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  • Wednesday tips round-up: International Power, Inmarsat, Antofagasta

    Wed 10 Mar 2010
    International Power’s attraction is that it is well placed to take advantage of short-term improvements in power prices.
  • Wednesday paper round-up: EADS, Barclays, Google

    Wed 10 Mar 2010
    Lord Mandelson has tried to head off a transatlantic trade war by expressing concern at Washington’s handling of a $35bn Pentagon procurement project that could spark European retaliation.
  • Tuesday tips round-up: Capita, Bovis, Tullett Prebon

    Tue 09 Mar 2010
    Recent full-year results from Capita were decidedly mixed – with the market particularly concerned about a slowdown in organic growth at the company in 2009 and 2010.
  • Tuesday paper round-up: Tullett Prebon, Vodafone, China

    Tue 09 Mar 2010
    Hundreds of City traders are rethinking plans to leave the UK for tax purposes in the wake of last month’s landmark court ruling against a British businessman based in the Seychelles, it emerged yesterday.
  • Monday newspaper round-up: Royal Bank of Scotland, China, Prudential

    Mon 08 Mar 2010
    Santander has moved into pole position to take over the 320 branches in England being sold by Royal Bank of Scotland.
  • Sunday tips round-up: Animalcare, CVS, Amec

    Sun 07 Mar 2010
    Animalcare is ideally placed to take advantage of this trend. Formed in 2008 from the merger of a pet drugs business and a farm animal enterprise, the firm has three main divisions --medicines for pets, medical products for pets (such as injections, bandages and drips) and identity tags for pets and farm animals.
  • Sunday newspaper round-up: Spending cuts, British Airways, House prices

    Sun 07 Mar 2010
    Alistair Darling will refuse to bow to calls for more aggressive spending cuts in his budget this month and will stick to fiscal plans set out last year.
  • Friday tips round-up; Schroders, Aggreko, Standard Chartered

    Fri 05 Mar 2010
    The stock market may still be one fifth below its record high, but Schroders has surpassed its turn of the century peak. Yesterday’s full-year results from the FTSE 100 fund manager revealed that its total assets under management had risen to £148bn.
  • Friday paper round-up: HSBC, Scottish & Southern, ITV

    Fri 05 Mar 2010
    The supertax on bank bonuses will reap more than £2.5bn for the Treasury, giving the UK government an unexpectedly large windfall to spend ahead of the general election, a Financial Times survey of 16 global banks has found.
  • Thursday tips round-up: Carillion, IPF, Arriva...

    Thu 04 Mar 2010
    It’s ten years since Carillion was spun off from Tarmac and two years since it formally dropped out of the FTSE construction sector. Yesterday’s full-year results showed that Carillion generated £118m of profits in 2009 from support services, up from £20m ten years ago and accounting for more than half the group total.
  • Thursday newspaper round-up: Petrofac, BA, M&S...

    Thu 04 Mar 2010
    The Petrofac oil services group is on the verge of acquiring a string of North Sea fields in a deal that would pave the way for a $1 billion spin-out of its exploration and production division.
  • Wednesday tips round-up: Meggit, JLT, RBS

    Wed 03 Mar 2010
    With every one cent decline in the pound against the US dollar adding £400,000 to defence group Meggitt’s prospective pre-tax profits, currency moves alone have been enough to send current-year forecasts higher.
  • Wednesday paper round-up: Prudential, Food prices, BAE Systems

    Wed 03 Mar 2010
    Prudential has lost a fifth of its stock market value in just two days as Britain’s biggest insurer battles to convince UK investors to pay up for its $35.5bn Asian expansion.
  • Tuesday tips round-up: Amlin, Goals Soccer, SDL

    Tue 02 Mar 2010
    In common with its sector, underwriter Amlin will struggle to replicate 2009’s strong investment returns. With about half its portfolio sitting in short-dated government bonds or cash, the best hope lies with the company’s ability to take advantage of any rise in interest rates.
  • Tuesday paper round-up: Sterling, Prudential, HSBC

    Tue 02 Mar 2010
    The pound suffered its biggest one-day fall for more than a year yesterday amid the prospect of a hung Parliament and growing fears that this will prevent swift and decisive action being taken over Britain’s public finances.
  • Monday newspaper round-up: Prudential to buy AIG Asia with record rights call

    Mon 01 Mar 2010
    Prudential has won the support of both AIG’s board and the US government to buy the giant US insurer’s crown jewel Asian assets for $35.5bn (£23.5bn), the Telegraph reports.
  • Sunday tips round-up: RBS, Lloyds, SSL

    Sun 28 Feb 2010
    For income investors, Royal Bank of Scotland's inability to pay dividends due to EU state aid rules makes it far from attractive, but for those prepared to take a long-term view and hitch a ride alongside the UK government, then the stock could make an interesting addition. Buy says the Telegraph.
  • Sunday newspaper round-up: M&S, HSBC, Prudential

    Sun 28 Feb 2010
    Shareholders in Marks & Spencer are preparing for a fresh showdown with the retail giant over the £1.13m pay package of Sir Stuart Rose, the executive chairman.
  • Friday tips round-up: Rank, Segro, Hays

    Fri 26 Feb 2010
    Bingo club owner Rank's chief executive, Ian Burke, put his money where his mouth is by buying £100,000 worth of shares yesterday, demonstrating his confidence in the business.
  • Friday newspaper round-up: Royal Bank of Scotland, BBC, Google

    Fri 26 Feb 2010
    Royal Bank of Scotland paid 100 investment bankers more than £1m each – yet has still warned that hundreds will defect this year over pay restrictions, costing the state-backed lender £1bn in profit.


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