

Shares have got off to a strong start on the first day of the last quarter, with oil stocks setting the pace. BP is higher amid speculation that divi...


London looks set to start the final quarter of 2010 in positive mood with sentiment lifted by hints from the incoming boss of oil giant BP that the co...


Having thought about it all week Cooper Controls has launched a rival bid for Mount Engineering. Mount is currently recommending a 70p a share bid fr...


A subsidiary of Cooper Industries says that it is considering a rival bid of at least 78p a share for Mount Engineering. Cooper Safety hopes it can g...


Footsie gave up a brief rally to close in the red on an uncertain day's trading in the wake of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's nervous comment...


Leading shares made steady progress over the lunch time session returning the blue-chip index more or less back to where it finished overnight. Mini...


The market has been absorbed in interpreting smoke signals from the US and UK central banks today. In the US, the Federal Reserve left interest rates ...


Reports that the government is mulling a new bank windfall tax has unsettled share prices this morning. Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, will sa...