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The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business news organisations, is recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Providing extensive news, comment and analysis, the newspaper is printed at 23 print sites across the globe, and has a readership of 1.3 million people worldwide in print and online.
UK investor power scuppers many IPOs
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Shareholders fed up with half this year’s European IPOs currently trading below their issue prices are issuing warnings about any future flotations Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
Retailers and financials lead Wall St lower
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
US stocks dropped after data showed personal incomes rose less than expected, raising questions about the sustainability of consumer spending Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
Corn prices jump as dry US summer takes toll
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Parched American fields and demand for exports put a premium on grain for delivery in the near future Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
Yen undaunted as BoJ announcement disappoints
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
The yen continued to climb despite the Bank of Japan’s announcement that it was expanding its special loan programme Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
Confident mood runs out of steam
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Investor risk appetite faltered as the more confident mood seen at the end of last week following reassuring comments from Ben Bernanke ran out of steam. Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
Europe flat as investors await key data
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Norwegian conglomerate Orkla jumps 4.4 per cent as South Korea’s Posco considers takeover of Elkem Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
The lessons to be learnt from Japanese bonds
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Japan, we were assured, would be the next Greece. . . . but it hasn’t quite worked out like that, writes Jonathan Allum Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
BoJ loan programme greeted with indifference
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Japanese stocks pare early advance as the Bank of Japan’s announcement that it will expand its special bank loan programme is largely greeted with indifference Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
Retail investors resist siren call of equities
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Money pulled from shares is being pumped into bonds as the investing public, already worried about jobs and falling house prices, remains sceptical about the market Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
Professionals shown up by ‘dumb money’
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Despite warnings about a bond bubble that could well come to pass, there is little doubt that the mindset of retail investors has fundamentally changed Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Markets |
AP settles Google News stalemate
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Google and the Associated Press have struck a new agreement for the search engine operator to carry the news agency’s content, breaking a stalemate that had seen AP stories briefly disappear from Google News Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
Hugo Boss looks at rivals for faster sales
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Hugo Boss is cutting the time it takes to bring its collections to the shop floor and plans to increase its number of stores from about 450 this year to 700 by 2015 Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
Eurozone test over €25bn repayment
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Irish banks are gearing up to repay more than €25bn of debt, in what could prove an important test of investor sentiment towards the broader eurozone financial sector Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
US pay law branded ‘logistical nightmare’
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
US companies face a “logistical nightmare” from a new rule forcing them to disclose the ratio between their chief executive’s pay package and that of the typical employee, lawyers have warned. Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
3M agrees $900m deal for ID group Cogent
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
3M has agreed to buy Cogent, a maker of identification equipment, for more than $900m, paying $10.50 a share for Cogent – roughly an 18 per cent premium to its undisturbed share price Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
Last chance for opponents of Tomkins offer
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Opponents of a proposed £2.9bn bid for Tomkins, the automotive and industrial parts marker, have their last formal opportunity to speak against the 325p-a-share offer Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
Airlines’ shares up as recovery gains pace
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Airline share prices have risen more than 70 per cent from their lowest point at the beginning of last year, as investors bet on a strong recovery in the highly cyclical aviation business Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
Genzyme rejects Sanofi takeover
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Genzyme rejected a takeover offer from Sanofi-Aventis, calling the French pharmaceutical group’s $69 a share bid ‘opportunistic’ and ‘unrealistic’ Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
Results highlight risks for China’s banks
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
The first-half profit results for China’s banks looked eerily similar, highlighting the risks that are building up across the sector Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
Intel acquires Infineon unit for $1.4bn
By Financial Times on August 30, 2010
Silicon Valley company, which supplies microprocessors for four out of every five PCs sold, has been desperate to diversify and break into the larger cellphone market Read the full story on the Financial Times
Posted in Companies |
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