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Good year as hedge funds play catch-up

By Sam Jones in London
Published: December 30 2009 21:00 | Last updated: December 30 2009 21:00
The global hedge fund industry turned in one of its best years of performance in close to a decade in 2009, according to industry data, t… carry on reading.

S&P’s ‘weakest links’ list falls sharply

By Anousha Sakoui In London
Published: December 22 2009 19:24 | Last updated: December 22 2009 19:24
The number of companies at greatest risk of buckling under their debts has seen its biggest one-month fall in five years, the first… carry on reading.

Aim shows signs of recovery after years of famine

By David Blackwell
Published: December 15 2009 21:46 | Last updated: December 15 2009 21:46
In the book of Genesis, Joseph warns Pharaoh that seven years of plenty would be followed by seven years of famine.
Aim, London’s juni… carry on reading.

Flurry of hedge fund start-ups buoys industry

By Sam Jones in London
Published: November 2 2009 23:01 | Last updated: November 2 2009 23:01
Hedge fund launches are growing in size and number after months of subdued activity in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year… carry on reading.

DeBeers points to diamond market revival

By Richard Lapper in Gaborone and William Macnamara in London
Published: October 18 2009 22:42 | Last updated: October 18 2009 22:42
De Beers’s flagship mines in Botswana are operating at about 80 per cent of capacity, signalling a ma… carry on reading.

D&D plans expansion as sales stabilise

By Pan Kwan Yuk
Published: September 28 2009 19:58 | Last updated: September 28 2009 19:58
D&D London, the group that owns most of the Conran restaurants, is planning a significant expansion over the next two years even as the rec… carry on reading.

Morgan Stanley leads as M&A shows signs of life

Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:12am EDT
By Quentin Webb and Michael Erman
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley (MS.N) is outrunning archrival Goldman Sachs (GS.N) as 2009’s busiest adviser on mergers as optimism grows that the… carry on reading.

West End shopping streets defy downturn

By Daniel Thomas, Property Correspondent
Published: September 21 2009 22:00 | Last updated: September 21 2009 22:00
London’s most expensive shopping streets have withstood the economic downturn better than almost all other rivals, acc… carry on reading.

‘Swollen’ City hits back at Turner

FSA chairman draws fire from bankers, industrialists and London’s mayor after suggesting a global transaction tax and saying the UK’s banking industry was destabilising the economy… carry on reading.

Tesco to create 800 jobs in Scotland

Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:00pm BST
By James Davey and Daniel Fineren
LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Plans by Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, to expand its financial services received a government endorsement as the firm announc… carry on reading.

France, Germany help boost European economy

16-country bloc sees fifth straight quarterly decline, but worst may be over
updated 7:06 a.m. ET Aug. 13, 2009
LONDON – The recession in the 16 countries that use the euro eased substantially between April and June after unexpe… carry on reading.

Pfizer agrees to cut price of TB drug

By Andrew Jack in London
Published: August 7 2009 03:00 | Last updated: August 7 2009 03:00
Pfizer yesterday became the first research-based pharmaceutical company to agree a deal with the Clinton Foundation that substantially cuts th… carry on reading.

Cost-cutting boosts D Telekom results

By Andrew Parker in London
Published: August 6 2009 09:15 | Last updated: August 6 2009 11:47
Deutsche Telekom reported a 32 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit on Thursday as Germany’s leading telecoms company claimed progress… carry on reading.

Market for leveraged loans hits 12-month high

By Anousha Sakoui in London
Published: August 3 2009 22:01 | Last updated: August 3 2009 22:01
The prices of the most traded risky European and US loans have reached their highest levels for more than a year, in a further sign of impr… carry on reading.

Capital-raising returns to Russia

By David Oakley in London and Catherine Belton in Moscow
Published: July 8 2009 23:16 | Last updated: July 8 2009 23:16
Russian companies are starting to tap the capital markets again with Evraz, the steelmaker, announcing plans on We… carry on reading.

G8 agrees cuts in greenhouse gas emissions

By Fiona Harvey in London, and Guy Dinmore and George Parker in L’Aquila
Published: July 8 2009 10:50 | Last updated: July 8 2009 16:31
The Group of Eight industrialised countries agreed to more stringent cuts in greenhouse gas emissi… carry on reading.

Private schools beat the recession

Jul 2nd 2009 | LONDON AND NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
In both America and Britain recession has so far done little to dent the demand for private education
“COMPARED with last year, applications are up 14%,” says M… carry on reading.

Scrapping gives German car sales a short push

By John Reed in London and Daniel Schäfer in Frankfurt
Published: July 2 2009 20:03 | Last updated: July 2 2009 20:03
A generous scrapping scheme gave German car sales an extraordinary boost in June, it emerged on Thursday, just as a… carry on reading.

Data give signs of global recovery

By Chris Giles in London
Published: July 1 2009 19:48 | Last updated: July 1 2009 19:48
The global downturn appeared close to a bottom on Wednesday after manufacturing figures from across the world suggested the worldwide recession wa… carry on reading.

Markets head for best quarter in 20 years

By Jennifer Hughes in London
Published: June 30 2009 22:58 | Last updated: June 30 2009 22:58
Global stock markets are heading for their best quarterly performance in more than 20 years, with a sharp rally from March lows powered by h… carry on reading.