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Citywire Investment News
- Forecast-beating BP delights dividend hunters
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:29:41 Z
Patience has proved to be a virture for BP shareholders with the oil giant raising its dividend for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the back of bumper profits.
BBC Business News
- Glencore-Xstrata in $90bn merger
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:49:51 GMT
Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.
- Euro 'could survive Greece exit'
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:46:30 GMT
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes piles pressure on Greece to agree tough reforms, saying a euro exit would be "no man overboard".
- Empty shop numbers 'set to rise'
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:19:22 GMT
The number of empty shops on the UK's high streets is set to increase this year, a survey says, as economic conditions get tougher.
- Stores offer warranty concessions
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:59:38 GMT
Dixons, Comet and Argos have pledged to improve the way extended warranties for electrical goods are sold, the Office for Fair Trading says.
BBC News
- Glencore-Xstrata in $90bn merger
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:49:51 GMT
Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.
- Russian envoy in crisis-hit Syria
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:49:25 GMT
Syrian pro-government crowds greet Russia's foreign minister as he meets President Assad in Damascus, amid rising violence in the country.
- Chinese workers 'freed' in Sudan
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:49:20 GMT
A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan has been freed and flown to Kenya, a statement from Sudan's foreign ministry says.
- Plaid MP leads stalking law call
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:48:19 GMT
A Plaid Cymru MP leads calls for a new law making stalking a specific offence in England and Wales to stop harassment resulting in violence.
Citywire News
- The mega deals reshaping the biotechnology sector
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:01:14 Z
A flurry of mergers and acquisitions mean the biotechnology sector is getting smaller. We talk to David Pinniger, chief investment officer of the International Biotechnology Trust.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
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