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Shell and BP fall amid talk of bidding war

Royal Dutch Shell and BP provided a talking point as the wider market paused for breath after two days of strong rallies. Some traders were asking themselves yesterday whether one of the UK-listed oil majors would be tempted...

Market Report: L&G buoyed by backing on capital position

A vote of confidence in its capital position helped Legal & General buck the market trend and bank gains of more than 5 per cent last night. Analyst Youssef Ziai said: "L&G's excess solvency capital was £2.9bn at the end of...

Jubilee celebrations start to turn sour for Tullow

So near and yet so far. Tullow Oil is sitting on 1.8 billion barrels of oil off the coast of Ghana, but as the price of black gold falls, its chances of raising the cash to pump it out are drying up. It was the discovery of the...

Dow jumps in tech rally

Updated at 10:35am on 27 November 2008 Stocks in the United States soared on Wednesday as investors snapped up tech stocks which were trading near their cheapest levels in five years. Renewed hopes of a bailout for General...

US stocks rally on energy, technology shares

Nov 26, 2008

New York, Nov 19 - US stocks rallied at day's end Tuesday as energy and technology shares led the way and investors snapped up bargain basement prices. The three major indices closed up despite a drop in confidence among...

Bad U.S. economic data, BCE buyout troubles take stock markets lower

TORONTO - Dismal U.S. economic data and a potential collapse of the BCE buyout sent stock markets lower this morning. Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index lost 169.44 points to 8,273.42 in early tradi...

UK Stocks - Factors to watch on Nov 26 (at Reuters)

LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Britain's leading share index .FTSE is seen opening 31-64 points lower on Wednesday, having ended almost flat on Tuesday following mixed sessions overnight on Wall Street and in Asia. The FTSE 100...

U.S. stocks head for lower open after rally

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street stocks appeared ready to take a break Wednesday, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, after a steep market rally. A pullback is to be expected given the magnitude of the rally that began Friday, giving...

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 24--The City welcomed the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report with the FTSE 100 soaring nearly 10 per cent. As he stood up to make his speech, the FTSE 100 was 282.5 higher at 4063.4. News of the...

Stocks fall in Europe after mixed Asian session

Nov 26, 2008

Stocks fell in Europe after a mixed session in Asia Wednesday, amid worsening expectations for the global economy. The British economy contracted by 0.5 percent in the third quarter, the government said in London, confirming a...