A strong start to the year on Wall Street gave London a boost, prompting the blue-chip index to finish at its highest point for the day. Part-nationalised lender Royal Bank of Scotland's led the advance after Exane BNP Paribas suggested that 'fundamental (rather than purely speculative) investor in
Read moreShares in drug development company Minster Pharmaceuticals received a pick-me-up after acquisitive sector peer Proximagen Neuroscience made an agreed bid for the company. Minster shareholders are being offered 6p cash for each Minster share they own, valuing the whole of Minster at £4.3m. The dire
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