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Market Report: Loss of US patents weighs on GlaxoSmithKline
Published: 10 March 2007
Negative broker comment took a heavy toll on GlaxoSmithKline yesterday. Shares in the pharmaceuticals giant featured among the worst performers in the blue-chip index for the whole of yesterday's session, and closed at down 14p to 1,435p, after Goldman Sachs urged investors to abandon the stock.
David Harding: Bookmaking boss has to take life at a gallop as Cheltenham draws near
Published: 10 March 2007
Doing business in India is easy. Just ask Vijay Mallya...
Published: 09 March 2007
Market Report: Tate & Lyle sweetens on private-equity bid talk
Published: 09 March 2007
Buyout talk at Tate & Lyle, the sugar and starch products maker, has been around since the middle of January and, although the company has warned on profits since then, the chat is gaining more widespread attention.
The Investment Column: Aggreko is powering ahead and hasplenty of juice in the tank
Published: 09 March 2007
Market Report: Broker ICAP buoyed by volatile global markets
Published: 08 March 2007
Investors are looking for a chart breakout by ICAP, the inter-dealer broker, where business is reported to be booming in the last couple of weeks due to volatile global markets.
The Investment Column: Lowly rated Premier Foods is worth a place at the table
Published: 07 March 2007
Market Report: Shire's New River bid could still be contested
Published: 07 March 2007
It looks like shareholders at Shire Pharmaceuticals are busy counting their chickens over the acquisition of New River Pharmaceuticals. The tender document was released on Friday and most investors and analysts have written off the possibility of a counter bid.
Grade to set out stall for the future of ITV
Published: 07 March 2007
Michael Grade appears for his first public role in the ITV plc soap opera today, with the City and the viewing public relying on him to revive the company's on-screen performance.
Market Report: Morrisons finally rewards patient shareholders
Published: 06 March 2007
It took a long time but the merger between Safeway and William Morrison, to form Morrison Supermarkets, has finally rewarded patient shareholders. However, the broker JP Morgan believes that despite a strong performance in the last two years, it will have to do something with its property portfolio if it is to avoid a bid. The US investment bank thinks the food retailer could announce the sale and leaseback of its property portfolio along with results on 15 March.
Business Analysis: Climb in the yen leaves burning smell in the air
Published: 06 March 2007
The Week Ahead: Investors seek crumbs of comfort from HSBC
Published: 05 March 2007
The bank reporting season comes to a close with the largest UK financial group, HSBC Holdings, reporting full-year numbers today.
Small Talk: Bid battle looms for Peru copper miner Monterrico
Published: 05 March 2007
There's change in the air at Drax
Published: 04 March 2007
The Week Ahead: Sugar daddy looks set to drop through the FTSE's trapdoor
Published: 04 March 2007
The quarterly reshuffle of the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices comes around again this week. Although a lot can change between now and Wednesday, when the changes are announ- ced, those slated to drop out of the benchmark index of the UK's largest companies are a pair of power groups, Cairn Energy and Drax, and sugar company Tate & Lyle. Those likely to move up are Daily Mail & General Trust, fund manager Schroders and Punch Taverns.
Market Report: Bid talk helps to energise Scottish & Southern
Published: 03 March 2007
Scottish & Southern Energy, the gas and electricity supplier, was once again on takeover alert yesterday. Rumours that the group could soon be on the receiving end of a bid sent its shares to the top of the FTSE 100 leaderboard, up 48p to 1,465p.
PY Gerbeau: The French master of the smooth turnaround
Published: 03 March 2007
Bailey looks in the Mirror and prays for advertising rebound to rescue her
Published: 02 March 2007
After four hard years as the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, the market is still wondering whether Sly Bailey can produce a growth story.
Market Report: M&S's bid denial on Sainsbury fails to impress
Published: 02 March 2007
Marks & Spencer may have denied that it is about to bid for J Sainsbury, but brokers appear to be unimpressed with developments though the speculation is that M&S will only bid as a last resort.
The Investment Column: Spirent looks good for the long term as new team moves in
Published: 02 March 2007
Market Report: Barclay brothers bolster interest in Debenhams
Published: 01 March 2007
Despite the bloodbath across the London markets over the past two days, shares in Debenhams have quietly ticked stronger and at one point yesterday were 13.25p firmer at 191.25p before a bout of afternoon profit-taking saw the stock close 3.75p firmer at 181.75p.
The Investment Column: More to look forward to from canny Henderson
Published: 01 March 2007
As home values fall, is the US heading for the much-feared 'hard landing'?
Published: 28 February 2007
You can see it even here in America's capital region, still enjoying a decade-old economic boom: new-built downtown apartments that have to be let for want of buyers, the For Sale signs in neighbourhoods rich and poor that stick around for months; and nuggets of news like the one on the front page of yesterday's Washington Post - that assessed property values in nearby Fairfax County, the second wealthiest county in the US, have just fallen for the first time since 1998.
Market Report: Anglo American worth a punt on Xstrata talk
Published: 28 February 2007
Now could be a good time for bargain hunters to take a punt on a bid for Anglo American, down 123p at 2,507p.
The Investment Column: Bodycote is engineering a compelling growth story in an expanding region
Published: 28 February 2007
