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IG cashing in on market ups and downs

1 hour 25 min ago
Market volatility a key driver of business for spread-betting giant IG Group
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Hargreaves slides on UK Coal merger link

1 hour 27 min ago
Shares in Hargreaves Services, the coal haulage company, slide as it admits it is in merger talks with UK Coal
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F&C Asset Management turns corner

1 hour 29 min ago
Fund manager F&C Asset Management had its first net inflow of funds for more than two years during January, almost three years after it was put up for sale by Friends Provident

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Chime Communications highlights 'best results ever'

1 hour 31 min ago
Chime Communications, the firm behind the CompareTheMarket meerkat advertising campaign, announces a 14% jump in pre-tax profits to £18.8 million
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Sotheby’s Countrywide estate agency link

2 hours 37 min ago
Countrywide, Britain’s largest estate agent, has linked up with auction house Sotheby’s to sell multi-million pound homes in London and beyond
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Tullett Prebon admits being target for takeover

2 hours 39 min ago
Terry Smith’s interdealer broking firm Tullett Prebon is forced to admit it has received a takeover approach

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EMI boss Elio Leoni-Sceti leaves troubled record label

2 hours 49 min ago
EMI is plunged into more turmoil as its private equity owner Terra Firma parts ways with Elio Leoni-Sceti as chief executive
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Costain eyeing Government's 'Crossrail billions'

2 hours 58 min ago
The boss of construction giant Costain says work on the start of the Crossrail tunnel at Paddington is going to plan
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Banks may have to say how many staff earn £500,000

3 hours 6 min ago
Banks may have to disclose the number of employees who earn more than £500,000 under draft government plans

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Pound slips and double dip fears grow with fall in UK's manufacturing

3 hours 52 min ago
Fears of a double-dip recession resurface after factory output unexpectedly fell early this year, hitting the pound again
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DVD rentals of The Hurt Locker soar after Oscar win

4 hours 14 min ago
Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar triumph with The Hurt Locker has had an instant effect, with DVD rentals of the movie more than doubling
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UK air passenger numbers rise for first time in two years

4 hours 37 min ago
Heathrow-owner BAA reports its first rise in domestic passengers in two years, as Britons return to pre-recession routines

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Melrose beats forecast and targets acquisitions

4 hours 48 min ago
Melrose, the manufacturing investor, beats profit forecasts and said it would focus on acquisitions rather than disposals this year
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Standard Life tells Prudential to look at UK for growth

4 hours 52 min ago
Standard Life ups the pressure on rival Prudential, insisting there are huge opportunities in the UK
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Tullow Oil profits collapse 92% after prices slip

5 hours 19 sec ago
Tullow Oil net profit crashes by 92% to £19 million, with the firm blaming lower oil and gas prices and output

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Budget date shuts book on 6 May election as Gordon Brown pledges 'I won't let you down'

5 hours 39 min ago
Bookmakers stop taking bets on a 6 May general election after Gordon Brown makes the date a near-certainty with Budget announcement
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Alistair Darling set to announce Budget date

5 hours 46 min ago
Alistair Darling is to announce the date of the Budget amid intense speculation that it will be held on 24 March
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Barclays 'targeting high street bank in US'

5 hours 46 min ago
Barclays is shopping around for a large US retail bank as it looks to boost its presence on the high street, it is reported

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Sainsbury's to launch college for its bakers

5 hours 55 min ago
Sainsbury's is to open the country's first bakery college for a supermarket
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Glencore International profits fall 43% in commodities decline

5 hours 58 min ago
Privately-owned commodity trader Glencore International posts a 43% fall in 2009 net profit after prices were hit by the downturn
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