Editor's Picks
RIT Capital in joint venture with Edmond de Rothschild
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
RIT Capital Partners, the investment trust chaired by Lord Rothschild, is to form a strategic partnership with the Edmond de Rothschild Group, the international private banking and asset management group chaired by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild.
Europe open: Auto sector leads losses
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
-Merkel would like Schaeuble to chair Eurogroup
Tullow has more success in Ghana
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
Oil and gas firm Tullow, which released record results earlier this week, had more good news for shareholders as it released details of the successful drilling of an appraisal well off the coast of Ghana.
UK unemployment rate highest since 1995 - Update
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
UK unemployment rose by 28,000 in the three months to January, reaching 2.67m.
London midday: Financials jump despite jobs data
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
- UK unemployment on the rise - Banking stocks lifted by US stress test results - Legal and General beats forecasts in 2011
Broker snap: Tullow is an 'explosive momentum growth play', says Prime Markets
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
Prime Markets remains a buyer of oil and gas giant Tullow Oil after its impressive full-year results, saying that the stage is set for further growth.
UK unemployment rate highest since 1995
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
UK unemployment rose by 28,000 in the three months to January, reaching 2.67m.
Tesco raises maximum pension age to 67
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
You may have heard about Tesco’s 'Big Price Drop', well now its UK workers are facing a big pensions drop.
UK unemployment rate highest since 1995
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
UK unemployment rose by 28,000 in the three months to January, reaching 2.67m.
UK 'to offer 100 year gilts'
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
UK Chancellor George Osborne will reveal plans to release 100-year bonds when he announces his budget, according to reports.
JP Morgan forces the Fed to reveal bank stress test results
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
JP Morgan jumped the gun last night and announced that it had passed the Federal Reserve’s bank stress tests with flying colorus. The blue chip bank couldn’t wait to up its payout, raising its dividend by five cents to 30 cents per share and announcing a 15m-dollar share buyback.
Wednesday tips round up: Gulf Keystone, Laird, Aggreko,...
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
In the Times, Tempus ponders the ups and downs of Gulf Keystone, the oil explorer focused on Kurdish Iraq.
Tullow Oil celebrates record year, profits increase five-fold
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
Pre-tax profit at Africa-focused oil and gas giant Tullow Oil broke through the one billion dollar barrier in 2011, helped by a ramp-up in production and significantly higher commodity prices.
Friday newspaper round-up: Oil reserves, 50p, Ireland
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
David Cameron is ready to release oil reserves in tandem with the US in a move that could help British motorists and President Obama’s re-election prospects. Mr Obama, under pressure to cut fuel prices for American drivers before polling day in November, raised the issue with the Prime Minister during their Oval Office talks on Wednesday. With energy prices being pushed up by the diplomatic
Fitch upgrades Greece to 'B-'
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
Fitch last night upgraded its rating for Greece out of default territory following the largest sovereign debt restructuring in history last week.
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Greece, 100-year gilts, Tesco...
Wednesday 14 Mar 2012
"Greece is already off course and is likely to miss the budget targets attached to the €130bn (£108bn) bailout programme, officials have warned. Athens has probably cut spending enough to bring its primary deficit down to 1.5 per cent this year as agreed. But "current projections reveal large fiscal gaps in 2013-14" according to a leaked draft report by the European Union (EU), the European
FX round-up: Dollar gains as Fed maintains rates
Tuesday 13 Mar 2012
The dollar rose to its highest level in 11 months against the Japanese yen on Tuesday, after the Federal Reserve maintained rates and quashed speculation of any further near-term policy easing.
Commodities: Oil rises but Fed statement pares gains
Tuesday 13 Mar 2012
The price of oil rose on Tuesday after strong retail sales in the US boosted the outlook for the world's largest economy. However, gains were trimmed late in the day as the dollar strengthened after the Federal Reserve maintained rates and refrained from additional monetary stimulus.
US close: Stocks surge after Fed, JP Morgan divi
Tuesday 13 Mar 2012
- Stocks surge after JP Morgan ups dividend - FOMC maintains rates, expects higher inflation - Nasdaq jumps to 11-year high
London close: Stocks surge on improving global outlook
Tuesday 13 Mar 2012
- FTSE 100 at highest levels since last summer - Markets await FOMC, words from Bernanke - Draghi sees signs of 'stabilisation'
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