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Citywire News
- Xstrata shares fall as Glencore ?merger of equals? unveiled
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:38:19 Z
FTSE 100 treads water as Greek debt restructuring talks continue; Talk Talk surges after lifting profit guidance.
- BP raises dividend as profits jump
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:11 Z
Investors, who have waited patiently for a higher dividend since 2010?s Gulf of Mexico disaster, will receive a payment of eight cents per share.
- The Expert View: French Connection, Legal General and Cineworld
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:01:00 Z
A round-up of analyst notes, including their take on William Hill and Game
- Citywire Top Stocks Daily News Digest
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:02:54 Z
All the news from across the web about the companies featured in Citywire's Top Stocks.
- Overnight Markets: Wall Street falls amid Greek debt talks
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:00 Z
Stocks declined as Greece failed to respond to bailout terms from the European Union and International Monetary Fund missing another deadline.
BBC Business News
- Euro 'could survive Greece exit'
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:37:02 GMT
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes piles pressure on Greece to agree tough reforms, saying a euro exit would be "no man overboard".
- Stores offer warranty concessions
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:03 GMT
Dixons, Comet and Argos have pledged to improve the way extended warranties for electrical goods are sold, the Office for Fair Trading says.
- Glencore-Xstrata in $90bn merger
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:12:29 GMT
Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.
- BP ups dividend as profits rise
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:06:25 GMT
BP announces sharply higher profits and increases its dividend to shareholders for the first time since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
- India miners face licence repeal
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:35:19 GMT
A panel appointed by India's Supreme Court recommends that the licences of as many as 49 iron ore miners should be cancelled.
BBC News
- Maldives leader quits amid unrest
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:41:09 GMT
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers.
- Death leads to ambulance demand
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:35:32 GMT
Relatives of a woman who blame her death on a 41-minute wait for a paramedic, hand over a petition urging a dedicated ambulance service for their town.
- Russian envoy in crisis-hit Syria
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:32:20 GMT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives in Syria for talks with embattled President al-Assad amid an assault on the restive city of Homs.
- Barton 'no risk' to Terry trial
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:32:07 GMT
The Attorney General defends contempt of court laws after deciding not to prosecute Joey Barton for Twitter comments on the John Terry case.
- China worker found dead in Sudan
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:40 GMT
The body of a Chinese worker who fled a camp in Sudan when rebels attacked has been found, says China, while 29 kidnapped workers are still missing.
