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Eric Daniels, chief executive officer of loss-making lender Lloyds Banking Group, has bowed to public pressure and waived his right to a bonus this year. Daniels, who was instrumental in driving through the disastrous merger with HBOS which saw the traditionally conservative Lloyds become contamina
Read moreFootsie struggled to find any sense of direction on a quiet day's trading, closing slightly in the red. Bunzl showed a healthy rise as the market was encouraged by a strong second half for the group that saw margins improve. Foreign exchange tailwinds enabled the outsourcing and distribution group
Read moreThe lunch-time session was a positive one for blue-chip equities despite Wall Street opening modestly lower, with banks and miners leading the advance. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has usurped Bunzl as the best performer of the day. The part-nationalised lender, like its counterpart Lloyds Banking,
Read moreGlaxoSmithKline took its second hit in the space of a few days as a US Senate committee suggested its diabetes medicine Avandia may increase the risk of a heart attack. Brokers reckon the main risk to the company is from possible litigation as the report claims that Glaxo knew of possible heart at
Read moreLloyds Banking has appointed two new experienced non-executive directors in Pearson chairman Glen Moreno and former Barclays man David Roberts. The pair, who'll join on 1 March, have already been quizzed by members of the FSA's Significant Influence Function (SIF) panel but still require final FSA
Read moreLloyds Banking has agreed to sell its 70% stake in online insurance group esure to its chairman and founder Peter Wood. Wood, who previously founded Direct Line with Royal Bank of Scotland, set esure up in 2001 in conjunction with bank group HBOS. It merged with Lloyds in 2008 but Wood reportedly s
Read moreMining stocks headed south over the lunch time session, taking the blue-chip index with them. Antofagasta is the worst performer in the mining sector. The copper miner produced 442,500 tonnes of the red metal in 2009, ahead of its original forecast of 433,000 tonnes but lower than the 477,700 tonne
Read moreFootsie ended the morning at an intra-day high, driven by a strong performance from financial stocks and miners. Standard Life is the top riser after it announced a 'significant increase' in flows and sales in the fourth quarter. Life and pensions net inflows more than tripled to £1.3bn from £0.4bn
Read moreLondon slumped near the close mirroring heavy falls in the US where technology stocks ran into heavy selling seemingly on disappointment with Apple's new iPad. AstraZeneca led the fallers after the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals firm saw fourth quarter earnings rise 10% but warned that its predicted
Read moreBlue chips put on a spurt over the lunch time session despite drugs giant Astra issuing disappointing fourth quarter figures. The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals firm saw fourth quarter earnings rise 10% but warned that its predicted 2010 revenues would be hit by the loss of exclusive rights to sell
Read moreIt's an ugly start In London with only Johnson Matthey and Amec in the blue, while financials, miners and oils are under heavy selling pressure. Far East markets continued to fall Wednesday on continuing fears that China is planning fiscal measures to cool growth, adding to the unease this morning.
Read moreTop stocks staged a recovery late afternoon as Wall Street reacted well to US consumer confidence at a 16-month high. Standard Chartered was a bright spot after Nomura said the recent share price fall represents a buying opportunity. The Japanese broker upgraded the Far East focused bank to 'buy'
Read moreNervousness returned to the markets after an indecisive start, sending Footsie to another day of losses on top of last week's slump. British American Tobacco, National Grid, GlaxoSmithKline and Scottish & Southern Energy were among the fallers. Miners were also hit, with ENRC, Anglo American and R
Read moreNervousness has returned to the markets following an indecisive start to the day. The UK's leading index has suffered further losses after last week's 200 point slump as investors discussed the potential impact of President Obama's new bank controls. US shares fell heavily last week on the shock
Read moreBanks turned round this morning after the City minister Lord Myners ruled out the UK following the US lead on tough bank controls. The minister is heading a summit today on the issue and is said to favour an insurance levy that would be used in the event of another bank failure and bail-out. Royal
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