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December 2011
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- December 30th
- December 29th
- Lamprell to deliver Mexican jackup rig
- HSBC sells Maltese card acquiring unit
- Max Petroleum's SAGW-2 not commercial
- RBS off US hook
- Small disposal by cash-strapped Thomas Cook
- Affero releases details of Putu sale
- Alexander Dennis opts out of Optare, shares crash
- Univision jumps on revenue growth
- International PPL may seek more firepower
- December 25th
- December 23rd
- BP man has a dip
- Robyn Jones: How I took the canteen business upmarket
- Five last-minute Christmas presents
- Gamble of the week: Grow your profits
- Where I’ll focus my equity portfolio in 2012
- SkyePharma rocked by regulatory delay
- Brit firm wants to make the Germans Perform
- It’s time to rebalance your portfolio
- Hard times for the UK high street
- Gold brushed aside in the dash for cash
- No white knight for Blacks Leisure
- Amlin gets ready for earthquake, wind and hurricane
- Antrim gives Premier a North Sea Christmas present
- December 22nd
- Friday preview: Mortgage approvals set to rise
- GlaxoSmithKline director sells off shares
- High hopes for 2012
- Fortune Oil pockets $4m on part-sale of Liulin business
- Enegi Oil rockets on Newfoundland approval
- Daniel Stewart down on weak half year
- Metrodome plunges after profit warning
- IAG and Lufthansa agree on bmi price
- Norseman Gold announces cost saving shut down
- Avacta to acquire diagnostics firm following placing
- Angel Mining rises on production update
- Scapa expands medical division with $30m acquisition
- Cash generation picking up speed at Empyrean
- Revenue improves at Content Media
- Hansteen still has plenty of firepower after purchase
- December 21st
- Thursday preview: UK GDP, trade figures
- Essar Energy Chairman steps aside to clear his name
- Barclays director keeps the faith
- Beacon Hill in JV with Midwest Africa
- The Dow Jones takes the bears by surprise
- STM shares plunge on profit warning
- Coastal Energy strikes more black gold in Thailand
- Why I'm fanatical about corporate bonds
- Christmas comes early for Shanta
- Arden Partners moves into pre-tax profit
- Travelzest and Red Label cease offer talks
- Telit Comms taps into GPS market with US acquisition
- West African Minerals posts first half loss
- AstraZeneca and Hutchison seal cancer drug deal
- Artisan moves deeper into the red
- Sefton Resources thwarted by oak trees
- Beazley approaches Hardy Underwriting - UPDATE
- Marechale announces loss
- Thorntons issues profit warning
- Mulberry names Bruno chief executive
- Balfour Beatty scoops £535m rail contract
- Old Mutual to sell Finnish Skandia arm
- HSBC sells Japanese private bank to Credit Suisse
- December 20th
- Government offers new pensions deal to unions
- Carnival's earnings bang in line with expectations, but ...
- Bunzl non-exec ups stake
- How this company is replacing TV ads
- Wine of the week: an enchanting vintage Champagne
- Glaxo offloads non-core assets in US and Canada
- Pru chairman to call it a day
- Chris Ward: How I got students into Radiohead
- Flying Brands' car boot sale continues
- Forget Fred Goodwin - the worst RBS offenders got away scot-free
- Britain’s empty houses
- Garry Kasparov: Putin is a gangster and a 'petty thief'
- A classy British engineer to buy now
- Thor Mining says gold project much bigger than thought
- Planet Payment jumps on Facebook tie up
- Blinkx sets up partnership with Everwell
- BPI results to be at top of expectations
- How to invest in a world of zero interest rates
- Northern Petroleum completes well test
- Victoria Oil and Gas makes first commercial gas delivery
- WSP signs new credit facility
- Berkeley Mineral Resources soars on copper option
- Jam tomorrow dilemma for Dhir shareholders
- Silvermere dives on installation delay
- Petropavlovsk gets new Chief Exec
- K3 buys retail software firm for £1.3m
- Failed drug tests hit AstraZeneca earnings
- Origo Partners raises $35m via placing
- Geong International on track for year
- Wood Group bags Gulf of Mexico deep water contract
- National Express on track
- SVG to give £170m to shareholders
- WPP buys stake in Chinese ad firm
- December 19th
- EnQuest chief raises stake
- Jacques Vert tickled pink by private equity bid
- RBS shake-up could put 18,900 jobs at risk
- Puricore rises on new orders
- A bear vs bull battle looms in the gold market
- Independent Resources doing lambada on approval for Rivara
- Frontier Oil to manage jet fuel services at 15 new airports
- Mouchel gives rare cheer to investors
- Standard Chartered to cut up to 13% of workforce
- Medusa Mining hit by tropical storm
- 888 earnings to beat forecasts in 2011
- Ocado shares hammered after profit warning
- Red Rock plummets on weak mine data
- Prologic slashes costs
- Ferrexpo aims for legal showdown in London
- Tough times continue at HMV
- Parkmead invests in 'attractive' North Sea blocks
- Hermes brings private equity fund home from Henderson
- Rolls Royce wins €250m nuclear contract for EDF
- Travis Perkins names Carter deputy chief executive
- Segro buys logistics business
- Aggreko raises profit forecasts...again
- Capacity problems hit profits at Ocado
- December 16th
- Rate of decline easing at Punch Taverns
- SABMiller director raises stake after Foster's acquisition
- Fortune Oil expands LNG operations
- Managed services contracts roll in at Computacenter
- The Dow reaches a crossroads – where to now?
- Spirit Pub on track
- Five good reasons for you to hold cash
- ATH Resources up 12% on contract win
- Angle shares storm north on Parsortix lung cancer result
- Jam tomorrow as Premier Foods sells Chivers
- Travis Perkins gets reduced banking facility from 2013
- Blacks Leisure in death spiral as Sports Direct pulls out
- Don’t follow the trend – hunt for value
- Shares in focus: Is tobacco good for your wealth?
- National Grid wins compensation but loses New York Contract
- Perform buys up two online sports firms
- 3i Infrastructure parents company makes acquisition
- Kazakhmys signs $1.5bn agreement for loan facility
- Barclays Capital to sell €1bn in assets, FT says
- BP to receive $250m oil spill settlement from Cameron Intl
- International Power CFO steps down
- December 15th
- Friday preview: Leaving party for CEO of Spirit Pubs
- Lloyds boss wakes up and buys 0.6m shares
- Collins Stewart sells out to Canaccord
- HiWave heartened by component sales growth
- Baltic Oil shares plummet
- Omega Insurance rises on Haverford's ongoing pursuit
- Maxima sells sub-division for £1.6m
- Cohort half year profits double
- How to profit from the scramble for resources in central Asia
- Fusion IP signs agreement with pharmaceutical company
- Why I’m selling some gold
- Acta climbs on extra grant money
- Valirx wins Canadian patent for 'gene-silencing' technology
- Pursuit Dynamics plunges on bigger losses while CEO quits
- Profits up at Begbies Traynor
- Sunrise widens losses in 2011
- Contract losses hit Wood Group
- Intl Personal Finance profits hit by FX volatility
- Moss Bros in good shape
- Balfour Beatty in line for £500m joint venture
- Old Mutual agrees £2.1bn sale of Skandia - UPDATE
- Sport Direct sales rise 8.4% in first half, debt reduced
- Hammerson completes sale of London property for £176m
- Doors still opening for Intl Personal Finance
- WPP's marketing agency acquires stake in Qais
- Weir completes Seaboard acquisition
- December 14th
- Thursday preview: Sports Direct, Moss Bros, UK retail sales
- Strategic Natural Resources subsidiary signs supply agreement
- Oh lord! Carpetright chief buys up shares
- Morson cuts divi after debt levels rise higher than planned
- Are gold stocks really gold?
- Diversification pays off for IDOX
- Centamin shareholders agree to restructuring
- Real Good Food rises on strong performance
- InternetQ trading in line after limiting euro exposure
- Lloyds' boss to return to daily grind on January 9th
- Sorbic sales team set to put the pedal to the metal
- Second deal this week for Acta
- Morrisons to create 7,000 jobs in 2012
- Xcite gets tanker but still waiting on approvals
- Gold continues to follow my script and pile up the gains
- Logica swings axe harder after another revenue warning
- Monitise rockets on half year guidance
- Is this the end of the gold bull market? No
- Worldlink demands £8m for patent breach
- Betfair gambles on interim boss
- Third quarter off to a strong start at Betfair
- RWS shrugs off tough trading conditions
- WPP goes shopping again in Asia
- Pace appoints new chief executive to steady ship
- BG to earn $3bn in planned Karachaganak 10% sell-off
- eXpansys posts half year profit
- Daily Mail sells Teletext to management
- Thomas Cook says UK bookings recovering
- December 13th
- Wednesday preview: Thomas Cook, Supergroup, Unemployment
- Invensys appoints new divisional chief
- Whitbread chief keeps the faith
- Diploma seals two deals
- ANT gets licence for new set-top box product
- Rio Tinto wins battle with Ivanhoe
- 21st Century cash flow ahead of expectations
- IG revenues slow as clients calm down over euro debt - UPDATE
- Quadnetics FY profits to be at top of expectations
- Sirius' shares fall 7% after delay announced
- Rockhopper Falklands oil disovery grows
- Imagination Technologies profit soars 52%
- Solid performance from Bwin.Party but it's not all good news
- A textbook tramline pattern forms in the pound
- Max Marty: The pirate of Silicon Valley
- Polar Cap Tech upbeat despite 'wall of worry'
- Berendsen maintains guidance
- Whitbread running out of steam
- Homeserve to outsource handling of complaints
- Thomas Cook sells Spanish chain for €72m
- Profit slump not as bad as feared at Carpetright
- Record results at Domino Printing
- Rio Tinto delays offer deadline again
- Kitchen and bathroom slump gets on Travis Perkins's Wickes
- Petrofac's LFL growth to exceed 20%
- WPP snaps up HK healthcare PR agency
- Bunzl boosted by acquisition spree
- Go-Ahead lifts FY operating profit forecast
- December 12th
- Pearson chief sells £0.5m worth of shares
- Chris Bayne: How I went from intern to boss
- How to play a short, sharp rise in the Indian rupee
- Why I think the euro has one year left
- President Petroleum well disappoints
- Ncondezi Coal updates coal resource
- Petrolatina refinances on better terms
- Gulfsands revenue hit by new regulations
- Xcite Energy investors continue to worry over Bently
- CPP's profits set to be 'significantly' lower in 2012
- ENRC shares fall sharply, despite denial of corruption charges
- Forbidden Technologies surges on Youtube deal
- Central Rand Gold soars on resolution to legal dispute
- FSA sees mix of factors behind the failure of RBS
- O Twelve Estates narrows interim losses
- Afferro Mining soars on Putu sale
- Cosalt chairman reminds shareholders clock is ticking
- Pearson sells FTSE share to LSE
- Job cuts for Christmas at CSR
- Improvement continues at Ensor, cautious outlook
- December 9th
- Has the Dow topped out?
- Aviva director offloads yet more shares, Sky boss sells too
- S & U rises on encouraging progress
- Your financial survival could depend on how you split your assets
- Air Partner falls on update
- Xchanging renews LME contract
- Three quality stocks going cheap
- A pundit dogfight: Marc Faber versus Jim Rogers
- China heads for big trouble as exports are hit by euro crisis
- Range Resources rises after successful drilling beats targets
- Ithaca & Lochard fall on news of delay
- Big Yellow sees profits fall £2m
- Kalahari Minerals close to agreeing Chinese bid, says FT
- Libor: Britain's most important interest rate
- BG in talks to offload stake in Brazilian unit
- Synchronica rockets on repeat order
- Trading Emissions soars after making case for the defence
- Britain’s creaking infrastructure
- Lloyds boss has to 'reapply for own job'
- Three ways to revive the economy
- Fund of the week: Brave new approach pays off
- Funds: How to find income without the risk
- Should you buy cheap tracker funds?
- Keep buying into Japan
- EU summit reaction mixed as Euro markets look on brightside
- MBL plunges into the red
- Workspace snapped up for £41m
- Moody's downgrades biggest French banks
- African Barrick hit by power outages in Tanzania
- Bellway sees margin growth
- Centrica buys Canadian gas fields
- December 8th
- Friday preview: All eyes on EU Summit
- Three reasons to short Tesco
- Aviva boss sells shares
- New listings on FTSE 100, none of them London-based
- Abbey falls as profit falls and outlook remains 'difficult'
- No more loans in India, says Barclays
- A tiny pharma stock with three shots at the big time
- Northern Petroleum sells stake in Vinkega gas field
- Westminster wins $0.6m security contract
- API sees profits double
- Redhall hit by legal fight but says future bright
- Altona Energy soars on Arckaringa approvals
- Tesco sees UK LFL sales down, US business strong
- Bango teases investors with Amazon deal
- Media Square shares suspended
- Premier Farnell Q3 profit tumbles
- Rockhopper sees great results at Sea Lion field
- Tullett Prebon says goodbye to its COO
- PZ Cussons issues profit warning
- Mulberry profit hits the roof
- AstraZeneca lays off 1,150 in US, takes one-off charge
- Standard Chartered lowers profit forecast
- Cairn Energy gives $3.5bn to shareholders from Indian sale
- Intertek acquires environmental services firm for £1.3m
- December 7th
- Thursday preview: ECB, BoE, Mulberry, Ashtead
- Newly appointed C&W Worldwide chief shows faith
- Baobab rises on resource upgrade
- IATA downgrades 2012 industry estimates
- Faroe and Centrica complete sidetrack well
- Lloyds selects Lone Star as preferred bidder
- My short trade in gold pays off
- Sports Direct to give Blacks a helping hand
- Why haven't gold stocks kept pace with the gold price?
- Cosalt thrown £5m lifeline by suitor Ross
- Petroceltic shares jump on successful well test
- Things darken as Blacks Leisure looks for buyer
- Former Tate & Lyle chief exec to chair Berendsen
- Carillion expects strong profit growth in 2011
- Cobham wins Embraer contract
- Micro Focus gives $134m back to shareholders
- Comet a drag on Kesa
- AG Barr confident despite pressures
- Stagecoach profit dips as UK rail unit drags
- First-half revenues up 26% at DS Smith
- SABMiller replaces Foster's CEO after acquisition
- Discretionary funds drive Brewin Dolphin
- December 6th
- Park Group tumbles on poor results
- Young & Co's retail director sells more than just a few pints
- Results Round-up
- Wednesday preview: DS Smith, KESA Electricals
- This 600bn-tonne discovery has the makings of a remarkable story
- Spread betting: putting it all together
- Spread betting video tutorial: 'putting it all together'
- Petroneft Resources sees production upside
- Jeremy Grantham: Avoid bonds and stick to quality stocks
- Dominion Petroleum set to acquire more 2D data
- Datong shares plunge on poor outlook
- BP accuses Halliburton of destroying Gulf of Mexico evidence, FT reports
- African Eagle Resources finds high grade gold
- Struggling Mouchel appoints new chairman
- Oilex restarts operations in western India
- Hargreaves Lansdown woos thrifty investors with low-cost trackers
- International Greetings shrugs off challenging markets
- Electra sees 8.5% in NAV per share
- Northgate profits bounce despite tough conditions
- Victrex hikes dividend on record profits
- easyJet books 3.4% more passengers in November
- Xstrata ups production guidance in South America
- Fresnillo adds $300m interim dividend
- Anglo American splashes $1.7bn on new mine
- December 5th
- ITE chief sells shares to cover tax
- Why the euro is still a short bet
- Gold rallies to important resistance levels
- The big problem with your pension contributions
- Holding gold: the difference between allocated and unallocated gold
- Four quality UK mid-cap stocks
- The housing market's final props could soon collapse
- Julie Deane: Sophie Ellis-Bextor made my satchels sexy
- December 4th
- December 2nd
- Advanced Medical to buy wound care firm for £55m
- Legal & General vice chairman stocks up
- Recruitment firms take a battering following SThree slowdown
- Haverford will not extend offer for Omega
- What the Rothschilds are buying now
- It's bad news for Ceres
- Assessing Rockhopper's Falklands campaign
- Micro Focus secures new debt facility
- Shire falls after press attention
- Ladbrokes agrees new banking facilities
- SThree sees final quarter slowdown
- An 'astonishing' new scheme for start-ups
- Share tips: two niche industrial stocks to buy now
- How investing in infrastructure could save the City
- Shares in focus: United Utilities
- SDL in proposed acquisition of Alterian
- Homeserve to acquire rest of Doméo SA
- RBS sells 918 pubs
- Berkeley profits receive one-off boost
- Rio Tinto gets green light for $2.7bn investment
- December 1st
- Second day of sales for Reckitt Benckiser director
- US airline lands in bankruptcy
- Britain's economy set for a lost decade
- An underrated, undervalued British manufacturer
- Friday preview: Berkeley Group, US non-farm payrolls
- Wessex raises £12m through placing
- Solo set to acquire firm with rights to mine in Argentina
- First half losses grow at Provexis
- Antrim makes discovery in North Sea
- The best way to protect yourself as the Fed wades into Europe
- Dawson profit slumps as rising costs bite
- Fenner acquires handling equipment manufacturer
- Yule Catto sells pharma division to Vivimed
- GKN sells aerospace engineering services business
- Vodafone acquires IT consultancy Bluefish
- St. Modwen sees FY at upper end of forecasts
- Record results for Greene King but margin dips
- Telford half year profit falls, eyes bumper 2013
- Kingfisher puts in strong performance
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