Editor's Picks
Toyota recall
Thursday 28 Jan 2010
Toyota is recalling another 1.1m cars in the US because of sticky accelerator pedals, taking the number of vehicles recalled in recent months to nearly 8m.
Premium broker tips: Time to focus on trading at pubs
Thursday 28 Jan 2010
Merrill Lynch remains positive on the UK’s hard pressed pub sector and identifies recovery plays Punch and Enterprise Inns as the best picks in the sector.
Sky+HD drives growth at BSkyB
Thursday 28 Jan 2010
Pay TV and Internet service provider British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) had a strong second quarter with revenues coming in marginally ahead of expectations. Turnover in the six months to the end of December 2009 was £2.87bn, up 10% from £2.60bn the year before and better than the £2.86bn some brokers were tipping.
Start taking the tablets, Apple fans
Wednesday 27 Jan 2010
Considering the release today of a new product from fashionable consumer electronics giant Apple has been called by some as ‘the worst kept secret in the tech world’, remarkably little is known about it.
Bankers line up to slam 'over-regulation'
Wednesday 27 Jan 2010
World bankers presented a united front in condemning moves to regulate the industry further with chief after chief stepping up at the World Economic Forum in Davos to slam planned bank reforms.
Winter weather hits High Street sales
Wednesday 27 Jan 2010
The UK High Street saw a slight fall in sales in early January as cold weather kept shoppers away from the post-Christmas sales, a survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) shows.
Premium broker tips: RBS 'a complex story'
Wednesday 27 Jan 2010
Companies included: Royal Bank of Scotland
Greene King ploughs ahead through the freeze
Tuesday 26 Jan 2010
Brewer Greene King’s trading over the last nine weeks has remained ‘relatively strong’ despite the freezing weather, with food sales going well and Scottish arm Belhaven again the star turn.
China tightening fears spook markets
Tuesday 26 Jan 2010
China’s government heaped more gloom on global markets Tuesday by ordering banks to increase their reserves as it seeks to rein in lending.
Mervyn King warns banks need 'radical' reform
Tuesday 26 Jan 2010
Bank of England governor Mervyn King has thrown his weight behind calls for radical reform of the global banking sector.
PZ Cussons cleans up
Tuesday 26 Jan 2010
The tendency among consumables companies to move into emerging markets in search of more exciting growth comes naturally to soap maker PZ Cussons, which started out as a trading post in Sierra Leone in 1879.
Premium broker tips: Standard Chartered looking cheap
Tuesday 26 Jan 2010
Companies covered today: Standard Chartered, HSBC
Ex-Lloyds TSB man Pitman to chair Virgin Money
Tuesday 26 Jan 2010
Veteran banker and former Lloyds TSB chairman Sir Brian Pitman is set to become chairman of Richard Branson’s finance arm, Virgin Money. The company, which tried to buy Northern Rock before it was nationalised two years ago, wants to get a spot on the high street and compete with the established banks.
Character to launch Michael Jackson dolls
Tuesday 26 Jan 2010
In one of the year’s more off the wall announcements toy maker Character Group has said it is to launch a collection of official Michael Jackson dolls later this year.
UK tipped to exit recession today
Monday 25 Jan 2010
Britain is expected to officially exit its recent recession this morning when figures from the Office of National Statistics are tipped to show GDP grew by 0.4% in the last three months of 2009. Economists, however, are still wary of surprises with the numbers, while some warn that the data will undergo substantial revision once all of the information becomes available.
All Leisure navigates downturn
Monday 25 Jan 2010
Rather than leaving its ships idle in ports during the downturn, cruise operator All Leisure Group opted to stay busy in spite of the effect this had on the bottom line.
Dip in consumption levels out at Severn
Monday 25 Jan 2010
The decline in consumption by non-residential customers tailed off in the fourth quarter, water company Severn Trent said.
Apple smashes through forecasts again
Monday 25 Jan 2010
Doubled sales of iPhones helped Apple smash though forecasts in the three months to quarter, with chief executive Steve Jobs also very excited about the company's launch of a new tablet computer this week.
Housing confidence bounces back
Monday 25 Jan 2010
Confidence over the UK housing market is surging back according to the latest survey from online estate agent Rightmove.
Kraft announces value of Cadbury cash as Ferrero drops out
Sunday 24 Jan 2010
Ferrero will not be celebrating with chocolate at the ambassador’s residence after the privately-owned Italian company confirmed today it will not bid for UK peer Cadbury. The group behind Ferrero Rocher and Nutella spreads had been told by the Takeover Panel that it had until today to launch a takeover to rival the £11.5bn offer from Kraft, or walk away.
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