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Mining stocks fall back, including Rio Tinto, which was accused by China of overcharging the country's iron mills by over $100bn over the past six years. The allegations were published by the National Administration for the Protection of State Secrets, which claimed Rio Tinto had spied on Chinese s
Read moreThe Footsie continues to trade lower, but in a narrow range as weaker banks and miners easily offset gains among the insurers. Lloyds Banking is apparently mulling a £15bn fundraising to keep down the cost of insuring toxic debt with the Government. Reports in the weekend press suggest the Treasury
Read moreLife insurer Friends Provident could announce a takeover by Resolution along with its interim figures on Tuesday, according to press reports. 'Friends would like the announcement tomorrow (Tuesday) with their results,' one person told Dow Jones Newswires. In a statement out Monday, Friends Provide
Read moreBanks are leading the Footsie lower amid talk that Lloyds is mulling a fund raising. Weekend reports said Lloyds Banking may raise up to £15bn from the stock market to keep down the cost of insuring toxic debt with the Government. The Treasury is understood to back the bank's tentative plans to ra
Read moreLife insurer Friends Provident is leading the risers after saying it is now is close to agreeing a takeover by Resolution after the terms of the original offer were improved. In a statement, Friends Provident confirmed it had received a new offer of 0.9 Resolution shares for each Friends Provident
Read moreLondon has opened lower with reports of Lloyds looking at a big cash call overshadowing bid talks restarting between Friends Provident and Resolution. Life insurer Friends Provident says it is now is close to agreeing a takeover by Resolution after the terms of the original offer were improved. In
Read moreLondon looks set to make a slightly weaker start in what is likely to be a quiet day for both corporate and economic news. Life insurer Friends Provident is close to agreeing a takeover by Resolution after the terms of the original offer were improved sufficiently for talks to start between the two
Read moreLife insurer Friends Provident is close to agreeing a takeover by Resolution after the terms of the original offer were improved sufficiently for talks to start between the two sides. Resolution made a revised offer of about £1.85bn, sending Friends' shares up by almost 8%. A merger could be annou
Read moreChina has accused Rio Tinto of spying on its steel industry for six years, costing the country Rmb700bn ($102bn) in excessive charges for iron ore. The remarks, contained in an editorial in the magazine of the National Administration for the Protection of State Secrets, indicate that Beijing's det
Read moreLloyds Banking is weighing up plans for a multi-billion pound share issue to cut its dependency on the taxpayer. The bank is considering a partial withdrawal from the government's asset protection scheme. Eric Daniels, the chief executive of Lloyds, is said to believe the fees attached to the schem
Read moreLife insurance groups take centre stage next week on an otherwise quiet week as the holiday season really kicks in. The sector has already had mixed messages about prospects, with both Legal & General and Aviva cutting their dividends, but it is the turn of Prudential and Friends Provident to give
Read moreLife Insurance is worst of the bunch after Legal & General reported after a 92% plunge in operating profit and a 45% cut in the dividend. European embedded value (EEV) operating profit rose 12% to £657m for the six months to 30 June, up from £589m a year ago, but it slumped to £31m from £391m on a
Read moreAlistair Darling has effectively threatened Britain's biggest banks with a competition inquiry should they fail to increase cheap lending to mortgage borrowers and small businesses. The Chancellor met the chief executives of seven of the country's biggest banks in the Treasury yesterday along with
Read moreThough it was a close run thing the Footsie ended the day in the blue, equalling its record run of 11 successive days of rises. The blue-chip index was supported by a strong performance from miners and the part-nationalised banks. Lonmin was wanted after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to "neutr
Read moreFootsie has dipped back into the red, with sentiment taking a knock from Wall Street's soft opening. Were the Footsie to finish higher today it would equal a record streak of 11 successive days of gains. Pearson remains the best performer on a much better than expected trading update. The publishin
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