FTSE breaks winning streak on worries over Euro bailout October 11, 2011 THE FTSE 100 share index snapped a four-day winning streak yesterday, as worries over Europe’s debt problems and the impact on the global economic recovery prompted investors to bank some of the recent gains made in commodity and financial stocks. The index closed down 3.3 points, or 0.1 per cent at 5,395.70, but recovered from [...]
Miners peg back FTSE as investors eye Slovak vote October 11, 2011 European shares slid this morning as investors eyed a key vote in Slovakia on whether it will back the Eurozone rescue package. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 0.6 per cent while London’s blue chip index also edged down as miners opened weakly. Analysts said traders were cautious ahead of the [...]
CREDIT SUISSE PREDICTS GOLDMAN LOSSES October 10, 2011 Goldman Sachs is expected to reveal its second ever quarterly loss when it reports next week, according to Credit Suisse analysts. They forecast the Wall Street giant will report a loss of $392m (£250m) for the three months to the end of September. Barclays predicts losses in the region of £180m. A quarterly loss for [...]
Surprise output gain in biggest Euro states October 10, 2011 Industrial output in France and Italy was surprisingly strong in August, boosting prospects for third-quarter growth in the eurozone’s second- and third-biggest economies, new data shows. French output posted a 0.5 per cent monthly increase compared with forecasts of a one per cent decline, while output in Italy leapt 4.3 per cent compared with expectations [...]
FTSE solid as Eurozone pledge boosts confidence October 10, 2011 The FTSE 100 opened steadily this morning as investors eyed the news that Franco-Belgian bank Dexia has been rescued while Germany and France pledged to unveil a Eurozone debt crisis plan by the end of the month. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after talks in Berlin on Sunday that their [...]
Stress tests failed to test banks October 9, 2011 THE downgrade of a dozen UK banks and eight Portuguese banks on Friday morning ended another tumultuous week in the European banking sector. The Greek farce has dragged on so long that it has fallen from the headlines, despite its potential to bring Europe crashing down around our ears. Instead, focus has shifted to the [...]
Jobs data boosts FTSE but US markets falter October 7, 2011 London stocks have closed slightly higher after better-than-expected US jobs figures prompted an afternoon rally, but US markets remain down after fresh downgrades of Spain and Italy. The FTSE 100 index spiked sharply when US figures showed 103,000 new jobs created, and while it gave up most of the gains it still closed up 0.2 [...]
Del Monte and BarCap settle October 6, 2011 DEL Monte and its financial adviser Barclays Capital yesterday agreed to pay $89.4m (£57.9m) to settle a lawsuit that claimed they had not acted in investors’ best interests in the food company’s $4bn buy-out last year. Investors claimed that Barclays, which advised Del Monte on its sale to a private equity group led by KKR, [...]
Banks hired as first stage in esure’s London listing October 5, 2011 THE INSURANCE tycoon Peter Wood has lined up bankers to prepare a bumper listing of esure, reports last night said. Wood, who also founded the car insurer Direct Line, is said to have hired Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan to help ready the company for a stock market flotation that is being earmarked for next [...]
Barclay brothers reveal flow of bids for Ritz hotel October 5, 2011 SIR DAVID and Sir Frederick Barclay have recieved several unsolicited bids for their Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly and have valued the legendary site to be worth more than £625m. The Barclay brothers, who also own the Telegraph newspapers, revealed the approaches in the hotel’s annual results published on companies house, which also states that the [...]