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Tesco bids for carrefour's Asian stores

Tesco bids for carrefour's Asian stores

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Tesco has joined a bidding war for a raft of stores being put up for sale by Carrefour of France


False dawn for US finance

False dawn for US finance

Thursday, September 02, 2010

The sudden rebound in the Dow Jones and FTSE 100 on the back of the apparent revival in American manufacturing has to be taken with a pinch of salt



Nationwide: House prices dip is healthy

Nationwide: House prices dip is healthy

Thursday, September 02, 2010

The property market has stalled, according to Nationwide, with house prices falling 0.9% in August in what it calls a 'healthy correction'



Pushy mums who drive sons to success

Pushy mums who drive sons to success

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Behind every great man there is a great woman. But it's far more likely to be his pushy mother than a partner driving him on, according to...



LDC buys stake in mountain warehouse

LDC buys stake in mountain warehouse

Thursday, September 02, 2010

The private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group has bought about a quarter of outdoor retailer Mountain Warehouse, in a deal valuing the company at...



Germans hatch plot to take full control of UK's Tui Travel

Germans hatch plot to take full control of UK's Tui Travel

Thursday, September 02, 2010

TUI Travel saw its shares surge as reports suggested its German parent is set to buy the 42.5% of the travel group that it doesn't already own



Former Lehman CEO Fuld blames fed

Thursday, September 02, 2010

The former CEO of Lehman Brothers was last night preparing to accuse the Fed of exacerbating the financial crisis by letting the bank go to the wall



Hargreaves retires with £18m windfall

Hargreaves retires with £18m windfall

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Peter Hargreaves, the veteran stockbroker who co-founded Hargreaves Lansdown, yesterday stood down as CEO of the broking group



FTSE preview: London market pauses for breath

FTSE preview: London market pauses for breath

Thursday, September 02, 2010

London's Footsie is expected to fall 17-18 points on the open, as investors pause for breath after four straight days of gains



Energy firms in sharp doorstep tactics probe

Energy firms in sharp doorstep tactics probe

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Four leading energy companies are being investigated amid concerns they are bamboozling consumers into switching on to worse deals



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