw £1.3 billion wiped off the value of the company. The share price is now well... |
Wednesday 11th June 2008
Silverjet Rises Like A Phoenix From The Flames Just a couple of weeks ago the future of business class airline Silverjet seemed very much doomed to failure when an emergency funding agreement failed to materialise. The group, along with so... |
Wednesday 11th June 2008
Mervyn King Set To Call The Shots As a follow-up to our article on calls from Mervyn King for UK banks to participate in a new compensation scheme for the financial industry, the governor of the Bank of England has hinted that... |
Saturday 7th June 2008
Texas Pacific Group Eyeing Up More UK Acquisitions While the ink may not yet have dried on their deal to buy a 23% stake in Bradford and Bingley, there are rumours that Texas Pacific Group is looking at a whole host of other UK banks with a view to... |
Saturday 7th June 2008
Absolute Return Partners Announces Fund Of Hedge Funds In a move which the traditional investor may find difficult to get their heads around, Absolute Return Partners of the UK has today announced the launch of a Fund of Hedge Funds – in essence... |
Friday 6th June 2008
Will Royal Bank Of Scotland Need More Funding After The Ā£12 Billion Rights Issue? While Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) may be on the verge of securing one of the largest UK fund raisings of recent times, via a £12 billion rights issue, a report from Deutsche Bank AG suggests... |
Friday 6th June 2008
Morrisonās Price Cuts Do The Trick While they may have played ‘second fiddle’ to the likes of ASDA and Tesco over the last decade, it seems that there is still life in the Morrison’s supermarket business after... |
Friday 6th June 2008
Bill Gates, The End Of An Era After 33 years at the helm of Microsoft, Bill Gates will finally hand over day to day control on the 27th June this year. While he will still continue to work one day a week for the company 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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