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BT shares surge on hopes of turnround
The former UK phone monopoly surprised the market by reporting better-than-expected first quarter earnings, sending shares up more than 10 per cent as the market
Cablevision to spin off businesses
Cablevision will spin off its Madison Square Garden live entertainment and sports franchise division by the end of the year, appeasing shareholders who pushed the ...
Sony and Nintendo hit by video game slump
The weak hardware sales from Japan's two big videogame companies will add to industry calls for price cuts on Nintendo's Wii and Sony's Playstation 3 ...
Airlines beset by heavy losses
Leading airlines in Europe and Asia reported heavy losses amid the deepening crisis engulfing the aviation sector, with Singapore Airlines warning it could make ...
Siemens fears long downturn
Europe's largest engineering group revealed profits at its main industrial unit collapsed and sluggish demand had spread to its long-cycle energy sector ...
Effort to oust Continental chief
News has emerged that Schaeffler's family owners have attempted to remove the chief executive of the car parts maker, which is majority owned by Schaeffler ...
National Express bidder in rail franchise plea
Spanish-led consortium bidding for the group has appealed directly to the transport secretary to spare the struggling rail operator's two remaining franchises ...
Reed new boy Smith makes a big splash
Ian Smith, the new CEO, follows a style considered 'most un-Reed' in pressing ahead with a share placing and other difficult decisions at the Anglo-Dutch ...
Eni results drop on falling oil prices
Italian oil and gas group Eni reported a 60 per cent fall in adjusted net profit, dragged down by lower oil prices ...
PPR operating profit down 4.8%
French luxury and retail group PPR posted a slightly better-than-forecast 4.8 per cent drop in first-half recurring operating profit on the back of lower retail ...
- Wall Street banks on state aid pay out million dollar bonuses
- Financial system still a mess say MPs
- Hermitage points to RenCap in fraud case
- IMF delays Iceland payment
- Hank Paulson joins Coda electric carmaker
- New York Stock Exchange incurs loss on clearing move
- MPs take FSA to task over Dunfermline
- Citigroup sells Nikko stake to Sumitomo for £482m
- Brit posts loss on foreign exchange hit
- FSA lambasted by MPs over handling of Dunfermline Building Society collapse
- Quintain confident over covenant threat
- HSS Hire brings in PwC over covenant
- Green shoots in US housing as sales rise
- House prices slump in the Hamptons as Wall Street's wealthiest feel the pinch
- Tim Wheeler pursues unfair dismissal claim against Brixton
- Sir Stuart Hampson to head The Crown Estate
- Helical's Mike Slade warns property a 'curate's egg'
- Helical Bar sees signs of improvement in property market
- DTZ slumps to loss on property woes
- DTZ slumps to loss on property woes
- Shell may freeze its dividend
- Centrica's profits fall despite 80pc jump in British Gas earnings
- Shell takes axe to jobs as profits tumble
- BG Group pushes back production target
- Britain targets Turkmenistan gas as North Sea resources deplete
- BP says recovery will be 'drawn out' as profits tumble
- Ofgem fines EDF £2m for taking three months to connect UK homes
- Venture Production hopes dashed on North Sea gas well
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority shows deficit of £2.7bn
- Shell considers jobs cuts at US refineries
- BAE puts faith in fighter planes
- RollsRoyce powers through recession
- RollsRoyce says recovery not here yet
- Renishaw staff take 20pc pay cut
- Rexam unveils £351m rights issue as it falls to firsthalf loss
- Rio Tinto executive arrested in China 'was protester in Tiananmen Square'
- RollsRoyce: Government wakes up to manufacturing after 'decades of aversion'
- RollsRoyce to support 800 UK jobs with £300m investment
- Airbus orders collapse as airlines retrench
- Rexam shares fall on news of fundraising
- ESPN raring for the whistle to blow on UK sport channel
- Reed Elsevier shares slump on profit fall
- Legal dispute threatens eBay's flotation of Skype
- Advertising market hits bottom says Trinity Mirror chief Sly Bailey
- BT pension hole could hit £11bn
- MicrosoftYahoo may cut costs of web advertising
- After Grade's flamboyance ITV now needs a hardnosed businessman
- BSkyB defies the recession and the sceptics
- BT pension deficit doubles to £5.8bn
- Microsoft's MSN Video: Now everyone's playing catchup
- AstraZeneca takes 430m legal provision on US claims
- Reckitt profits jump as shoppers stay loyal to leading brands
- Croda profits down on industrial pain
- Reckitt faces loss of Suboxone drug patent
- Glaxo to have swine flu vaccine by September
- Glaxo to develop 1hr swine flu test
- GSK in line for £1.3bn swine flu sales boost
- Shire boosted as drug is fasttracked
- Drug industry keen on new NHS trials
- GlaxoSmithKline to inject £60m into HIV and Aids drugs in Africa
- HDTV helps boost BSkyB profits
- BRC urges more Goverment action on bank lending
- High street left feeling empty by the recession
- Banks consider offloading stake in Thomas Cook
- No construction recovery yet says Travis Perkins
- British American Tobacco boosted by price rises and acquisitions
- KKR to underwrite Dollar General IPO
- Barack Obama's tailor in bitter row over costs
- Tesco backs Daily Telegraph VAT campaign
- Cadbury gets sales boost from Wispa chocolate buttons
- Smith & Nephew hurt by postponed surgery
- Archie Norman vehicle collects £2.6m in fees from HSS Hire
- Sir Richard Branson teaches African entrepreneurs Dragons' Denstyle
- Branson School case study: Gaming Zone video arcades
- Capita eyes acquisition targets as organic growth stutters
- Compass points to slowdown in growth
- Adrian Moorhouse changes lanes to improve performance
- Security chief finds there's safety in numbers
- Fabrick Housing chief Alison Thain builds hopes in the North East
- Manchester United's Wayne Rooney at centre of court battle
- British Airways posts £148m loss as passenger numbers drop
- National Express arrives at loss after losing East Coast line
- Sunseekers help Dart nearly treble profits
- BA waves goodbye to canapes and chocolates
- MG Rover inquiry: who would gain from a coverup?
- Government may break its promise over MG Rover inquiry
- easyJet and Stelios agree growth plan
- BAA warns bidders it will not discount Gatwick despite £545m loss
- Halfords wants VAT cut on bicycles
- Swine flu takes toll on Hogg Robinson
- Smart meters in every home will cost each household more than £300
- Centrica profits from lower wholesale prices
- National Grid sees dividend growth
- Royal Mail workers set for fresh strikes
- EDF fined £2m for poor service
- UK water bills: the battle between the regulator and suppliers
- Ofwat's move to curb water profits creates storm
- Water bills to fall as regulator shows teeth
- Ofwat announces £14 cut in water bills
- UK water bills set to fall over next five years
