Pfizer is understood to be putting the final touches to an improved bid for AstraZeneca this weekend which is expected to value the British drugs giant at £67 billion.

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Supermarkets, High Street stores and banks are locked in a battle for new current account customers. Anthony Coleman (pictured) has changed his bank.

If people are sufficiently strongly opposed to the takeover, they should write to whoever handles their investments or pensions and make their voices heard.

Turnover for 2013 was £15.4 million, up from £13.1 million, while profits rose from £2.1 million to £2.6 million.

Merlin Entertainments floated last November at 315p. Midas recommended buying stock and the shares have since risen by almost 8 per cent to 3391⁄4p.

The end of the traditional divi came as part of wider overhaul, which will see its elected board of lay members replaced by a professional executive team.

Research for The Mail on Sunday by fund analyst FE shows that as many as one in three failed to beat their index over the past ten years.

The clause has been backed by Labour leader Ed Miliband and championed by Labour MP Stella Creasy, who has campaigned for more regulation.

The average price paid to farmers for meat has slumped by 12.5 per cent over the past year, according to the National Farmers’ Union.

Bookings at Pitchup.com, where holidaymakers can choose from more than 5,000 camping and caravan sites in Britain and across the Continent, shot up last week.

Research from the Institute of Fiscal Studies shows that many people heading towards retirement expecting the full state pension could be in for a rude awakening.

Silversurfers.com aims to be an 'online Saga', offering news, advice, special offers and discussion forums, and directors include former Marks & Spencer executive Nigel Colne.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders said 13.7 per cent of Britons who took out a mortgage in the first three months of the year will repay it in 30 or more years.

The DWP has told This is Money that people will be able to request individual statements for their single-tier pension at some point over the summer.

The luxury goods firm has created a long-term incentive plan that could pay out up to £4.4m if he hits targets, the annual report will show next month.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics cast a harsh light on the massive inequality that exists among the UK's pension savers.

Sterling took a pounding as the Bank declared the UK had ‘edged closer’ to higher interest rates - but played down the prospect of an early increase.

The Bank says slack in the economy could keep rates down, while unemployment would fall faster than expected, growth was on track and inflation was low.

The elections will be the first time since the eurozone crisis erupted that voters will have a chance to make known their views at the ballot box. It will not be pretty.

The trio were buoyed on the back of reports that US private equity firms could snap up Morrisons in a £6.4bn take-out.

Astra investors need to remember that America is unlikely to let predator Pfizer shift its tax base overseas permanently.

In an energy-hungry world, where fossil fuels are dwindling, fuel cells can provide an alternative to expensive and sometimes unreliable power from the grid.

The AIM-listed company last issued shares at the end of April at 8.5p and the share price is now almost double that at 16.7p.

Sixty-eight per cent of employers said they think their final salary savers will be tempted to transfer their pensions to get freedom over their retirement pots.

A war among supermarkets means the cheapest petrol in many big towns and cities is at year-lows of just under 126p.

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The merger will produce a retail chain with 2,900 stores in at least nine countries with combined sales of £11billion.

Mortgage applicants are being asked astonishingly intrusive questions including whether they play golf or eat steak.

The merger will produce a retail chain with 2,900 stores in at least nine countries with combined sales of £11billion.

The Government is determined to impose 'new obligations' that will demand full transparency on charges from letting agents.

The majority of families will rent, rather than own, their homes within a generation, a report will claim today.

Investors point to figures from estate agent Savills that say up to a million more renters will be looking for homes in the next five years. Maxine Jennings is a buy-to-letter.

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