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Market Report: Broker helps Lloyds to pull ahead of peers
Lloyds Banking Group bucked a weak banking sector trend last night, rising even as its peers fell back after Deutsche Bank said it saw share price upside regardless of whether or not the group opts for the Government's asset protection scheme.
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Market Report: Sainsbury's in focus as QIA rumours swirl
Friday, 16 October 2009
The supermarket group J Sainsbury saw its shares jump by nearly 20 per cent at one point yesterday as unconfirmed rumours of bid interest from the Qatar Investment Authority, the Qatari sovereign wealth fund whose Delta Two fund abandoned a 600p per share bid for the business in 2007, did the rounds of the dealing rooms.
Investment Column: This company looks Punch drunk, so sell
Thursday, 15 October 2009
N Brown; Air Partner
Market Report: Game trades higher on buy-back hopes
Thursday, 15 October 2009
The prospect of buy-backs lured the punters into Game, the video games retailer, which rose with the wider market last night.
Investment Column: M&A; hype is not enough protection at SSL
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Ferrexpo; SDL
Market Report: Next is pressured by cautious consumers
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
The fashion retailer Next fell back last night, giving way after a broker warned of signs of caution among British consumers.
Market Report: Rexam rises as investors look Stateside
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
The packaging manufacturer Rexam firmed up last night as investors bought in ahead of updates from the group's American peers.
Investment Column: There's more to solid GSK than swine flu
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
The Week Ahead: Whitbread is ready to show its resilience
Monday, 12 October 2009
The hospitality group Whitbread, the company behind the Premier Inn budget hotel chain, should confirm its resilient performance through the downturn when it issues results for the 26 weeks to 27 August tomorrow.
Small Talk: Aim market is showing life as delistings fall
Monday, 12 October 2009
This column has been quick to point to the shortcomings of the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) in recent months, specifically when those groups that depend on investor funding for projects faced a hiatus of liquidity at the height of the credit crisis. In most cases, those groups had been attracted to Aim after promises of easy funding and plenty of supportive investors, most of whom did a runner when the likes of RBS started to wobble.
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