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  • Salesforce.com share price climbs on Microsoft takeover reports

    May 5, 2015

    Shares in Salesforce.com jumped 6.2 per cent yesterday, after it was reported that Microsoft is considering a bid for the cloud software provider.   Salesforce shares rose from $71.4 to $75.82 after which trading was temporarily halted.   Microsoft is evaluating a bid after Salesforce was approached by another potential buyer, Bloomberg reported, citing people with [...]

  • UBS’ investment bank roars back with deal successes and soaring profits

    May 5, 2015

    If you believe everything US investment bankers tell you, it is only a matter of time before a handful of American giants rule the world, and Europe’s challengers crumble into the dust.   You can see why they are so confident, with Britain splitting its would-be universal banks with a ring-fence, and a series of [...]

  • Construction growth drops on General Election uncertainty

    May 5, 2015

    Growth in the building sector fell to its slowest pace in almost two years in April, according to an influential study from Markit yesterday. The purchasing managers’ index fell to 54.2 from 57.8 in March – still firmly above the 50-mark that indicates growth, but a sharp slowdown in the pace of rising output. The [...]

  • EU mulls McDonald’s tax probe: Margrethe Vestager considers investigation into sweetheart deals

    May 5, 2015

    The EU’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is considering adding McDonald’s to the list of companies being investigated over sweetheart tax deals. The Danish commissioner is weighing up an inquiry following claims by campaigners and unions of an alleged deal with Luxembourg that allowed the fast-food chain to massively reduce its tax bill on European sales. A [...]

  • Ryanair lays on the charm and sells more seats

    May 5, 2015

    Budget airline Ryanair’s passenger numbers soared in April, jumping 16 per cent on the same month last year. During April, there were 9m Ryanair passengers, up from 7.8m in April 2014. Rolling annual traffic was up to 91.8m passengers. The Irish airline’s load factor, an industry measure of how much of an airline’s capacity is [...]

  • Greene King hit by drink-driving rules in Scotland

    May 5, 2015

    Pub and restaurant group Greene King yesterday blamed recently tightened drink-driving laws in Scotland for flat sales. The company, whose brands include Old Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale, plus the Hungry Horse and Loch Fyne chains, reported just a 0.4 per cent increase in sales for the 51 weeks to 26 April, but said sales [...]

  • IPOs breathe life into stagnant small caps after investment struggle

    May 5, 2015

    Investments in the UK’s smaller companies have struggled this year, but some fund managers are hoping that newly-listed companies will help revive the sector.   Since the start of the year, small caps quoted on the FTSE Aim All-Share TR index have lagged their large-cap peers on the FTSE 100. But since April, smaller companies have [...]

  • UK Oil & Gas Investments share price dips after issuing second clarification on Horse Hill Gatwick “100bn barrels” oil discovery claim

    May 5, 2015

    UK Oil & Gas Investments (UKOG), the firm behind a potentially huge oil discovery at Horse Hill near Gatwick, has issued a second statement clarifying the size of the find following comments made by the company's chairman. Shares dipped more than three per cent in afternoon trading after spiking as much as five per cent [...]

  • More changes on the Tesco board as Ken Hanna and Stuart Chambers quit

    May 5, 2015

    It's all-change at Tesco at the moment: following the appointment of Dave Lewis as chief executive and John Allan as chairman, two of the supermarket's non-executive directors have decided to step down.  More on this story: Is Sainsbury's about to have its Tesco moment? Ken Hanna and Stuart Chambers, who have served on the board for [...]

  • European Union GDP growth to hit 1.8 per cent this year – as Greek forecast is slashed to 0.5 per cent.

    May 5, 2015

    The European Commission expects GDP to rise 1.8 per cent across the European Union, and by 1.5 per cent across the euro area as a whole. It's expected to benefit from low oil prices cutting business costs and giving consumers more disposable income, stronger exports as a result of the weak euro, and loose monetary policy [...]

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