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  • Essar waiting for confirmation on Mahan coal block

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Essar Energy, the India-focused energy company, has said it is not in a position to confirm that its coal block at Mahan in Madhya Pradesh state is among those to have been provisionally approved by officials for stage one forest clearance.

  • Thursday preview: Kingfisher, Tate and Lyle

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Do-it-yourself retailer Kingfisher's first quarter earnings are set to confirm a weather-challenged UK performance and slowing trends in France, according to Jefferies, the US investment bank which bought venerable City broker Hoare Govett earlier this year.

  • RBS Chairman goes in to bat for his CEO

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Philip Hampton, Chairman of The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), staged a robust defence of his management team at the state-owned lender's annual general meeting on Wedenesday.

  • New World ups working interest in Belize project

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Energy sector investment company New World Oil and Gas has doubled its stake in the 420 square kilometre Blue Creek project located in the Petén Basin in Northwest Belize.

  • Ultra Electronics buys satellite firm

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Ultra Electonics, a technology company with interests in defence, transport and energy, has acquired satellite company Giga Communcations along with its associated businesses in Australia and the US.

  • Europe a drag for Sportingbet

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    The online sports betting and gaming group Sportingbet continued to go great guns in its core Australian market in its fiscal third quarter, but Europe proved more challenging.

  • Trinity Mirror swings the axe twice at the Mirror

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Trinity Mirror is moving to a seven-day publishing model with the Daily Mirror, after jettisoning Richard Wallace and Tina Weaver, the editors of the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror, respectively.

  • BP Marsh walks on through the storm

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    BP Marsh, the venture capital provider to early stage financial services, has seen net asset value far outstrip the value of the company over the last year.

  • Capita buys medical software company

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Outsourcing firm Capita has splashed out 20 million pounds on technology firm Clinical Solutions Holdings.

  • Production resumes at Xstrata's Blakefield South mine

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Mining leviathan Xstrata says it has resumed operations at its Blakefield South mine in New South Wales, Australia, after a 16 month interruption.

  • Entertainment One signs up US Peppa Pig publishers

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Film and TV content distributor Entertainment One announced that Scholastic and Candlewick Press will be Peppa Pig's publishing partners in the US.

  • RIT Capital takes major stake in Rockefeller

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Not for the first time, the Rothschilds and the Rockefellers are to team up, with investment trust RIT Capital Partners, chaired by Lord Rothschild, taking a major stake in Rockefeller Financial Services.

  • Small cap round-up: dotDigital, Silverdell, HiWave ...

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Also includes Straight, Motive TV and Software Quality Systems

  • Tribal and SAS team up for US education programme

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Public sector support services firm Tribal Group and SAS have entered into collaborative discussions to develop new software tools to support education improvement programmes in Tennessee.

  • Santander shifts Colombian business

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Banking giant Santander has sold its Colombian business as it works to fulfil tough new obligations imposed by the Spanish government on the financial sector.

  • Telford Homes eyes 2013 profit surge

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    East London homebuilder Telford Homes posted a healthy increase in annual pre-tax profit and expects strong sales of finished homes in the last six months of the year.

  • Brewin Dolphin names new abacus slider

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Scottish stockbroker Brewin Dolphin has announced that former Evolution Group man Andrew Westenberger will be its Finance Director when current incumbent Robin Bayford steps down at the end of the year.

  • Premier Oil ups stake in Norweigan field

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Premier Oil is to spend up to 27.5 million dollars increasing its stake in the Bream oil project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

  • JPMorgan American cashes in on high share price

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    JPMorgan American Investment Trust is to tap the market with a share placing with professional investors.

  • Centamin sees increased mining rates at Sukari

    Wednesday 30 May 2012

    Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin has revealed a more up-to-date five-year production plan for its flagship Sukari mine, which includes increased ore grades and mining rates.

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