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M&A chatter is lifting TUI Travel, the owner of Thomson and other holiday brands. Its parent group, Germany's TUI AG, is said to be considering selling its stake in the shipping group Hapag-Lloyd. Advertising giant WPP is buying a minority stake in Canadian firm Vice Holdings, a global youth media
Read moreNomura slightly reduces its target price for telecoms titan Vodafone as consensus aligns to a more cautious margin outlook. The group sold its 44% holding in French mobile phone group SRF to media firm Vivendi on Monday for €7.75bn (£6.8bn) in cash, which the broker believes was a good price. Wit
Read moreSeymour Pierce keeps a 'hold' on banking giant Barclays, saying that it is uncertain about future growth in revenues. The broker highlighted the Financial Times article that said that Barclays is to increase risk appetite amid internal expectations that a return on equity of 7.2% (versus an end of
Read moreOil has hit $120 per barrel for the first time since before the financial crisis - threatening global growth and putting the world at risk of an inflationary shock. Brent crude, the London benchmark, had been trading around $115 per barrel for a fortnight, but the price has crept up over the past co
Read moreThe UK is letting the side down for private equity investor 3i, today's biggest faller among Footsie constituents. "Overall, the private equity portfolio has performed well," chief executive Michael Queen said. "There have, however, been marked regional differences, with strong growth in Northern
Read moreShares have moved back above the 6,000 point mark as economic data from the US stoked optimism. Private non-farm payrolls rose by 216,000 in March, versus consensus expectations for a 190,000 person increase. Also, the unemployment rate fell unexpectedly, to 8.8% (Consensus: 8.9%). Average hourly e
Read moreFinancial stocks are in demand today, with banks performing strongly following the Irish banking stress tests yesterday. Irish banks are unsurprisingly leading the way amid hopes the government's plans will keep the sector out of harm's way. Bank of Ireland is sharply higher. British banks such as
Read moreThe release of generally favourable US non-farm payrolls data has given London shares fresh impetus. Some disappointing factory data here has failed to dull investor appetite. The March UK manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index PMI fell unexpectedly to 57.1 points, against consensus expectations f
Read moreShares have added to their early gains on hopes that jobs data from the US later today will fuel global economic optimism. Non-farm payroll numbers are due at 1.30pm. Some disappointing factory data here has failed to dull investor appetite. The March UK manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index PMI
Read moreShares have got off to a decent start, clawing back some of the gains that came in late trading yesterday. Banks, which had been awaiting yesterday afternoon's banking stress test results nervously, are leading the way today, with Barclays, Lloyds and RBS posting good gains. In other news, Marks
Read moreUS companies have returned to large strategic deal-making, helping to boost global mergers and acquisitions activity by 26% in the first quarter. Thanks to a flurry of big deals, US M&A activity jumped 84 per cent to $267bn in the first three months of the year, compared to the same period in 2010.
Read moreBP's $16bn joint venture with Rosneft was blocked last night in a ruling that has thrown the company's growth strategy into turmoil. A judgment by independent arbitrators that the deal cannot progress is hugely embarrassing for Robert Dudley, BP's chief executive, since he personally negotiated it
Read moreFor his second Budget speech Chancellor George Osborne has promised a finance bill that is "unashamedly pro-growth, pro-enterprise and pro-aspiration," as he seeks to move the UK economy from rescue mode to reform mode. Mindful of headline writers preparing to accuse him of pandering to "fat cats"
Read moreThe Big Six household energy suppliers have been spared an industry-wide Competition Commission investigation, despite Ofgem finding evidence that they may be profiteering, manipulating their own figures and misleading consumers. Alistair Buchanan, Ofgem's chief executive, said: "Energy companies h
Read moreThe FTSE 100 remained broadly flat since 0900, holding on to gains made in early trading. Sentiment was boosted by signs of progress being made in the handling of the nuclear crisis. Two reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan were successfully brought into cold shut down unde
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