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HSBC appoints former BoE and Goldman members
Friday 21 Nov 2008
HSBC has appointed a former Bank of England deputy governor and a former president of investment bank Goldman Sachs to its board.
Irish Life & Permanent confirms talks with EBS
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Irish Life & Permanent confirmed it is in "discussions" with EBS Building Society after press speculation suggested the two groups are in takeover talks.
Bank of Ireland receives "investment" approaches
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Bank of Ireland has responded to press speculation and confirmed receiving a number of unsolicited approaches that could lead to investment in the bank.
New Issues Round Up
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Insurance entrepreneur Clive Cowdery is braving the turmoil in the world’s capital markets as he unveiled plans to raise £1bn in a share float next month to spend on struggling life assurance and asset management businesses with restructuring potential.
Chemring awarded A$160m Australian contract
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Chemring Group said its Australian subsidiary, Chemring Australia Pty Ltd, has been awarded a contract worth A$160mm (£68m) for the supply of countermeasures and pyrotechnics to Australia.
Natsun only targets breakeven, 2009 difficult
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Worsted fabric and garment producer Natsun said it is likely to be no better than breakeven for the full year and does not expect any significant recovery in its financial performance during 2009.
Shanks in Cumbria contract win
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Shanks Group, the waste solutions company, has won a 25-year Public-Private Partnership contract from Cumbria County Council.
Small caps round-up: Business Systems, Entelos, African Minerals...
Friday 21 Nov 2008
IT services group Business Systems lifted interim profits by 74% to £808,000 adding contractual revenues continue to increase.
Competition Commission tightens up on retail PPI
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Catalogue and home shopping groups will have to split payment protection insurance (PPI) away from other forms of merchandise cover under new proposals put forward by the Competition Commission.
Bodycote returns 40p a share
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Specialist thermal processing firm Bodycote has announced the terms of its revised plans to return cash to shareholders.
United Drug profit up, sees difficult environment
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Irish drug supplier United Drug reported a 13% jump in full year pre-tax profit but said it is facing a more difficult economic environment.
West Coast drops Flying Brands bid
Friday 21 Nov 2008
West Coast Capital, the vehicle of Scottish entrepreneur Tom Hunter, has dropped its plans to bid for Flying Brands, the Jersey-based home shopping group.
Update: Fullers signals confidence with dividend rise
Friday 21 Nov 2008
London based brewer and pubs group Fuller Smith and Turner has nudged the interim dividend up despite a small dip in pre-tax profits.
XP Power on track to meet expectations
Friday 21 Nov 2008
Power supplier to the electronics industry XP Power said trading since the half year has been satisfactory and it expects to meet market forecasts for the year ending 31 December.
Marwyn is Ennstone's suitor
Thursday 20 Nov 2008
Marwyn Materials today confirmed it is the potential bidder for cash-strapped aggregates group Ennstone. Marwyn is the investment vehicle of Peter Tom, who used to run Aggregate Industries.
Oilexco slides as funding called off
Thursday 20 Nov 2008
Shares in North Sea focused oil group Oilexco tumbled as it abandoned a planned $150m fund raising, saying the terms of the proposed convertible and share issue were too dilutive.
RBS chairman 'sorry', shareholders approve bail-out
Thursday 20 Nov 2008
The chairman of RBS has apologised for presiding over a crisis which forced the bank to ask the government for £20bn to bail it out.
Friday preview: Fullers, United Drug
Thursday 20 Nov 2008
London-based brewer Fuller Smith & Turner, which posts first-half results, reported a 2.7% rise in like-for-like sales in its last statement.
High energy costs weigh down Norcros
Thursday 20 Nov 2008
Home consumer products group Norcros saw pre-tax profits slide to £4.2m in the six months to end-September from £6.1m a year earlier.
Oil slides near $50 a barrel
Thursday 20 Nov 2008
The price of a barrel of crude oil slid near the $50 a barrel mark Thursday after a US government report showed a 7% fall in fuel consumption.

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