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  • London open: Cautious start after yesterday's sell-off

    Wednesday 11 Apr 2012

    - Miners rebound after steep losses yesterday - Eyes on Spanish yields as industrial output slips - BT falls after downgrade

  • African Minerals cuts 2012 sales guidance

    Wednesday 11 Apr 2012

    Iron ore group African Minerals reported a better-than-expected loss in 2011 but scaled back its sales target for the current year after giving an uncertain production outlook.

  • WS Atkins optimistic about future earnings

    Wednesday 11 Apr 2012

    WS Atkins says that full-year results will be in line with market expectations despite some headwinds and forecasts an improvement in earnings in the current year.

  • Oxford Instruments profits to be at top end

    Wednesday 11 Apr 2012

    High-tech tool manufacturer Oxford Instruments said it expects full year profits to come in at the top end of analysts' forecasts.

  • Wednesday newspaper round-up: Energy, Barclays, Retail sales

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    Britain will attempt to sell arms to Indonesia for the first time in 13 years today when defence companies arrive as part of David Cameron’s trade mission. In the latest leg of the Prime Minister’s tour of South-East Asia, he will attempt to reopen Britain’s defence trade with the Government in Jakarta. Labour imposed a ban in 1999 amid allegations that the former military regime had used

  • Visibility remains fuzzy at Michael Page

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    Recruitment firm Michael Page's business in the UK continues to be depressed by the weakness of the banking sector, but the group put in a strong first quarter showing in Germany and France.

  • FTSE 100 movers: Randgold rises on Mali settlement

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    Gold miner Randgold Resources leapt into the top spot after it welcomed the announcement of a political settlement in Mali which will see the lifting of sanctions against the country by its West African neighbours.

  • Fed left door to QE3 ajar but Bernanke keeps mum

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    Whenever Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke opens his mouth, global markets react but often times they seldom listen.

  • Chancellor 'shocked' at tax avoidance of UK's richest

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    Chancellor George Osborne has been left 'shocked' after discovering a number of the UK's wealthiest are paying as little as one-tenth of their earnings in income tax by jumping through a number of loopholes in the system.

  • London midday: Miners provide a drag on Footsie

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    - Friday's US jobs data dampens sentiment - Rising exports push China into trade surplus - Randgold bounces back after Malian settlement

  • Pakistan business latest in HSBC firing line

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    HSBC's Pakistan operations are the latest to go on the block as the bank continues to sell off non-core assets.

  • Wednesday tips round-up: Vedanta, AstraZeneca, Green Dragon Gas

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    Questor digs into the numbers for Indian mining giant Vedanta Resources. It had a shocker yesterday with iron ore production down 27 per cent, leading to a sell-off. But Questor makes the case for the group, which has interests in lead, silver, zinc, copper and, after a protracted deal with Cairn Energy, oil and gas.

  • Thomas Cook edges towards new banking terms

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    Struggling travel firm Thomas Cook has confirmed it is in talks with its bankers about extending its financing arrangements.

  • Randgold maintains production guidance after Mali settlement

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    Gold miner Randgold Resources has welcomed the announcement of a political settlement in Mali which will see the lifting of sanctions against the country by its West African neighbours.

  • Facebook buys Instagram for one billion dollars

    Tuesday 10 Apr 2012

    Social networking site Facebook has splashed out one billion dollars on Instagram, the photo-sharing smartphone app.

  • US jobs revival running out of puff

    Sunday 08 Apr 2012

    There were signs that the recovery in the US employment market is running out of steam, as US non-farm payrolls data for March disappointed.

  • UK house prices registered small falls in March

    Sunday 08 Apr 2012

    The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) house price balance for the month of March has shown a small improvement, to -10 points –the highest reading since June 2010- from -13 the month before.

  • London open: Stocks drops on US jobs report

    Sunday 08 Apr 2012

    - Markets digest Friday's US jobs data - Rising exports push China into trade surplus - Randgold bounces back after Malian settlement

  • US jobs revival running out of puff

    Saturday 07 Apr 2012

    There were signs that the recovery in the US employment market is running out of steam, as US non-farm payrolls data for March disappointed.

  • US close: Jobs data pares losses

    Friday 06 Apr 2012

    -Stocks recover on unemployment data

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