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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Oracle, Henderson...
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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. [read more]
Monday newspaper round-up: British Airways, Income tax, Prudential...
Willie Walsh has identified 12 airlines as potential acquisition targets once he completes the merger of British Airways and Iberia this year. Yesterday
Sunday newspaper round-up: Vodafone, George Osborne, BP...
Two of Britain's best-known company bosses are poised to step down in a dramatic changing of the guard in FTSE 100 boardrooms. 2 days ago
Friday newspaper round-up: Bank of England, Food prices, HSBC...
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. 4 days ago
Thursday newspaper round-up: Tesco, Burger King, BHP Billiton
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. 5 days ago
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tomkins, US markets, Tony Blair...
Greg Hutchings told The Times he believed that Tomkins investors had been short-changed in the £3.1bn Canadian takeover of the company. 6 days ago
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Osborne, Tesco, Airlines...
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. 7 days ago
