The Guardian:
M&S is one of the few remaining national treasures, which is why its new chief will find running it a high-wire actWhen Marc Bolland moves from Wm Morrison to take up the reins as new chief executive of M&S in February, he'd (Read More)
Times Online:
WAITROSE boss Mark Price has emerged as a leading contender to replace Marc Bolland as the new chief executive of FTSE 100 supermarket giant Wm Morrison. (Read More)
The Guardian:
The FTSE 100 fell and the banks collapsed. But as Patrick Collinson reports, the only shares that didn't go up in smoke were tobacco companiesIn a decade dominated by the rise of China, the expansion of the internet and the p (Read More)
The Guardian:
Investors in Thomas Cook and Tui Travel must wish they could get away from it all. The two travel companies were the biggest fallers in the leading index following downgrades on both companies from Morgan Stanley. In particul (Read More)
Money RSS Feed:
Of all the companies whose shares have fared badly in the past couple of years, National Grid is among the most perplexing. It has many of the qualities investors would be expected to cherish in times of trouble. Yet the Grid (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The wild escalation of top salaries goes across both sectors – and so must the solution: a high pay commissionIf ever there were a need for a high pay commission to put some rationality into out-of-control top pay scales, thi (Read More)
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How can a firm that never loses money be so totally wrong?Just this Monday, Goldman Sachs helped to gap the markets higher at the open in low-volume futures trading with the following pronouncement: "Goldman Sachs resumes cov (Read More)
The Guardian:
On a gloomy Friday morning, even the prospect of holidays in sunnier climes has failed to lift Thomas Cook and Tui Travel, with suggestions the former might need to call on shareholders for cash.It was Morgan Stanley which ha (Read More)
The Guardian:
With the FTSE 100 rallying by just shy of 20% since the start of the year, thoughts are turning to how the final month of 2009 might pan out.And the answer is, pretty well if you take history as a guide, according to Gerald M (Read More)
The Guardian:
A few days after Intertek, the FTSE 100 testing and inspections group, unveiled an uninspiring trading update, the company has revealed it is in talks about an acquisition.The company wants to buy the business assurance divis (Read More)
FT.com - World, Europe:
Progress towards a better gender balance on FTSE 100 boards has, disappointingly, stalled over the past year. In spite of this setback, a better balance can be achieved. (Read More)
FT.com - UK Equities:
Fresh merger speculation was the main item of interest on London's equities market on Thursday and helped limit losses for the FTSE 100 from laggardly resource stocks. (Read More)
FT.com - Equities:
Fresh merger speculation was the main item of interest on London's equities market on Thursday and helped limit losses for the FTSE 100 from laggardly resource stocks. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Reckitt Benckiser, the Cillit Bang and Dettol group, has bucked a falling market following reports it was close to announcing a major deal.A merger with US group Colgate Palmolive was one suggestion, as was a takeover of Dure (Read More)
www.ft.com:
Growth in the number of women on FTSE 100 boards has stalled over the past year, in spite of concern that male domination of the corporate world may have contributed to the global financial crisis. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Asda's saviour is known for his skill in engineering turnaroundsArchie Norman is the only FTSE 100 chairman to have sat in the Commons. The company in question was Asda, which was so troubled when he took it on in 1991 that h (Read More)