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  • Friday tips round-up: Premier Oil, Randgold Resources

    Friday 23 Mar 2012

    Tempus in the Times wades into Premier Oil which will benefit from George Osborne’s 2012 budget, not least from new “decommissioning” allowances, expected to help companies that take down rigs once oil and gas has dried up.

  • Europe midday: Stocks hold higher on German optimism

    Friday 23 Mar 2012

    -Fed (Plosser) says timing of Fed exit remains to be seen -IFO (Wohlrabe) says inflation and oil price not a big danger yet -IFO (Wohlrabe) says inflation and oil price poses potential risks

  • FX round-up: Dollar up against the euro on positive jobs data

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    The dollar rose against the euro on Thursday after better-than-expected jobless data gave investors a boost, particularly in comparison to reports out from China and Europe.

  • Friday newspaper round-up: Lloyds, Vedanta, BP

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    The controversial sale of Lloyds bank branches to the Co-operative Group looked to be in trouble, increasing the likelihood the business may now be spun off in a stock market flotation. The state-backed lender, which has been expected to finalise the terms of the sale by the end of the month, but today admitted it would not now be able to provide an "update" until the second quarter of the year.

  • FTSE 100 movers: Rangold Resources down on reports of military coup

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Shares in gold miner Randgold Resources sank into the bottom spot on the back of reports of a military coup in Mali, the country where two of its three main projects are located.

  • Friday preview: Charles Taylor, mortgage lending, consumer confidence

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    A week dominated by the Budget looks set to end on a quiet note, with few heavy hitters from the corporate world expected to make announcements.

  • Commodities: Crude oil down on poor Chinese and European data

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Crude oil futures fell on Thursday after poor manufacturing data from both Europe and China caused investors to be concerned over growth.

  • AstraZeneca patent invalid, UK court rules

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Drugs giant AstraZeneca has admitted that the formulation patent protecting its Seroquel XR product was deemed invalid by the High Court in the UK.

  • Kingfisher swoops to conquer

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    The final year of do-it-yourself (DIY) retailer Kingfisher's 'Delivering Value' initiative did what it says on the tin, with the full year dividend up by a quarter.

  • Online evolution of Stanley Gibbons gathers pace

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Surging online sales at collectibles dealer Stanley Gibbons drove top line growth in 2011 as the group continues its drive to become the eBay of the stamp-collecting world.

  • London midday: Macro data weighs on stocks

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    - PMIs disappoint from China and Eurozone - Miners down on demand concerns, Randgold plummets on Malian military coup - Broker downgrades weigh on stocks

  • Broker snap: Investec cuts targets for bookies after Budget

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Bookmaking peers William Hill and Ladbrokes were making gains on Thursday, rebounding after yesterday's fall on the back of gaming duties proposed by the government's Budget.

  • Next Directory picking up the slack

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Fashion retail chain Next said the year to the end of January finished well after 2011 had presented the retail sector with 'the perfect economic storm'.

  • Randgold plummets on Malian rebel takeover

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Shares in FTSE 100 gold miner Randgold Resources sank on Thursday morning on the back of reports of a military coup in Mali, the country where two of its three main projects are located.

  • London open: Stocks slump on Chinese manufacturing data

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    - Chinese data dampens sentiment - Randgold plummets on Malian troubles - Broker downgrades weigh on AMEC, REIT stocks

  • Medium-sized is beautiful, says Premier Oil

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Oil and gas firm Premier Oil racked up record post-tax profits in 2012, which the group said demonstrated that there is a role for energy companies of its size, but debt rose significantly as the group continued to grow through acquisition.

  • Big Yellow could start charging VAT under Budget proposal

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Big Yellow Group, the FTSE 250 self-storage firm, has warned that due to proposals in yesterday's governmental Budget, it may need to charge value-added tax (VAT) to its customers from October 1st 2012.

  • Glaxo to create 1,000 jobs in the UK

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Pharmaceuticals titan GlaxoSmithKline has confirmed that it will invest half a billion pounds in the UK to build a new factory and create 1,000 new jobs, following yesterday's Budget.

  • Thursday tips round-up: G4S, APR Energy

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Late in 2010 Nick Buckles, chief executive of G4S, told Martin Waller, who writes The Times´ Tempus column, that he had no idea how anyone made money working for the UK Border Agency dealing with asylum seekers. He had just lost a small contract to an underbidder which had offered an apparently suicidal price. Yesterday terms were revealed for the five-year contracts won by G4S and others with

  • China slowing down as manufacturing contracts

    Thursday 22 Mar 2012

    Chinese factory activity registered an even worse contraction in March as manufacturing hit a four-month low.

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