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Game Group peers in to the abyss
News Game Group, the computer game retailer, has seen its share price collapse this morning after issuing a warning that revenues will be worse than it predicted back in September.
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Burberry ramps divi as profits top expectations
News Burberry, the FTSE 100 luxury fashion retailer, has seen profits before tax rise 26% to £162m on revenues of £830m, up 29% on the equivalent period of 2010.
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Sales down at WH Smith
News Books and stationary retailer WH Smith has reported that its sales in the first 10 weeks of the financial year were down 3%, with like-for-like sales (LFL) down 6% compared to the same period last year.
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Kesa sells Comet for £2
News Electrical good retailers Comet is to be sold to a private equity firm for just £2.
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Tesco's Leahy cashes in before checking out
Features Tesco's departing chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has pocketed more than £3.3m from a sale of shares in the UK's number one supermarket.
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Ocado IPO: Don't touch it with a bargepole
Features Ocado's flotation is like something out of the dotcom boom: an over-valued, loss making company in a desperate call for cash. But it's a great lesson in what to look out for in new issues, say Bengt Saelensminde.
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Ocado: is it more than dotcom hype?
Features Ocado launched Britain's biggest flotation of the year this week. But priced at between 200p and 275p per share, is a profit-less firm ever going to live up to such a generous valuation?
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Steer clear of Ocado's dud IPO
Tutorials When a company floats on the stock exchange, you need to be sure they can be trusted not to just throw your money away. Bengt Saelensminde looks at how to spot a dud flotation, and explains why he won't be buying Ocado.
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Don't be tempted to pick up shares in Ocado
Merryn's Blog Grocery delivery service Ocado is offering customers the chance to take part in this summer's potential flotation of the company. Don't, says Merryn Somerset Webb. Here's why.
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