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Smiths Group is the best performer today following the revelation that it turned down a £2.45bn bid for its medical division from private equity firm Apax. Credit Suisse had previously estimated the medical division was worth £2.1bn. Even so, Smiths did not want to pursue talks at the indicative b
17 Jan 11 13:21Oil giant BP, still recovering from last year's disastrous spill in the Gulf of Mexico, now has its sights set on the vast untapped oil wealth thought to exist beneath the Arctic ice. Its strategic global alliance with Russia's Rosneft gives it access to three licence blocks on the Russian Arctic c
17 Jan 11 12:28The top share index remains little changed despite the M&A excitement. US markets are closed today, so shares will have to look elsewhere for inspiration if they are to burst into life. BP is in demand after the oil giant announced a controversial landmark deal with Rosneft, the Russian state oil c
17 Jan 11 12:11London has opened moderately firmer, with potential M&A deals outweighing a weak start for the miners. BP has opened higher after the oil giant announced a controversial landmark deal with Rosneft, the Russian state oil company. As well as confirming the tie-up with Rosneft, BP said it has been aw
17 Jan 11 08:37Attention is focused on BP this morning after the oil giant announced a controversial landmark deal with Rosneft, the Russian state oil company. The market overall is tipped to open moderately firmer, with the blue-chip index seen opening around 10 points up from Friday's close. As well as confirm
17 Jan 11 07:35Oil giant BP has been awarded four deepwater blocks off the coast of south Australia. BP said that it will explore Exploration Permit for Petroleum (EPP) areas EPP 37, EPP 38, EPP 39 and EPP 40 covering an area of 24,000 square kilometres for oil and gas reserves, with the right to develop any comm
17 Jan 11 07:02The oil company formerly run by imprisoned oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has fired off a warning to BP shareholders, saying their deal with the Kremlin is founded on "illegal auctions, bogus bankruptcy fire sales and expropriations". Yukos, formerly Russia's biggest oil producer, said last night th
17 Jan 11 06:42BP's share swap with state-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft has already provoked fierce opposition even though it was signed only two days ago. BP announced late Friday it had signed a deal that would see the UK firm issue the equivalent of a 5% stake in new shares to Rosneft in return for a 9.5% st
16 Jan 11 12:42Russia's Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has promised to give BP "the most favourable tax treatment" in the Arctic as its £10bn deal with the Kremlin was greeted with cautious optimism by investors yesterday. Late on Friday night, BP agreed to issue £5bn of shares to Russian state-backed oil compa
16 Jan 11 10:58J Sainsbury has overtaken Asda as Britain's second-largest supermarket, seven years after it lost the position. Industry figures yesterday revealed that a strong Christmas performance by the London-based grocer enabled it to overtake its Leeds rival, capping a dismal 2010 for Asda. Sainsbury's sha
12 Jan 11 06:37The US presidential commission has called for increased oil drilling regulations and the creation of a drilling safety agency to prevent a repeat of last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling recommended increasin
11 Jan 11 16:21Downing Street pulled back yesterday from tough regulation of City bonuses and rejected a tax raid on banks in a move that will be seen as further blow to Vince Cable. Bankers may be asked to be more open about their multimillion-pound bonuses but will not face a windfall tax or curbs on pay after
11 Jan 11 06:32The top share index was firmly in negative territory at the close of trading, despite M&A excitement concerning Smith & Nephew The joint replacement specialist jumped more than 10% following reports it turned down a bid approach from US rival Johnson & Johnson just before Christmas. Sticking with
10 Jan 11 17:01Footsie moved sideways over the lunch time trading session. Mining stocks continue to weigh the blue-chip index down, but oil stocks provide some cheer. A decline in copper imports into commodity-hungry China sent prices for the red metal lower. Kazakhmys, which transports copper from its Kazakhsta
10 Jan 11 14:20Shares remain rooted in negative territory in spite of a big jump from artificial joint specialist Smith & Nephew following reports of an offer from Johnson & Johnson. Miners are holding back the top share index. A decline in copper imports into commodity-hungry China sent prices for the red metal
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