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  • Optos has a clear vision

    Wednesday 02 Dec 2009

    Optos has had a tumultuous couple of years but now has a clear vision of how it can succeed in the future.

  • Comcast seals NBC Universal deal

    Wednesday 02 Dec 2009

    Comcast is acquiring a 51% stake in a broadcasting joint venture that will include NBC Universal and its own cable networks.

  • UK construction decline slows

    Wednesday 02 Dec 2009

    Construction activity continued contracting in November in the UK but at a slower pace than the previous month, data from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing (CIP) showed.

  • Henderson's stint as GM boss is over

    Wednesday 02 Dec 2009

    General Motors president and chief executive Fritz Henderson has lost his job just eight months after he took over the role from Rick Wagoner.

  • Google to limit free news access

    Tuesday 01 Dec 2009

    Google has announced that it will allow news organisations to limit the number of articles users can read for free through its search engine.

  • Landlords miss out in Greene King expansion

    Tuesday 01 Dec 2009

    There has been much talk of the demise of the proper British pub in recent years, but latest results from Greene King show that, even if the landscape in the pub sector is changing rapidly, the right kind of business model can still prosper.

  • Landlords miss out in Greene King expansion

    Tuesday 01 Dec 2009

    There has been much talk of the demise of the proper British pub in recent years, but latest results from Greene King show that, even if the landscape in the pub sector is changing rapidly, the right kind of business model can still prosper.

  • Slowdown in manufacturing growth 'not too bad'

    Tuesday 01 Dec 2009

    Britain’s manufacturing sector grew for the second month in a row in November, although at a much slower pace than predicted.

  • Bank of Japan to inject £70bn

    Tuesday 01 Dec 2009

    The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is to inject 10trn yen (£70bn) into the east Asian country’s economy after holding an emergency meeting to discuss measures to ensure economic revival.

  • Gold hits new record high

    Tuesday 01 Dec 2009

    Gold rose back above $1,200 per ounce again overnight in Asia as investors sought refuge from a weak dollar and Dubai's woes. Spot gold traded at nearly $1,208 per ounce in Tokyo after closing at $1,196 in New York last night. Further out, three month futures were as high as $1,211 as traders forecast continued demand for the metal

  • House prices still rising

    Monday 30 Nov 2009

    House prices continued rising in October though the rate of increase appears to be slowing, building society Nationwide said.

  • Rivals face bill for BT pension deficit

    Monday 30 Nov 2009

    Telecoms regulator Ofcom has asked for views before deciding whether to reflect the cost of BT's growing pension scheme deficit in its charges to rivals that use its network.

  • Immunodiagnostics' vitamin D boost

    Monday 30 Nov 2009

    Diagnostic testing kits supplier Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings (IDS) has been one of AIM’s best performers so far this year. IDS is riding the wave of increasing demand for vitamin D testing as doctors’ believe that vitamin D is key to remaining free of many diseases.

  • Dubai shares tumble again

    Monday 30 Nov 2009

    Shares in Dubai opened weaker again amid concern over the health of Dubai World, the firm at the centre of the debt fears in the emirate. Indices in Dubai and its neighbour Abu Dhabi dropped by about 6% in early trading. Both markets posted similar-sized losses yesterday. The Dubai government has now stated publicly it will not bail-out the troubled firm

  • Christmas comes early for UK banks

    Sunday 29 Nov 2009

    Christmas came early for Britain’s banking sector this week in the form of the Supreme Court’s decision on overdraft charges and Sir David Walker’s reform proposals. Hopes of refunds for billions of pounds of bank charges were dashed on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled against the Office of Fair Trading in a long running dispute over the fairness of overdraft costs.

  • Murdoch puts pressure on Google

    Saturday 28 Nov 2009

    The increasingly frantic quest of Rupert Murdoch to make some money out of his News Corporation web sites took another twist this week as news emerged of a possible alliance with software giant Microsoft against search engine king Google. It is a development that has had numerous Internet gurus scratching their heads.

  • Ofwat decision buoys water firms

    Friday 27 Nov 2009

    Water companies still have two months to dispute Ofwat’s final proposals on how much they can charge customers over the next five years, but they will be hugely relieved that the regulator has diluted its plans so much.

  • National Express wins cash call fight

    Friday 27 Nov 2009

    Battered bus and train operator National Express has won the backing of shareholders to go ahead with its £360m rights issue. Two-thirds of shareholders who voted at today’s Extraordinary General Meeting were in favour of the fundraising proceeding. The company, told yesterday it will be stripped of its East Anglia franchise when its deal expires in March 2011

  • Momentum, a victim of its own success

    Friday 27 Nov 2009

    We stare into the abyss following news that one of Dubai’s largest companies, state-owned Dubai World, may default on $80bn of debt, so can London’s well-backed stocks maintain their momentum?

  • Christmas comes early for UK banks

    Friday 27 Nov 2009

    Christmas came early for Britain’s banking sector this week in form of the Supreme Court’s decision on overdraft charges and Sir David Walker’s reform proposals.

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