European Business & Economy - Page 18

FT.com - London equities inched higher on Tuesday, helped by solid full-year numbers from Bradford & Bingley which lifted mortgage lenders, but an uncertain outlook from British Land hampered the real estate sector. More Info...  

AFP - The EU believes Iran is unlikely to negotiate seriously on its nuclear programme and that there is little the international community can do little to prevent Tehran from developing an atomic bomb, the Financial Times has reported.

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AFP - UK blue chips have closed lower, with a cautious morning by Wall Street and sliding commodity stocks outweighing another scattering of M&A stories and pulling the FTSE 100 back from Friday's six-year highs.

AFP - UK blue chips have closed lower, with a cautious morning by Wall Street and sliding commodity stocks outweighing another scattering of M&A stories and pulling the FTSE 100 back from Friday's six-year highs.

FT.com - The FTSE 100 was trading lower on Monday despite sharp gains for Vodafone after the UK's largest mobile phone company sealed the $18.8bn battle for control of Hutchison Essar. More Info...  

FT.com - London equities fell in opening trade on Monday, but gains for companies at the centre of a spate of weekend dealmaking kept wider losses in check. More Info...  

AP - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., having failed in its $5.3 billion hostile takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange, is now seen scrambling to lay out a European strategy that will appease its shareholders and ensure that it won't be left behind as other major exchanges consolidate.

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AP - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. failed for the second time in a year to win control of the London Stock Exchange PLC, revealing Saturday that its $5.3 billion hostile bid had been spurned by the British bourse's shareholders.

Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has failed for the second time in a year to win control of the London Stock Exchange PLC, disclosing Saturday that its US$5.3-billion hostile bid had been spurned by almost all of the British bourse's other shareholders. More Info...  

Canadian Press - ESSEN, Germany (AP) - The world's major developed economies are showing solid growth, the Group of Seven finance ministers said Saturday, but expressed concern about foreign exchange fluctuations, the rising power of hedge funds and dwindling energy supplies. More Info...  

Business - European Economy FT.com - British Energy remained in the doldrums as the FTSE 100 pushed to a fresh six-year high on Friday. More Info...  

FT.com - British Energy remained in the doldrums as the FTSE 100 pushed to a fresh six-year high on Friday. More Info...  

FT.com - German technology group Infineon (NYSE:IFX) led European equity markets higher this week after notching up two important supply contracts for its micorchip division. More Info...  

Reuters - European share prices rose in early trade on Friday on the back of a string of corporate news and higher oil prices, while investors eyed the Group of Seven finance ministers meeting in Germany. More Info...  

FT.com - London equities recovered in opening trade on Friday, helped by news of First Group's £1.9bn acquisition of the company behind America's Greyhound buses. Stronger resource stocks underpinned gains, tracking higher commodities prices overnight. More Info...  

Business - European Economy FT.com - European stocks beat a hasty retreat on Thursday as the prospect of higher eurozone interest rates loomed over the market. More Info...  

FT.com - European stocks beat a hasty retreat on Thursday as the prospect of higher eurozone interest rates loomed over the market. More Info...  

Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - The battle between the London Stock Exchange PLC and the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. for control of the British bourse reaches a climax Saturday with the deadline for shareholders to accept the Nasdaq's hostile 2.7 billion pound (US$5.3 billion; euro4.1 billion) offer. More Info...  

FT.com - European equities fell on Thursday as investors considered the impact of near-term eurozone interest rate increases and mulled a mixed set of corporate earnings. More Info...  

FT.com - European equity markets were flat on Thursday as investors mulled a flood of earnings reports, while profits were taken after the previous session's fresh run up to six-year highs. More Info...