Friday newspaper round-up: Connaught, Vodafone, Deutsche Bank...
Fri 10 Sep 2010
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Morgan Sindall will today announce the acquisition of the bulk of Connaught’s social housing repairs operations in a deal that will save thousands of jobs across the country.
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Vodafone, BP
Thu 09 Sep 2010
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John Varley, Barclays’ outgoing chief executive, has shot to the top of the City’s wishlist for some of the biggest jobs in corporate Britain just a day after announcing that he will hand over to his deputy Bob Diamond in March. Prudential is seen as the most likely option for Mr Varley but Vodafone and BP are also possibilities, says the Times.
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Barclays, HSBC, BP...
Wed 08 Sep 2010
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The appointment of Bob Diamond as chief executive of one of Britain’s biggest banks has split the coalition along party lines, it emerged last night.
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Oracle, Henderson...
Tue 07 Sep 2010
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Barclays risks a confrontation with the Government today when it confirms that Bob Diamond, Britain’s best-paid banker, is to become its chief executive.
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Monday newspaper round-up: British Airways, Income tax, Prudential...
Mon 06 Sep 2010
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Willie Walsh has identified 12 airlines as potential acquisition targets once he completes the merger of British Airways and Iberia this year.
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Sunday newspaper round-up: Vodafone, George Osborne, BP...
Sun 05 Sep 2010
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Two of Britain’s best-known company bosses are poised to step down in a dramatic changing of the guard in FTSE 100 boardrooms.
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Friday newspaper round-up: Bank of England, Food prices, HSBC...
Fri 03 Sep 2010
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A senior Bank of England official reignited the debate over levies on financial transactions yesterday, saying that policymakers needed to address the “myopia and volatility” in the markets.
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Tesco, Burger King, BHP Billiton
Thu 02 Sep 2010
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Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket, is one of 10 bidders in the £650m auction for the south-east Asian assets of French rival Carrefour. Other bidders in the first round of bids for the stores are thought to include Casino, another French retailer, Aeon, the vast Japanese supermarket group, and Dairy Farm, the Singapore retail group, the Telegraph says.
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tomkins, US markets, Tony Blair...
Wed 01 Sep 2010
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Greg Hutchings told The Times he believed that Tomkins investors had been short-changed in the £3.1bn Canadian takeover of the company.
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Osborne, Tesco, Airlines...
Tue 31 Aug 2010
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George Osborne is planning to cut staff numbers at the Treasury by about one-quarter and scale back his department’s role as he attempts to lead by example in the search for sweeping spending cuts across Whitehall.
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Sunday newspaper round-up: Vodafone, Royal Bank of Scotland, Encore...
Sun 29 Aug 2010
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Vodafone is preparing to raise more than £4bn by selling its shares in China Mobile, the first in a string of planned disposals by the mobile-phone giant.
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Friday newspaper round-up: Banks, Rolls-Royce, Glencore...
Fri 27 Aug 2010
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Managers of Britain's biggest banks can claim little credit for the sector's return to profitability this year, according to Standard & Poor's.
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Polly Peck, BHP Billiton, Google
Thu 26 Aug 2010
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One of Britain's most notorious fugitives will return to the UK voluntarily today to face multimillion-pound fraud charges after almost two decades abroad, it was reported last night. Asil Nadir, 69, who was a Conservative party donor, fled to his native northern Cyprus in 1993 to avoid a £34m fraud trial centred on the collapse of his Polly Peck business empire, according to the Guardian.
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Gilts, Santander, Rio Tinto...
Wed 25 Aug 2010
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Investors fled to the safety of government bonds yesterday amid growing fears of double-dip recessions in Britain and America.
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Potash/BHP, Cairn Energy, HSBC...
Tue 24 Aug 2010
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Britain faces a “significant” risk of a renewed slide into recession, a leading policymaker at the Bank of England warned yesterday.
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Monday newspaper round-up: BHP Billiton, Vedanta, BAE Systems...
Mon 23 Aug 2010
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BHP Billiton could face an uphill struggle to sell its $39bn hostile bid for PotashCorp of Canada to its shareholders in a round of crunch briefings this week in the City and Scotland.
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Sunday newspaper round-up: SABMiller, BHP Billiton, M&A boom
Sun 22 Aug 2010
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SABMiller, the giant brewer, is considering a £7 billion takeover of its iconic Australian rival, Foster’s. The London-listed group, which owns the Peroni, Grolsch and Miller brands, is plotting a move for Carlton & United Breweries, the beer-making arm of Foster’s, the Sunday Times reports.
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Friday newspaper round-up: Dana Petroleum, Datacash, Ocado
Fri 20 Aug 2010
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South Korea’s national oil company was on Thursday night on the brink of launching a £1.67bn hostile takeover bid for Dana Petroleum that could be announced as early as Friday, reports the FT. The move would mark the first time an Asian state-owned oil company has made a hostile approach in the UK, and signals an unexpected shift in the battle for overseas reserves by the region’s national oil companies.
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Tax avoidance, RSA, Asda
Thu 19 Aug 2010
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Nick Clegg promised a crackdown on tax avoidance yesterday as a division emerged between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over the appointment of a billionaire to help to cut public spending.
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Dana, US mortgage market, High Speed 1
Wed 18 Aug 2010
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Dana Petroleum is under pressure from investors to state whether it plans to buy a string of North Sea oil projects and so clear the way for Korea’s state-owned oil corporation to make a £1.6 billion hostile bid. The Times has learnt that Schroders — Dana’s biggest shareholder — has asked the company publicly to outline details of a deal to buy oilfields from Suncor Energy, of Canada.
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 | 17 Aug Tuesday newspaper round-up: Aviva, BAA, BP |
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| 16 Aug Monday newspaper round-up: BAE, Banks, RSA |
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| 15 Aug Sunday newspaper round-up: Aviva, Cairn, BP ... |
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| 13 Aug Friday newspaper round-up: Sun4u, Vedanta Resources, BP |
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| 12 Aug Thursday newspaper round-up: BP, Dana Petroleum, Five |
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| 11 Aug Wednesday newspaper round-up: US economy, Barclays, Online fraud |
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| 10 Aug Tuesday newspaper round-up: House prices, Int'l Power, Pensions |
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| 09 Aug Monday newspaper round-up: Lloyds, BP, Barley |
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| 08 Aug Sunday newspaper round-up: BP, Vodafone, Hewlett-Packard... |
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| 06 Aug Friday newspaper round-up: Royal Bank of Scotland, Wheat, Barclays |
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| 05 Aug Thursday newspaper round-up: BP, Liverpool FC, Debenhams |
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| 04 Aug Wednesday newspaper round-up: Interest rates, Egg, BP |
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| 03 Aug Tuesday newspaper round-up: HSBC, Santander, Wheat prices |
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| 02 Aug Monday newspaper round-up: Banks, BP, British Land |
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| 01 Aug Sunday newspaper round-up: Bank profits, BP, ITV |
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| 30 Jul Friday newspaper round-up: TalkTalk, EDF, Google |
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| 29 Jul Thursday newspaper round-up: BP, Russia, Banks |
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| 28 Jul Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Vedanta, Energy bills |
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| 27 Jul Tuesday newspaper round-up: BP, Equitable Life, UKFI |
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| 26 Jul Monday newspaper round-up: BP, Bank lending,House prices |
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| 25 Jul Sunday newspaper round-up: BP, Virgin Active, Centrica |
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| 23 Jul Friday newspaper round-up: British Airways, BP, Tomkins |
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| 22 Jul Thursday paper round-up: Santander, Reckitt Benckiser, Vodafone |
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| 21 Jul Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Ocado, Easyjet |
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| 20 Jul Tuesday newspaper round-up: Woodford, Boeing, BP |
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| 19 Jul Monday newspaper round-up: AIA, International Power, BT |
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| 18 Jul Sunday newspaper round-up: BP, Ocado, Goldman Sachs |
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| 16 Jul Friday newspaper round-up: Goldman Sachs, BP, Sage |
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| 15 Jul Thursday newspaper round-up: BP, Fairfield Energy, Glaxo |
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| 14 Jul Wednesday tips round-up: Northern Foods, Cranswick, DTZ |
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| 14 Jul Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, BT, GlaxoSmithKline |
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| 13 Jul Tuesday newspaper round-up: Banks, BP, GlaxoSmithKline |
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| 12 Jul Monday newspaper round-up: Banks, Taylor Wimpey, Google |
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| 11 Jul Sunday newspaper round-up: BP, Lloyds, Daily Mail |
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| 09 Jul Friday paper round-up: OBR, Pensions, British Airways |
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| 08 Jul Thursday newspaper round-up: Prudential, banks, BP |
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| 07 Jul Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Apple, RBS |
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| 06 Jul Tuesday newspaper round-up: OBR, Sibir Energy, BP |
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| 05 Jul Monday newspaper round-up: Sterling, BP, KKR |
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| 04 Jul Sunday newspaper round-up: BP, Goldman, Aston Martin |
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| 02 Jul Friday newspaper round-up: BP, Global economy, Dana |
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| 01 Jul Thursday's newspaper round-up: Bonus, BP, Tate & Lyle |
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| 30 Jun Wednesday's newspaper round-up: Budget cuts, BP, AstraZeneca |
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| 29 Jun Tuesday newspaper round-up: BP, AstraZeneca, Car industry |
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| 28 Jun Monday newspaper round-up: G20, Banks, British Airways |
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| 27 Jun Sunday newspaper round-up: G20, Prudential, BA |
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| 25 Jun Friday newspaper round-up: US banks, Rolls-Royce, BP |
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| 24 Jun Thursday's newspaper round-up: BP, postal service, airlines |
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| 23 Jun Wednesday newspaper round-up: Budget, Asda, BP |
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| 22 Jun Tuesday newspaper round-up: Budget, Sainsbury's, Jupiter |
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| 21 Jun Monday newspaper round-up: Budget, Prudential, BP |
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| 20 Jun Sunday newspaper round-up: Budget, Prudential, BP |
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| 18 Jun Friday newspaper round-up: BP, Songbird, Tesco |
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| 17 Jun Thursday newspaper round-up: BP, Mansion House speech, banks |
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| 16 Jun Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Bank tax, Jupiter |
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| 15 Jun Tuesday newspaper round-up: BSkyB, Resolution, BP |
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| 14 Jun Monday newspaper round-up: BP, OBR, Coffee |
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| 13 Jun Sunday newspaper round-up: BP, George Osborne, Resolution |
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| 11 Jun Friday newspaper round-up: BP, Prudential, Brit Insurance |
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| 10 Jun Thursday's newspaper round-up: BP, short selling, public spending |
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| 09 Jun Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Bank Tax, Prudential |
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| 08 Jun Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK cuts, Prudential, British Airways |
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| 07 Jun Monday newspaper round-up: Prudential, Lloyds Banking, BP |
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| 06 Jun Sunday newspaper round-up: Euro, Prudential, BP |
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| 04 Jun Friday newspaper round-up: BP, Prudential, ITV |
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| 03 Jun Thursday's newspaper round-up: Mervyn King, regulation, Coutts |
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| 02 Jun Wednesday newspaper round-up: Prudential scraps AIA deal, BP |
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| 01 Jun Tuesday newspaper round-up: BP, ECB, Prudential |
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| 30 May Sunday newspaper round-up: Coalition government, BP, Prudential |
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| 28 May Friday newspaper round-up: Prudential, BP, Directors |
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| 27 May Thursday newspaper round-up: Prudential, Kraft, Lloyds |
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| 26 May Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Korea, Prudential |
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| 25 May Tuesday newspaper round-up: Prudential, Apple, Deflation |
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| 24 May Monday newspaper round-up: British Airways, European banks, BP |
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| 23 May Sunday newspaper round-up: BA, Prudential, HSBC |
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| 21 May Friday newspaper round-up: Market slide, BP, British Airways |
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| 20 May Thursday's newspaper round-up: Government, BP, Lloyds |
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| 19 May Wednesday paper round-up: Euro, BP, Google |
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| 18 May Tuesday newspaper round-up: British Airways, Jupiter Asset, Prudential |
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| 17 May Monday newspaper round-up: Prudential, Inflation, BP |
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| 16 May Sunday newspaper round-up: Euro, British Airways, Prudential |
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| 14 May Friday newspaper round-up: UK hedge funds, Prudential, |
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| 13 May Thursday newspaper round-up: Prudential, banks, BP |
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| 12 May Wednesday paper round-up: Cameron takes over as PM |
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| 11 May Tuesday newspaper round-up: Sterling, British Airways, Prudential |
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| 10 May Monday newspaper round-up: Europe agrees €750bn bail-out fund |
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| 09 May Sunday newspaper round-up: Elections, BP, Prudential |
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| 07 May Friday newspaper round-up: Hung parliament predicted, Labour talking to LibDems |
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| 06 May Thursday newspaper round-up: Prudential, BP, Europe |
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| 05 May Wednesday paper round-up: Sovereign debt, BP, Prudential |
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| 04 May Tuesday newspaper round-up: Greece, BP, Lloyds Banking |
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| 02 May Sunday newspaper round-up: BP, Prudential, Goldman Sachs |
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| 30 Apr Friday newspaper round-up: Mervyn King, BP, Essar Energy |
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| 29 Apr Thursday paper round-up: Eurozone crisis, BAE Systems, Goldman Sachs |
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| 28 Apr Wednesday press round-up: Election, Virgin Atlantic, Prudential |
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| 27 Apr Tuesday paper round-up: Prudential, Goldman Sachs, Shell |
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| 26 Apr Monday's newspaper round-up: Tesco, Goldman Sachs, Gartmore |
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| 25 Apr Sunday newspaper round-up: Goldman Sachs, ITV, RBS |
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| 23 Apr Friday paper round-up: BP, Obama, Lloyds Banking |
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| 22 Apr Thursday newspaper round-up: Arriva, Tui Travel, Thomas Cook |
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