Reuters: Business News Archive
Reuters: Business
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- Sterling hits near 4-month high vs weak dollar
- D.Post talks with Exel progressing well - source
- Scottish Power to cut costs; shares up on bid hope
- Growth fears hit online casino PartyGaming
- Brit Insurance CEO says Katrina largest ever loss
- FTSE hits 2-week high led by Scot Power, Lloyds TSB
- Possible gas problems if winter severe-minister
- Factory output unexpectedly rises in July
- D.Post near deal to buy Exel for $6.6 bln-source
- Van hire firm Northgate surges on bid approach
- Recruiter Hays net fee growth slows, shares fall
- Bruised PartyGaming set to enter FTSE 100
- Exel opens books to D.Post over bid-sources
- Virgin Atlantic raises fuel surcharge on oil rise
- ITV profits up, launches Freesat service with BBC
- House prices rise in August - Halifax
- BAE Systems results boosted by Airbus, Eurofighter
- Steady margins lift Dixons amid weak sales
- FTSE opens up; ITV, Dixons and BAE gain on results
- Gallaher looks east for tobacco profit as H1 rises
- AB Ports H1 profit rises 8 pct on property sales
- Ofcom aims to boost broadband competition
- Wilson Bowden says wary house buyers trickle back
- UK Coal to meet consortium considering takeover
- FTSE eases from highs as oil, building stocks drag
- InterContinental unveils hotel sales, growth plans
- Furniture firm MFI hit as domestic retail deteriorates
- Pub group Punch Taverns' sales growth slips
- Marconi still talking with potential buyers -chairman
- Premier Farnell cuts 130 jobs as Q2 profit falls
- Robinson plans to take Rentokil helm
- HMV makes counterbid for Ottakar's
- FTSE closes down
- Ebay linked to Skype takeover
- AstraZeneca aims for two new drugs every year
- Oil firms cut pump prices
- Insured losses from Katrina seen at up to $60 bln
- Hewlett-Packard to cut 6,000 jobs in Europe: union
- Merck vows to press ahead with Vioxx defence
- M&B, Punch eye joint Spirit bid -paper
- Centrica may sell OneTel after approaches -paper
- FTSE 100 hits 4-week highs, Scot Power in focus
- Group 4 Securicor H1 in line, integration complete
- EBay paying up to $4 bln for Web phone firm Skype
- Top retail union says gloom overdone
- Oracle to buy rival Siebel in $5.85 bln deal
- FTSE 100 closes higher, eyes 4-year peaks
- British Energy shuts down nuclear plant for checks
- Nikkei extends four-year high as brokers gain
- Brown wants OPEC to raise output
- Hewlett-Packard cutting 968 jobs in Britain
- Branson wants to build oil refinery
- Competition body to probe drug pricing scheme
- French Connection shares surge despite downbeat H1
- Smith & Nephew leads FTSE lower; FP bucks trend
- Cobham shares jump after profit rise, disposals
- Bloomsbury profit rises as Potter rewards wait
- Tech firm QinetiQ announces new chairman, CEO
- EBay paying up to $4 bln for Web phone firm Skype
- Oracle to buy rival Siebel in $5.85 bln deal
- Two US airlines file for bankruptcy
- BPB cites profit jump in rejecting St Gobain bid
- Lloyd's of London sees Katrina loss of 1.4 bln stg
- Regulation snags unlikely to curb E.ON's UK ambitions
- Slim gains for FTSE as Next, Vodafone rise
- Two U.S. airlines file for bankruptcy
- Petrol prices set to fall
- Online casino 888 IPO to be cut by 20 pct - report
- Petro-Canada puts Syrian assets on the block
- Google sells $4.18 bln in stock
- Centrica H1 profit jumps, CEO to step down
- Kingfisher H1 profit slumps, to revamp B&Q
- Next beats H1 profit forecast
- FTSE seen down 7-10 points
- 888 sees market value of up to 714.6 mln pounds
- Premier Oil posts 60 pct profit rise
- Club owner Luminar's sales flat so far this year
- Aggreko sees full-yr profit of at least 50 mln pounds
- Abbot Group profit down but outlook upbeat
- Profit slumps at Kingfisher
- Centrica sees more customer losses
- Next sales worst in 10 years, shoppers edgy
- FTSE sets near 4-year high as U.S. data soothe
- Weak retail sales spur rate cut talk
- Time Warner, Microsoft in talks on AOL-source
- Rates not decided by current inflation-BoE's Lambe
- Second union votes for strike action at Morrison
- 888 IPO price range values firm up to 715 mln stg
- Cadbury kicks off $2.2 bln Schweppes sale--sources
- Stocks Factors -- FTSE 100 seen little changed
- Oil under $65 as high prices feared curbing demand
- Dollar slips vs euro but stays firm before Fed
- Nikkei backtracks from four-year high, TDK falls
- Ebay to pay up to $4.1 bln to buy Skype
- FTSE scores first close above 5,400 in 4 years
- Unilever considers European frozen foods sale
- Gold ends near 17-yr high in Europe
- Bayer to bid 1.4 bln for Boots unit-paper
- China's TCL Corp says August TV sales up 20 pct
- Deutsche Post set for Exel bid -source

